Inside The Hearts And Minds Of Arab Youth - Arab Youth Survey

[Bilad al-Haramayn]

Top 10 findings of 8th Annual ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey 2016​

ARAB NEWS

Top 10 findings of the 8th Annual ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey 2016:

1. An overwhelming majority of young Arabs reject Daesh (ISIS) and believe the group will fail to establish an Islamic state
. While three in four Arab youth are concerned about the rise of Daesh, just one in six believes the terrorist group will ultimately succeed. Though concern is rising — with 50 percent of youth citing it as the biggest obstacle in the region, up from 37 percent last year — tacit support for the group is declining with just 13 percent agreeing they could see themselves supporting Daesh even if it did not use so much violence, compared with 19 percent in 2015.

2. Lack of jobs and opportunities is seen as the number one recruitment driver for Daesh 
A quarter (24 percent) of Arab youth believe that lack of jobs and opportunities for young people is one of the primary reasons why some are attracted to Daesh while one in four (25 percent) do not understand why anyone would want to join the militant group. Other reasons as to why some young people are attracted to Daesh include religious differences (18 percent), religious tensions between Sunnis and Shias (17 percent) and the rise of secular Western values in the region (15 percent).

3. Young Arabs believe Sunni-Shia relations are deteriorating and that religion plays too big of a role in the Middle East. 
Nearly half (47 percent) of young Arabs believe that relations between the two sects have worsened in the last five years. Over half of young Arabs (52 percent) agree that religion plays too big of a role in the Middle East — a notion that extends across the Arab world, with 61 percent of youth in the GCC, 44 percent in the Levant & Yemen and 47 percent in North Africa agreeing.

4. Saudi Arabia, UAE, and the US are seen as top allies in the region.

When asked to think about their country’s biggest ally, Arab youth cite Saudi Arabia (31 percent) for the fifth year running, followed by the UAE (28 percent), and the United States (25 percent). One of the biggest developments in regional relations since 2015 has been the rise of Iran, which has risen to the top 10 allies for the first time in the Arab Youth Survey, with 13 percent naming the country an ally.

5. Young Arabs are divided on the Iranian nuclear deal and the Syrian conflict. 
While 45 percent of young Arabs support the Iranian nuclear deal, 39 percent oppose it. There are also sharp differences as to whether the Syrian conflict is a proxy war, a revolution or a civil war. Overall, a plurality (39 percent) of Arab youth view the conflict in Syria as a proxy war fought by regional and global powers, while 29 percent view it a revolution against the Bashar Assad regime and 22 percent believe it is a civil war among Syrians.

6. Five years after fighting for political freedom during the Arab Spring, today most young Arabs prioritize stability over democracy 
Optimism that the region would be better off in the wake of the Arab Spring has been steadily declining over the last five years. In 2016, just 36 percent of young Arabs feel that the Arab world is better off following the uprisings, down from 72 percent in 2012, at the height of unrest. The majority of young Arabs (53 percent) agree that promoting stability in the region is more important than promoting democracy (28 percent).

7. Arab Youth want their leaders to do more to improve the personal freedom and human rights of citizens, particularly women

Two-third of young Arabs (67 percent) want their leaders to do more to improve their personal freedoms and human rights. That belief extends across the region — 74 percent agree in the GCC countries, 57 percent in the Levant & Yemen, and 68 percent in North Africa. The number is the same (67 percent) when looking specifically at female freedom and rights.

8. The UAE is viewed as a model country that is economically secure, and is the most favored nation to live in and set up a business.

Nearly one in four young Arabs (22 percent) cite the UAE as the country they would most like to live in and just as many say it is the nation they would most like their country to emulate (23 percent). The UAE also ranked as the most preferred country for potential entrepreneurs to set up a business in, with one in four (24 percent) citing it as the top business destination in the Arab world, followed by Saudi Arabia (18 percent) and Qatar (13 percent).

9. Arab Youth are increasingly concerned about falling oil prices, but most still believe they are entitled to subsidised energy
Two in three young Arabs (66 percent) say they are concerned about falling energy prices, up from 52 percent in 2015. Nearly four in five Arab youth (78 percent) still believe they are entitled to subsidised energy costs, and, if their government were to stop subsidising energy, nearly half (49 percent) believe the subsidies should be stopped only for expats

10. More young Arabs get their daily news online than from TV or print media
While 32 percent say they get their daily news online, 29 percent say they watch TV news and just 7 percent read newspapers daily (down from 13 percent in 2015. The growing role of social media as a news platform is also apparent, with 52 percent saying they use Facebook to share interesting news articles they read, up from 41 percent last year.

