Pakistan: New Poll Shows 78 Percent of Pakistanis Support Death Penalty for Leaving Islam

-- 83 percent support stoning adulterers
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-78-percent-call-for-apostate-deaths/
-- Pew Global Press Release
http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=265
-- Pew Global Report
http://pewglobal.org/reports/pdf/265.pdf
--- Report page 3 -- "The new poll finds broad support for harsh punishments: 78% favor death for those who leave Islam; 80% favor whippings and cutting off hands for crimes like theft and robbery; and 83% favor stoning adulterers."
--- Questions 62b, 62c, and 62d, page 17
--- Page 18 - "only 16% of Pakistanis express a favorable view of the U.S."
--- Consistent with previous polls where 75 percent have called for implementation of strict Sharia law by Pakistan government
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/pakistan.html
--- How the Washington Post reports this story...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/13/AR2009081302770.html

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