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Al Jazeera Poll: Is ISIS Beneficial To Region? Respondents Overwhelmingly Say Yes, But There’s A Catch
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An Al Jazeera poll asked if the Islamic State is beneficial to the region, and a shocking amount of respondents voted yes.
The poll, on the TV channel’s Arabic-language website, asked: “Do you consider the Islamic State’s advance in Iraq and Syria to benefit the region?” With over 50,000 votes cast, 81 percent answered “Yes” and 18 percent voted “No”.
Now with over 50k votes, Al Jazeera poll asking if readers support ISIS’s – 81% answer ‘yes.’ pic.twitter.com/aK4gsRMA51 https://t.co/lDK9WJSqrx
— Grasswire (@grasswire) May 26, 2015
8 Pro-Islamic State Twitter accounts were promoting the poll and asking supporters to vote for the terror organization.
Don’t forget to vote on Jazira to Support Islamic State ترجمة كيفية التصويت لاعجم http://t.co/bukWUfp79A pic.twitter.com/rHyEkkTgVI
— ترجمان أبى زكرياء (@AljaziraSarab18) May 26, 2015
http://t.co/lPHAGNDN1N رابط التصويت نعم-yes-si-o -oui هذه غزوتكم يا اﻷنصار pic.twitter.com/Ua9URZ0gDk
— متابع فقط (@boom_49) May 26, 2015
The poll closes May 28, according to the website. There was no similar poll on Al Jazeera America’s English-language website.
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