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Americans Think There Are 54 Million Muslims In America. There Are Only 3 Million.

"Reality Check: Is Malmo the 'rape capital' of Europe?"

“The poll is a clear indication that fear can sadly be more influential than fact.”

By Christopher Mathias

Americans and Europeans drastically overestimate their Muslim populations, a new international
survey shows, a misperception many say is driven by Islamophobia and growing anti-Muslim sentiment.

Americans think 17 out of every 100 people in the U.S. are Muslim, according to the survey from Ipsos Mori, a U.K. research
company. But, according to the nonpartisan Pew Research Center, Muslims account for only 1 out of every 100 people in the U.S.

That works out to Americans thinking there are about 54 million Muslims in the U.S., when in fact the Muslim population is about 3 million.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/americans-overestimate-muslim-population_us_5852e354e4b012849c05f509

.. callous disregard for the truth, and acceptance and connivance in that by so many, is one of the most concerning aspects of T-rump-time ..