 

[Bilad al-Haramayn]

Good thread.
Let's destroy wahhabism and bring peace and progress to the ME.
Something like Europe after WW2.

I am sorry but there is nothing called "Wahhabism". Nobody calls themselves a "Wahhabi". It is a slur used by mainly Shia's against Sunni Hanbalis from KSA, mainly from the Najd region. KSA is home to all Islamic sects indigenously like no other Muslim country. There are indigenous communities of Sunni Hanbalis, Shafi's, Malikis, Hanafis, Sufis and indigenous Shia communities such as Twelver's, Ismaili's and Zaydis. "Wahhabi" is no different than calling Shias for Rafawid.

People in the Arab world are not against the Iranian nuclear deal as it prevents Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. However most Arab people (I believe that at least) would not have anything against Iran acquiring nuclear weapons provided that they would not use them against Arabs and provided that Arab states themselves would have a right of acquiring nuclear weapons as well.

Arab states such as especially Libya and Iraq were once very close to getting a nuclear weapon. Egypt also but that's a long time ago. Many Arab states from KSA to Morocco have plans of investing heavily in nuclear power though.

There were no problems between Arabs and Iran before 1979. Nor 100 years ago. Nor 200 years ago. Nor 300 years ago. Arab countries are tired of war and conflicts and want peace and the youth want progress not wars and conflicts.

A solution should be found indeed and we must learn from Europe who were much more bloody throughout history than any other region. Much more bloody than ME. In WW1 and WW2 100 million people died!

 

[Aramagedon]

I am sorry but there is nothing called "Wahhabism". Nobody calls themselves a "Wahhabi". It is a slur used by mainly Shia's against Sunni Hanbalis from KSA, mainly from the Najd region. KSA is home to all Islamic sects indigenously like no other Muslim country. There are indigenous communities of Sunni Hanbalis, Shafi's, Malikis, Hanafis, Sufis and indigenous Shia communities such as Twelver's, Ismaili's and Zaydis. "Wahhabi" is no different than calling Shias for Rafawid.

People in the Arab world are not against the Iranian nuclear deal as it prevents Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. However most Arab people (I believe that at least) would not have anything against Iran acquiring nuclear weapons provided that they would not use them against Arabs and provided that Arab states themselves would have a right of acquiring nuclear weapons as well.

Arab states such as especially Libya and Iraq were once very close to getting a nuclear weapon. Egypt also but that's a long time ago. Many Arab states from KSA to Morocco have plans of investing heavily in nuclear power though.

There were no problems between Arabs and Iran before 1979. Nor 100 years ago. Nor 200 years ago. Nor 300 years ago. Arab countries are tired of war and conflicts and want peace and the youth want progress not wars and conflicts.

Well long writing.

Btw I think the current situations in ME is due to wahhabism. And I need to log off. See u later

P's. Hijaz is home of Islam but Islam is from God/Allah not humans or any of his creatures.

 

[Bilad al-Haramayn]

Well long writing.

Btw I think the current situations in ME is due to wahhabism. And I need to log off. See u later

Well, what do you define as "Wahhabism" and who do you define as a "Wahhabi". I mean when is a person a "Wahhabi" and when is he not? How do you make a distinction between a Sunni Muslim following the Hanbali fiqh and a "Wahhabi" for instance?

Today "Wahhabism" is used as a umbrella term for every terrorist group in the world (almost) by Western media while none of the terrorists are following the Hanbali fiqh.

Where is there terrorism in this book below? What in that book is against the Noble Qur'an and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (saws)?

Search on "Kitab at-Tauhid" on Google. The book can be found as a PDF. I cannot post links yet.

Now I can. Here it is.

http://www.islamicbulletin.org/free_downloads/new_muslim/kitab_at_tawheed.pdf

Terrorists who kill innocents and other Muslims are not Muslims to begin with and have no sect. I am a Shafi'i myself that respects all recognized Muslim sects. Every sect has its small differences but all recognized Islamic sects are overall very similar in the wider picture. I personally do not care what people believe in as long as they are not doing harm to others. Everyone is responsible for their own life.

