Days before vote, huge majority of Iranians favor Sharia law

[Mosby]

NEW YORK — Iranians favor implementing Sharia law in Iran by a huge majority — 83 percent to just 15 opposed — according to a new survey of Iranians published Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.

A majority of Iranian Muslims already believe that is the case in the country. Over one-third, 37%, believe Iran’s current system follows Sharia law “very closely,” while another 45% say it follows Muslim religious law “somewhat closely.” Among the 13% who believe Sharia law is largely not being implemented in Iran, a large majority, 78%, believe it should be.

The survey, published three days before Friday’s Iranian presidential election, found strong support for Islamic-inspired government in the country, despite the belief of many Westerners that the 2009 elections signaled a desire among Iranians to liberalize or overthrow the religious institutions that control the Iranian state.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/days-before-vote-huge-majority-of-iranians-favor-sharia-law/

[bunnies]

1. Geezus.

[clarice]

2. Terrible. nt

[Skidmore]

3. I'll never understand why people in the West expect that the peoples in the ME or Far East should

suddenly throw off thousands of years of culture and history and be come mini versions of us. It is unrealistic and that we spend billions of dollars trying to effect that type of change is laughable at best.

[greytdemocrat]

4. Ok. That's great!!! nt

[geek tragedy]

5. Polling in totalitarian regimes is unreliable.

If I lived in Iran and worried about the basij ripping my fingernails out for saying the wrong thing, I'd tell anyone who contacted me how much I love sharia.

[zeeland]

7. Especially in a face to face interview. n/t

[WovenGems]

6. Contradiction

Bounce this poll off of what gets smuggled into the country and confusion reigns. Until you factor in telling a pollster what is the correct public answer. Then the poll makes sense. The average Iranian fears the government as much as they did during the Shah.

[uppityperson]

8. Thank you, that is my take also.