Sponsored by the Ethics & Public Policy Center, a non-partisan think tank, and Beliefnet, the survey was based on a national sample of leaders of Evangelical organizations, ranging from churches and missionary associations to relief agencies and political groups. It was conducted in the fall of 2002 under the direction of Prof. John Green of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron, and was supported with a grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts. The results were released April 7, 2003.

Overall View of Islam

Favorable	Neutral	Unfavorable
13%	10	77

How Should the Evangelical Community Interact with Muslims?

	Very Important	Some Importance	Not Important
Insist on Truth of the Gospel	89%	9	3
Evangelize U.S. Muslims	83%	14	3
Evangelize Muslims abroad	81%	16	3
Protect the rights of Muslims	79%	20	1
Dialogue with Muslims	54%	41	5
Welcome Muslims into the American community	52%	41	7

Views of Samaritan's Purse*

Favorable	Neutral	Unfavorable
89%	9	2

Views of Islamic Beliefs and Practice

	Agree	Neutral	Disagree
Islam opposes religious freedom	76%	14	10
Islam opposes pluralism/democracy	72%	22	6
Sharia violates human rights	72%	21	7
Islam is a religion of violence	70%	9	20
Islam dedicated to world domination	66%	22	12
Terrorists have "hijacked" Islam	62%	11	27
Islam preaches justice and moral values	52%	16	32
American Muslims committed to Democratic values	30%	47	23
Muslims/Christian pray to same God	17%	4	79
Islam is a religion of peace	10%	19	71
All of the world's great religions are equally true and good
2%	11	89

Views on Related Foreign Policy Issues

	Agree	Neutral	Disagree
U.S. should take all necessary steps to win the "war on terrorism"	73%	14	13
The war against terrorism is basically a war between the West and Islam	45%	10	45
Stopping religious persecution a top priority of American foreign policy	73%	14	13
U.S. should use military force against Saddam Hussein in Iraq**	59%	22	19
U.S. should back Israel over the Palestinians in the Middle East	60%	9	31
U.S. should support a free and independent Palestinian state	52%	16	31
U.S. policies are partly responsible for the attacks of September 11	33%	10	57
U.S. should accept jurisdiction of new world court	18%	15	67
There will be no peace with Islamic nations until poverty is eliminated	9%	20	71
Immigrants harm society by bringing in strange customs and beliefs	8%	7	85
The American attack on Afghanistan was unjust and immoral	7%	5	89
U.S. should mind its own business internationally and let other countries get along the best they can on their own	4%	6	91

*Samaritan's Purse is the Christian humanitarian aid organization run by Franklin Graham.
**Survey taken before war in Iraq began.