Support for radical groups declining – polls

Fears about Islamic extremism are rising in nations with large Muslim populations from the Middle East to South Asia and support for radical groups is on the slide. This is according to a Pew Research Center poll released July 1 in the wake of rising extremism in Syria and Nigeria. The group interviewed more than 14,200 people in 14 countries from April 10 to May 25, before the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – now renamed the Islamic State – took over the northern Iraqi town of Mosul in a lightning offensive which has seen it seize a large swathe of territory. The survey showed extremist groups such as Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Boko Haram and even Hamas, which won elections to take control of running the Gaza Strip, are also losing support.

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