Islamic State Actually Has More Support In Britain Than In Arab Nations

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http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/10/16/islamic-state-arab-nations-britain-support_n_5995548.html

The Islamic State group has substantially less support in Arab nations than it does in European countries, including Britain, according to a new report into attitudes towards the brutal jihadist group.

The Syria and Iraq-based group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, enjoys practically no popularity in Egypt, Lebanon, or Saudi Arabia, according to research by the Washington Institute. Saudi Arabia is one of five Arab nations which joined the US in airstrikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria.

Just 3% of Egyptian expressed a positive opinion of the IS, only 5% of Saudis, and under 1% of Lebanese respondents showed any support for the group. It does not mean, the researchers point out, that there is absolutely no support for IS in those countries as the small percentages add up to around 1.5 million people in Egypt, 500,000 in Saudi Arabia, and a few thousand in Lebanon.



A British fighter has appeared in another video for Islamic State

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1. I hope ISIS doesnt come to the UK.

but nothing would surprise me anymore.

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3. They're already there. That's where many of them came from.

ISIS is made up of foreign fighters, many from outside the region.

The UK is known as a center for muslim hate preachers.

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4. Hence why Salman Rushdie lives in New York these days.