We are off-topic I am afraid but civil exchanges are a good thing. Only dialogue solves disagreements, misconceptions etc.

 

[fitpOsitive]

Good thread.
Let's destroy wahhabism and bring peace and progress to the ME.
Something like Europe after WW2.
Cooperation is better than rivalry, tension and wars.

Humans are $tupid and should grow up.

Why Iranis do these things? Like always wahabism and things sound like that. Why cant you guys be normal muslims.

 

[Dubious]

wahhabism

Why give it a label and recognize it? Extremism is extremism ...What the media feeds you and fear of a label is disgusting! Call it anti ISLAM if you wish but giving it a name and recognizing it is kind of agreeing with the terrorists to call them and please them like a slave or something - just my 2 cents!

 

[Aramagedon]

Why Iranis do these things? Like always wahabism and things sound like that. Why cant you guys be normal muslims.

Has ever an Iranian suicide himself to kill several innocent Muslims? Has ever an Iranian become a savage zombie and used brutal method to kill fellow Muslims?

People doesn't born extrtemist on the other hand all the conflicts in the ME is due to extremist and madness beliefs and irony is most of suiciders and brutal Muslim killers are youth.

Iraq, Syria, Libya, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Africa...

The treatment for this malady is destroying extremist beliefs which is man made and is not from Islam.

Extremist religious beliefs in every religion is dangerous. (such as Christianity in medieval ages).

We should destroy idiotic and exteremist beliefs and live like humans, muslims and civilized.

Europeans are not muslim but they live much wiser and civilized than us and we as muslims (that are honored to have religion of peace) have ruined face of dear Islam and behave like lunatic animals and have destroyed Islamic countries due to aberrant and idiotic religious belifes.

Muslim children and youth should grow up without extremist beliefs and be far from them and this is beginning of a cure.

@Bilad al-Haramayn

I did not point at anyone, I just criticized the awful situation of today's Islamic world era.

 

[Malik Alashter]

I am sorry but there is nothing called "Wahhabism".

It's a fact that you can't deny every one on the planet earth with a little of education would tell you that you are trying to cover the sun with your finger keep your denial state!!!!.

Now that survey for some reason forgot that the Arab not only gulf states or levent or Egypt there are more arab in blood and tong than these mentioned there are Yemen Iraq and the North African Arab also Sudan.

for some reason Iraq is not present in the Arab media a country with almost 35 millions of pure arab plus a country that is very vital and important with the most history of Islam and Arab this country don't mentioned except in their news for a mere sabotaging purpose.

Why give it a label and recognize it? Extremism is extremism ...What the media feeds you and fear of a label is disgusting! Call it anti ISLAM if you wish but giving it a name and recognizing it is kind of agreeing with the terrorists to call them and please them like a slave or something - just my 2 cents!

Have you ever read a book about wahabism to know what's going on in the world?.

 

[Bilad al-Haramayn]

It's a fact that you can't deny every one on the planet earth with a little of education would tell you that you are trying to cover the sun with your finger keep your denial state!!!!.

Now that survey for some reason forgot that the Arab not only gulf states or levent or Egypt there are more arab in blood and tong than these mentioned there are Yemen Iraq and the North African Arab also Sudan.

for some reason Iraq is not present in the Arab media a country with almost 35 millions of pure arab plus a country that is very vital and important with the most history of Islam and Arab this country don't mentioned except in their news for a mere sabotaging purpose.

Then please define to me what is "Wahhabism" and please find me a person who calls himself a "Wahhabi". I guess that everyone in KSA is a imaginary "Wahhabi" including the millions of Shia Saudi Arabians!

This survey covered 16 Arab countries, including Iraq.

Yemen, Iraq and ALL of Maghreb were included.

See for yourself here below:

ABOUT THE
SURVEY
Presenting evidence-based insights into the hopes, fears and aspirations of Arab youth

The 8th Annual ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey 2016 was conducted by international polling firm “Penn Schoen Berland (PSB)” to explore attitudes among Arab youth in 16 countries in the Middle East and North Africa. PSB conducted 3,500 face-to-face interviews from January 11 and February 22, 2016 with Arab men and women in the age group of 18 to 24. The interviews were completed in Arabic and English.

