{"id":32219,"date":"2012-04-30T12:54:01","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T17:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2012\/04\/30\/on-anniversary-of-bin-ladens-death-little-backing-of-al-qaeda\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:57:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:57:00","slug":"on-anniversary-of-bin-ladens-death-little-backing-of-al-qaeda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2012\/04\/30\/on-anniversary-of-bin-ladens-death-little-backing-of-al-qaeda\/","title":{"rendered":"On Anniversary of bin Laden\u2019s Death, Little Backing of al Qaeda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"survey-report\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Survey Report<\/h2>\n\n<figure><img data-dominant-color=\"eae7e6\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eae7e6;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19706 not-transparent\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/Al-Qaeda0001.png\" width=\"290\" height=\"314\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A year after the death of its leader, al Qaeda is widely unpopular among Muslim publics. A new poll by the Pew Research Center\u2019s Global Attitudes Project, conducted March 19 to April 13, 2012, finds majorities \u2013 and mostly large majorities \u2013 expressing negative views of the terrorist group in Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Turkey and Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy Seals, 13% of Muslims hold a favorable view of al Qaeda, 55% an unfavorable view, and roughly three-in-ten (31%) offer no opinion.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Support for the organization is in the single digits among Turkish and Lebanese Muslims. In Jordan, just 15% express a positive opinion, essentially unchanged from last year, but down significantly from 34% in 2010. \u00a0Al Qaeda receives its highest ratings in Egypt, where 21% hold a favorable and 71% an unfavorable opinion.<\/p>\n\n<figure><img data-dominant-color=\"dfe3e3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dfe3e3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19705 not-transparent\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/Al-Qaeda0000.png\" width=\"406\" height=\"282\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before his death, support for bin Laden had waned considerably among Muslims around the world. \u00a0Perhaps the most striking decline occurred in Jordan, where in 2005 61% had expressed confidence in bin Laden to do the right thing in world affairs. \u00a0The next year, this number plummeted to 24% following al Qaeda suicide attacks in the nation\u2019s capital, Amman. \u00a0By 2011, only 13% expressed confidence in him.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Support for bin Laden also declined steeply over time among Muslims in Indonesia and Pakistan, as well as the Palestinian territories. \u00a0Palestinians, however, remained more supportive than other publics \u2013 in 2011, 34% still expressed confidence in the al Qaeda leader.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year after the death of Osama bin Laden, a new survey of Muslim publics shows al Qaeda is widely unpopular, with majorities expressing negative views of the terrorist group in Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Turkey and Lebanon.   Furthermore, before his death in 2011, support for bin Laden himself had waned considerably among Muslims around the world. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sub_headline":"Before His Death in 2011, Support for bin Laden Himself Had Waned","sub_title":"Before His Death in 2011, Support for bin Laden Himself Had Waned","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"relatedPosts":[],"reportMaterials":[{"key":"b5037674-c453-4fe0-ad11-893cd7da4c1b","type":"topline","url":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/Pew-Global-Attitudes-Al-Qaeda-Report-Topline.pdf"}],"multiSectionReport":[{"key":"_migrate_0","postId":32231}],"package_parts__enabled":false,"package_parts":[],"datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"spoken_article_player_enabled":true,"displayBylines":true,"footnotes":"","prc_watchers":[],"_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[126,97],"tags":[],"bylines":[],"collection":[],"datasets":[1051],"level_of_effort":[],"primary_audience":[],"information_type":[],"_post_visibility":[],"formats":[458],"_fund_pool":[],"languages":[],"regions-countries":[],"research-teams":[525],"workflow-status":[],"class_list":["post-32219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-terrorism","category-terrorism","datasets-spring-2012-survey-data","formats-report","research-teams-global"],"label":false,"post_parent":0,"word_count":233,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2012\/04\/30\/on-anniversary-of-bin-ladens-death-little-backing-of-al-qaeda\/","art_direction":{"A1":{"id":42750,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/04\/PG_12.04.27_CG_AlQaeda.png","url":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/04\/PG_12.04.27_CG_AlQaeda.png?w=380&h=280&crop=1","width":380,"height":280,"chartArt":false},"A2":{"id":42750,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/04\/PG_12.04.27_CG_AlQaeda.png","url":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/04\/PG_12.04.27_CG_AlQaeda.png?w=268&h=151&crop=1","width":268,"height":151,"chartArt":false},"A3":{"id":42750,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/04\/PG_12.04.27_CG_AlQaeda.png","url":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/04\/PG_12.04.27_CG_AlQaeda.png?w=194&h=110&crop=1","width":194,"height":110,"chartArt":false},"A4":{"id":42750,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/04\/PG_12.04.27_CG_AlQaeda.png","url":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/04\/PG_12.04.27_CG_AlQaeda.png?w=268&h=151&crop=1","width":268,"height":151,"chartArt":false},"XL":{"id":42750,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/04\/PG_12.04.27_CG_AlQaeda.png","url":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/04\/PG_12.04.27_CG_AlQaeda.png?w=380&h=280&crop=1","width":380,"height":280,"chartArt":false},"social":{"id":42750,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/04\/PG_12.04.27_CG_AlQaeda.png","url":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/04\/PG_12.04.27_CG_AlQaeda.png?w=380&h=280&crop=1","width":380,"height":280,"chartArt":false}},"_embeds":[],"watchers":[],"table_of_contents":[{"id":32219,"title":"On