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In Islam, regular prayer is a clear obligation. But is duty to a prescribed ritual the sole motivation behind the conscientious prayer among Muslims? Not according to the results of the 2002 Gallup Poll of the Islamic World.

With the United States preparing to host a peace summit between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Gallup finds that attitudes toward peace have shifted on both sides since early 2006. Palestinians are now more likely to “strongly support” the ...

The sample design for all nine nations in the Islamic survey is generally identical to that used by Gallup and virtually all other research companies for surveys based on personal-in-home interviews. It is designed to measure the views of the ...

Gallup's recent poll of nine predominantly Islamic countries shows that residents of these countries tend to have very negative views of the United States and the Western world in general. However, residents of these countries are not ...

The latest brief from Abu Dhabi Gallup Center examines public perceptions leading up to the first regional uprising. Against the backdrop of a rising GDP, Tunisian life evaluation plummeted, setting the first sparks of the Arab Spring. The ...

Of the nine nations surveyed in the 2002 Gallup Poll of the Islamic World, Lebanon is by far the most religiously diverse. A total of 1,050 Lebanese adults were interviewed in 140 different sampling locations throughout the country. Of these, ...

A majority in all but one of eight predominantly Islamic countries included in a recent Gallup World Poll analysis agree that women should be allowed to hold leadership positions, but majority levels range widely, from 54% to 91%. Only in Saudi ...

Investor optimism reached a new low point for the year in July, according to the latest UBS/Gallup Index of Investor Optimism. More importantly, investors turned pessimistic about the overall economic outlook for the first time since late fall ...

Although a minority practice, the taking of multiple wives is permitted within the Islamic faith -- on the explicit, and formidable, condition that the husband is capable of treating each wife justly and equitably. Gallup's recent poll of nine ...

In possibly the most challenging project in Gallup's history, 10,000 people in nine predominantly Islamic countries were interviewed in December 2001 and January 2002. Researchers conducted hour-long, in-person interviews in Saudi Arabia, Iran, ...