The aim of this annual survey is to present evidence-based insights into the attitudes of Arab youth, providing public and private sector organisations with data and analysis to inform their decision-making and policy formation.

The survey is the most comprehensive of its kind covering the six Gulf Cooperation Council states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE), Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia and Yemen. The survey did not include Syria due to the civil unrest in the country.

3,500 FACE-TO-FACE
INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED
BY PSB
ARAB YOUTH IN
THE AGE GROUP
OF 18-24 YEARS
COUNTRY
NATIONALS
ONLY
SAMPLE
SPLIT 50:50
MALE/FEMALE

Participants were interviewed in-depth about subjects ranging from the political to the personal. Topics explored included the concerns and aspirations of Arab youth, their views on the economy, impact of unemployment and declining oil prices, their views on women’s rights, the impact of the Arab Spring and their media consumption habits.

Respondents, exclusively nationals of each of the surveyed countries, were selected to provide an accurate reflection of each nation’s geographic and socio-economic make-up. The gender split of the survey is 50:50 male to female. The margin of error of the survey is +/-1.65%.

There were 200 respondents for each country represented in the survey, except for the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt with 300 respondents each, and Iraq with 250 and Palestine with 150.

The geographic location of respondents was also taken into account by PSB when developing the fieldwork methodology – with, for example, 40% of UAE respondents in Abu Dhabi, 40% in Dubai and 20% in Sharjah.

Saudi respondents were drawn from three of the country’s main cities; Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam; Palestine’s youth from the West Bank and Gaza; Oman’s youth from Muscat and Batinah; Lebanese youth from Beirut, Saida, and Tripoli; Tunisian youth from Tunis, Sfax and Soussa; Iraqi youth from Baghdad, Irbil and Basrah; Egyptian youth from Cairo, Alexandria and Mansoura, and so on across each country.

When analysed, this geographic spread provides a more accurate national picture than findings based solely on the responses of those living in capital cities.

16 ARAB COUNTRIES
GCC: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar
Saudi Arabia And UAE
LEVANT & YEMEN: Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon
Palestine And Yemen
NORTH AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya
Morocco And Tunisia

http://www.arabyouthsurvey.com/en/about

They missed Syria (due to civil war), Mauritania, Comoros (too far away for them I believe), Sudan, Djibouti and Somalia. They also only asked Arabs inside the Arab world and not the many millions outside of it.

This survey has become news all over the world actually and was discussed in many media world over. Just make a google search about this yourself.

 

[Malik Alashter]

Then please define to me what is "Wahhabism" and please find me a person who calls himself a "Wahhabi". I guess that everyone in KSA is a imaginary "Wahhabi" including the millions of Shia Saudi Arabians!

Every person follow the school of Muhammed Ibn Abdul Wahhab is Wahhabi now get this I've talked to many Whhabis so when I ask them which Imam you follow of the four Sunni Imam their answer is they follow no one that means they don't follow Ahmad bin hanbal as you think or play you think that way.

Wahhabis in general call all Sunnis infidels unless they follow ibn Abdul Wahhab.

All the Sunnis either Ashaaria or Maturidia and these two are infidels based to the Wahhabism.

They even call the Muslim land as dar ulharb you know what does that mean.

This mentality will bring the Islam down no doubt.

 

[Bilad al-Haramayn]

Every person follow the school of Muhammed Ibn Abdul Wahhab is Wahhabi now get this I've talked to many Whhabis so when I ask them which Imam you follow of the four Sunni Imam their answer is they follow no one that means they don't follow Ahmad bin hanbal as you think or play you think that way.

Wahhabis in general call all Sunnis infidels unless they follow ibn Abdul Wahhab.

All the Sunnis either Ashaaria or Maturidia and these two are infidels based to the Wahhabism.

They even call the Muslim land as dar ulharb you know what does that mean.

This mentality will bring the Islam down no doubt.

I have never met a single person who calls himself a "Wahhabi".

Imam Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab al-Tamimi did not invent anything new as far as Sunni Muslims are concerned and his works are purely based on Noble Qur'an, Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (saws) and previous works of well-known Imams and Islamic scholars.

