Quote Originally Posted by Neverna
Perhaps it was due to the way the question was framed. The actual question asked was "Do you consider the advance of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria be a benefit to the region?" Yes / No
Good point. Considering that average people are, eh, how to say it without offending anyone - eh, anyways some percentage of respondents may have considered it as a question something like is it good that Islamic states thrive in region, which, being Moslem they would of course support. Perhaps some have been on camel caravan or something for a few years and haven't even heard of ISIS.

But still the response is quite worrying.


Quote Originally Posted by Neverna
Perhaps the results would have been different if the question was, "Do you support the Islamic State terrorist group?"
So the question is, what's the agenda of Al Jazeera here? For designing the question this way?