Killing of bin Laden worsened Americans' views of U.S. Muslims, survey finds
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 15:31
in Psychology & Sociology
Instead of calming fears, the death of Osama bin Laden actually led more Americans to feel threatened by Muslims living in the United States, according to a new nationwide U.S. survey. In the weeks following the US military campaign that killed bin Laden, the head of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda, American attitudes toward Muslim Americans took a significant negative shift, results showed.