Read for yourself here below. All his material is freely available.

http://www.islamicbulletin.org/free_downloads/new_muslim/kitab_at_tawheed.pdf

He was a reformer who empathized tawhid and who voiced his opposition against polytheistic practices that were common in Najd at that time. This was his main goal.

As I told, I have never met any "Wahhabi" but Hanbalis in KSA do not consider Shafi's, Malikis or Hanafis living alongside them in KSA to be infidels. I do not know where you have this information from, frankly.

You are calling every terrorist for a "Wahhabi" even when those people have nothing to do with Islam let alone any teachings of any scholars, let alone one who died almost 250 years ago! Anyway this supposed "Wahhabism" and "Wahhabis" do not interest me as I have never met anyone.

His mosque:

Mosque of Imam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahab HDR by Tariq Almutlaq, on Flickr

Mosque named after him in Doha:

A beautiful mosque. All sects are welcome in both mosques.

We are off-topic and it is more interesting discussing the findings of this survey.

 

[Madali]

I don't think this survey is very useful until we see the detailed findings. I downloaded "the white paper" but couldn't find an exact question by question broken down per country details anywhere on the site.

Its ridiculous to group "Arab youths" together. In this survey, it shows 1 in 8 young Arabs consider Iran as their number 1 ally. This gives the wrong impression, since it would mean that 1 in 8 Arabs in the different surveyed countries give that result.
However, from what I understood in the paper over 50% Iraqis consider Iran as their number 1 ally. In Saudi, I bet this number would be close to 0.

Are the results between countries are close to each other? If not, this result can not give us a better understanding of the Arab world.

Regarding the nuclear file, only 57% GCC youth support the Iran nuclear deal. But here is the kicker, 93% of Omanis surveyed support the deal. This is a big variation from the average GCC figure. I wish I could see the other figures in the GCC breakdown.

Here is another example,

Almost 1 in 5 young people from the GCC support Daesh, while 1 in 14 from Levant & Yemen support Daesh, that's a big difference. What we break it up further? How does a Bahraini compare to a Saudi compare to a Yemeni compared a Iraqi compared to a Lebanese?

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Some of the findings are just used in a way just to present a positive image of the Arab youth. For example, look at the question, "THE ARAB LEADERS SHOULD DO MORE TO IMPROVE THE PERSONAL FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN?"

Of course, the majority should say yes to this simple question, right? According to the findings of the survey, "Arab youth want their leaders to do more to improve the personal freedoms and human rights of citizens, particularly women."

But the result is only 67%! That's concerning how leading the question is. Saying no is like saying "the arab leaders SHOULDN'T do more to improve the personal freedom and human rights of women"

However, you get more clue on this on another question which is, "WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE FACING THE MIDDLE EAST?"

Out of 13 obstacles, "Lack of opportunities for women" had the lowest percentage. This means that it's not really important for the Arab youth as the Dubai funded survey likes to portray it.

 

[Zulkarneyn]

Top 10 findings of 8th Annual ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey 2016​

ARAB NEWS

Top 10 findings of the 8th Annual ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey 2016:

1. An overwhelming majority of young Arabs reject Daesh (ISIS) and believe the group will fail to establish an Islamic state
. While three in four Arab youth are concerned about the rise of Daesh, just one in six believes the terrorist group will ultimately succeed. Though concern is rising — with 50 percent of youth citing it as the biggest obstacle in the region, up from 37 percent last year — tacit support for the group is declining with just 13 percent agreeing they could see themselves supporting Daesh even if it did not use so much violence, compared with 19 percent in 2015.

2. Lack of jobs and opportunities is seen as the number one recruitment driver for Daesh 
A quarter (24 percent) of Arab youth believe that lack of jobs and opportunities for young people is one of the primary reasons why some are attracted to Daesh while one in four (25 percent) do not understand why anyone would want to join the militant group. Other reasons as to why some young people are attracted to Daesh include religious differences (18 percent), religious tensions between Sunnis and Shias (17 percent) and the rise of secular Western values in the region (15 percent).

3. Young Arabs believe Sunni-Shia relations are deteriorating and that religion plays too big of a role in the Middle East. 
Nearly half (47 percent) of young Arabs believe that relations between the two sects have worsened in the last five years. Over half of young Arabs (52 percent) agree that religion plays too big of a role in the Middle East — a notion that extends across the Arab world, with 61 percent of youth in the GCC, 44 percent in the Levant & Yemen and 47 percent in North Africa agreeing.

