According to research completed by a Global Attitudes Project from Pew Research, 83% of Nigerian Muslims have an unfavorable opinion of the Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram.
The study has also found out that 69% of Nigerians are concerned about the violence being perpetrated by the Islamic sect.
When asked about the Islamist group Boko Haram, approximately eight out of ten Nigerian Muslims (83%) say they have a negative attitude to the extremist movement. It would be noted that even more Nigerian Christians (92%) say the same.
Fewer say their worries focus on the possibility that extremism will lead to reduced personal freedoms (19%), hurt the country’s economy (15%), or divide the nation (10%).
Nigerian Christians, who are concerned about Islamic extremism, are mostly worried about the violent nature of extremist groups (64%).
After plenty of terrorist attacks in the north of the country, support among Nigerian Muslims for suicide bombing has dropped rapidly: from 34% in 2010 to just 8% in 2013, the report stated.
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