Anniversary of bin Laden\u2019s Death, Little Backing of al Qaeda","slug":"on-anniversary-of-bin-ladens-death-little-backing-of-al-qaeda","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2012\/04\/30\/on-anniversary-of-bin-ladens-death-little-backing-of-al-qaeda\/","is_active":true},{"id":32231,"title":"Survey Methods","slug":"survey-methods-24","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2012\/04\/30\/survey-methods-24\/","is_active":false}],"report_materials":[{"key":"b5037674-c453-4fe0-ad11-893cd7da4c1b","type":"topline","url":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/Pew-Global-Attitudes-Al-Qaeda-Report-Topline.pdf","label":"","icon":"","attachmentId":""},{"type":"dataset","id":1051,"label":"Spring 2012 Survey Data","url":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/dataset\/spring-2012-survey-data\/"}],"report_pagination":{"current_post":{"id":32219,"title":"On Anniversary of bin Laden\u2019s Death, Little Backing of al Qaeda","slug":"on-anniversary-of-bin-ladens-death-little-backing-of-al-qaeda","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2012\/04\/30\/on-anniversary-of-bin-ladens-death-little-backing-of-al-qaeda\/","is_active":true,"page_num":1},"next_post":{"id":32231,"title":"Survey Methods","slug":"survey-methods-24","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2012\/04\/30\/survey-methods-24\/","is_active":false,"page_num":2},"previous_post":null,"pagination_items":[{"id":32219,"title":"On Anniversary of bin Laden\u2019s Death, Little Backing of al Qaeda","slug":"on-anniversary-of-bin-ladens-death-little-backing-of-al-qaeda","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2012\/04\/30\/on-anniversary-of-bin-ladens-death-little-backing-of-al-qaeda\/","is_active":true,"page_num":1},{"id":32231,"title":"Survey Methods","slug":"survey-methods-24","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2012\/04\/30\/survey-methods-24\/","is_active":false,"page_num":2}]},"parent_info":{"parent_title":"On Anniversary of bin Laden\u2019s Death, Little Backing of al Qaeda","parent_id":32219},"materialsOrdered":[{"key":"b5037674-c453-4fe0-ad11-893cd7da4c1b","type":"topline","url":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/Pew-Global-Attitudes-Al-Qaeda-Report-Topline.pdf","label":"","attachmentId":0,"icon":""}],"chaptersOrdered":[{"key":"_migrate_0","postId":32231}],"partsOrdered":[],"partsEnabled":false,"datacite_doi":"","prc_seo_data":{"title":"On Anniversary of bin Laden\u2019s Death, Little Backing of al Qaeda","description":"A year after the death of Osama bin Laden, a new survey of Muslim publics shows al Qaeda is widely unpopular, with majorities expressing negative views of the terrorist group in Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Turkey and Lebanon.   Furthermore, before his death in 2011, support for bin Laden himself had waned considerably among Muslims around the world. ","og_title":"On Anniversary of bin Laden\u2019s Death, Little Backing of al Qaeda","og_description":"A year after the death of Osama bin Laden, a new survey of Muslim publics shows al Qaeda is widely unpopular, with majorities expressing negative views of the terrorist group in Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Turkey and Lebanon.   Furthermore, before his death in 2011, support for bin Laden himself had waned considerably among Muslims around the world. ","schema_type":"Article","noindex":false,"canonical_url":"","primary_terms":[],"custom_schema":[],"og_image":42750,"indexnow_submitted_at":null,"gsc_index_status":null},"prepublish_checks":{"prc-image-alt-text":{"status":"incomplete","message":"2 images are missing alt text.","data":{"count":2}},"prc-about-this-research":{"status":"incomplete","message":"Add an \"About this research\" details block.","data":null},"prc-paragraph-count":{"status":"complete","message":"Found 5 paragraphs.","data":{"count":5}},"prc-internal-link":{"status":"incomplete","message":"Add at least one internal link.","data":{"count":0}}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"relatedPostsOrdered":[],"bylinesOrdered":[],"acknowledgementsOrdered":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32219"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120439,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32219\/revisions\/120439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32219"},{"taxonomy":"bylines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bylines?post=32219"},{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=32219"},{"taxonomy":"datasets","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/datasets?post=32219"},{"taxonomy":"level_of_effort","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/level_of_effort?post=32219"},{"taxonomy":"primary_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/primary_audience?post=32219"},{"taxonomy":"information_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/information_type?post=32219"},{"taxonomy":"_post_visibility","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_post_visibility?post=32219"},{"taxonomy":"formats","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/formats?post=32219"},{"taxonomy":"_fund_pool","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_fund_pool?post=32219"},{"taxonomy":"languages","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/languages?post=32219"},{"taxonomy":"regions-countries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions-countries?post=32219"},{"taxonomy":"research-teams","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-teams?post=32219"},{"taxonomy":"workflow-status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/workflow-status?post=32219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}