4. Saudi Arabia, UAE, and the US are seen as top allies in the region.

When asked to think about their country’s biggest ally, Arab youth cite Saudi Arabia (31 percent) for the fifth year running, followed by the UAE (28 percent), and the United States (25 percent). One of the biggest developments in regional relations since 2015 has been the rise of Iran, which has risen to the top 10 allies for the first time in the Arab Youth Survey, with 13 percent naming the country an ally.

5. Young Arabs are divided on the Iranian nuclear deal and the Syrian conflict. 
While 45 percent of young Arabs support the Iranian nuclear deal, 39 percent oppose it. There are also sharp differences as to whether the Syrian conflict is a proxy war, a revolution or a civil war. Overall, a plurality (39 percent) of Arab youth view the conflict in Syria as a proxy war fought by regional and global powers, while 29 percent view it a revolution against the Bashar Assad regime and 22 percent believe it is a civil war among Syrians.

6. Five years after fighting for political freedom during the Arab Spring, today most young Arabs prioritize stability over democracy 
Optimism that the region would be better off in the wake of the Arab Spring has been steadily declining over the last five years. In 2016, just 36 percent of young Arabs feel that the Arab world is better off following the uprisings, down from 72 percent in 2012, at the height of unrest. The majority of young Arabs (53 percent) agree that promoting stability in the region is more important than promoting democracy (28 percent).

7. Arab Youth want their leaders to do more to improve the personal freedom and human rights of citizens, particularly women

Two-third of young Arabs (67 percent) want their leaders to do more to improve their personal freedoms and human rights. That belief extends across the region — 74 percent agree in the GCC countries, 57 percent in the Levant & Yemen, and 68 percent in North Africa. The number is the same (67 percent) when looking specifically at female freedom and rights.

8. The UAE is viewed as a model country that is economically secure, and is the most favored nation to live in and set up a business.

Nearly one in four young Arabs (22 percent) cite the UAE as the country they would most like to live in and just as many say it is the nation they would most like their country to emulate (23 percent). The UAE also ranked as the most preferred country for potential entrepreneurs to set up a business in, with one in four (24 percent) citing it as the top business destination in the Arab world, followed by Saudi Arabia (18 percent) and Qatar (13 percent).

9. Arab Youth are increasingly concerned about falling oil prices, but most still believe they are entitled to subsidised energy
Two in three young Arabs (66 percent) say they are concerned about falling energy prices, up from 52 percent in 2015. Nearly four in five Arab youth (78 percent) still believe they are entitled to subsidised energy costs, and, if their government were to stop subsidising energy, nearly half (49 percent) believe the subsidies should be stopped only for expats

10. More young Arabs get their daily news online than from TV or print media
While 32 percent say they get their daily news online, 29 percent say they watch TV news and just 7 percent read newspapers daily (down from 13 percent in 2015. The growing role of social media as a news platform is also apparent, with 52 percent saying they use Facebook to share interesting news articles they read, up from 41 percent last year.

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[fitpOsitive]

Has ever an Iranian suicide himself to kill several innocent Muslims? Has ever an Iranian become a savage zombie and used brutal method to kill fellow Muslims?

People doesn't born extrtemist on the other hand all the conflicts in the ME is due to extremist and madness beliefs and irony is most of suiciders and brutal Muslim killers are youth.

Iraq, Syria, Libya, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Africa...

The treatment for this malady is destroying extremist beliefs which is man made and is not from Islam.

Extremist religious beliefs in every religion is dangerous. (such as Christianity in medieval ages).

We should destroy idiotic and exteremist beliefs and live like humans, muslims and civilized.

Europeans are not muslim but they live much wiser and civilized than us and we as muslims (that are honored to have religion of peace) have ruined face of dear Islam and behave like lunatic animals and have destroyed Islamic countries due to aberrant and idiotic religious belifes.

Muslim children and youth should grow up without extremist beliefs and be far from them and this is beginning of a cure.

@Bilad al-Haramayn

I did not point at anyone, I just criticized the awful situation of today's Islamic world era.

