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The aspirations of Iranians have attracted international attention lately, as student-led protests have grown in response to the continued blocking by the country's conservative clerics of political reform efforts. How do Iranians view their ...

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, ...

People in eight predominantly Islamic countries appear to be significantly influenced in their views of the United States by how importantly they view religion. The more religious tend to give the United States a lower rating than do people who ...

Residents of the countries included in Gallup’s new survey of the Islamic world are keenly aware of the war on terrorism, including the U.S.-led military actions in Afghanistan that followed the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. In six of the ...

The West typically understands the word jihad as a holy war fought by Muslims against unbelievers. It is the fight against Islam's enemies -- infidel invaders or military occupiers. But within Islam itself, there is considerable debate about the ...

Americans' basic view of the United States' role in the world today is somewhat depressed, especially when compared with the post-Sept. 11, 2001 environment, when Americans were highly positive about the country's place in the world, but even ...

Several questions in Gallup's recent World Affairs poll document that Americans are less positive now than they were a year ago about how the rest of the world perceives President Bush and the United States more generally. While a majority still ...

Ronald Reagan, the nation’s 40th president, became one of the nation’s most revered public figures in recent years, a distinct turnabout from the average job approval ratings he received while in office between 1981 and 1989. Reagan’s job ...

Most Americans believe that people in Muslim countries have an unfavorable view of the United States, and that this negative view is mostly influenced by Muslim perceptions of U.S. foreign policy and less so by Muslim perceptions of U.S. values, ...

Roughly six in 10 Americans say the development of peace between Israel and Palestine and removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq should be "very important" foreign policy goals for the United States. The percentage that says that peace ...