This type of extremism is present at both sides.. you are actually pointing towards some one... and that some one know it.
Secondly, you donot know what is going on behind the scenes. We here in Pakistan have captured and killed many "Muslim Terrorists" having Satanic Tattoos on their bodies. Even some Israeli Military persons are also captured few years ago.
So stop blaming Islam and muslims(specially sunnis). And stop Hasan Rohani and team to from increasing tensions with Pakistan. Up till now we have ignored every mistake by Iran, considering Iran as a brotherly neighbor. But you guys are giving space to our enemies to hit on us.

Has ever an Iranian suicide himself to kill several innocent Muslims? Has ever an Iranian become a savage zombie and used brutal method to kill fellow Muslims?

People doesn't born extrtemist on the other hand all the conflicts in the ME is due to extremist and madness beliefs and irony is most of suiciders and brutal Muslim killers are youth.

Iraq, Syria, Libya, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Africa...

The treatment for this malady is destroying extremist beliefs which is man made and is not from Islam.

Extremist religious beliefs in every religion is dangerous. (such as Christianity in medieval ages).

We should destroy idiotic and exteremist beliefs and live like humans, muslims and civilized.

Europeans are not muslim but they live much wiser and civilized than us and we as muslims (that are honored to have religion of peace) have ruined face of dear Islam and behave like lunatic animals and have destroyed Islamic countries due to aberrant and idiotic religious belifes.

Muslim children and youth should grow up without extremist beliefs and be far from them and this is beginning of a cure.

@Bilad al-Haramayn

I did not point at anyone, I just criticized the awful situation of today's Islamic world era.

A "Muslim Terrorist" captured in Pakistani Tribal area. Probably while leaving his military base home he was sure that he will return back.

 

[Bilad al-Haramayn]

I don't think this survey is very useful until we see the detailed findings. I downloaded "the white paper" but couldn't find an exact question by question broken down per country details anywhere on the site.

Its ridiculous to group "Arab youths" together. In this survey, it shows 1 in 8 young Arabs consider Iran as their number 1 ally. This gives the wrong impression, since it would mean that 1 in 8 Arabs in the different surveyed countries give that result.
However, from what I understood in the paper over 50% Iraqis consider Iran as their number 1 ally. In Saudi, I bet this number would be close to 0.

Are the results between countries are close to each other? If not, this result can not give us a better understanding of the Arab world.

Regarding the nuclear file, only 57% GCC youth support the Iran nuclear deal. But here is the kicker, 93% of Omanis surveyed support the deal. This is a big variation from the average GCC figure. I wish I could see the other figures in the GCC breakdown.

Here is another example,

Almost 1 in 5 young people from the GCC support Daesh, while 1 in 14 from Levant & Yemen support Daesh, that's a big difference. What we break it up further? How does a Bahraini compare to a Saudi compare to a Yemeni compared a Iraqi compared to a Lebanese?

---

Some of the findings are just used in a way just to present a positive image of the Arab youth. For example, look at the question, "THE ARAB LEADERS SHOULD DO MORE TO IMPROVE THE PERSONAL FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN?"

Of course, the majority should say yes to this simple question, right? According to the findings of the survey, "Arab youth want their leaders to do more to improve the personal freedoms and human rights of citizens, particularly women."

But the result is only 67%! That's concerning how leading the question is. Saying no is like saying "the arab leaders SHOULDN'T do more to improve the personal freedom and human rights of women"

However, you get more clue on this on another question which is, "WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE FACING THE MIDDLE EAST?"

Out of 13 obstacles, "Lack of opportunities for women" had the lowest percentage. This means that it's not really important for the Arab youth as the Dubai funded survey likes to portray it.

Your post makes no sense. Try and read your own post again and compare it with the findings in that survey. Especially your conclusions about who "supports" IS and who does not.

Good read, do Arabs in Middle East see Turkey as part of the Middle East?

Yes, Arabs see Turks as fellow Middle Eastern people although we know that Turks of today are composed of many peoples such as Turkic people, Kurdish people, Arabs, Caucasians, people from Balkan etc. I think that most people view you as Middle Eastern people if I am to be honest. I know that Europeans do and it would surprise me a lot if Iranians did not do that as well. Anyway we call ourselves Arabs before anything else regardless of geography.