300 unge tyrkere deltok i den nederlandske undersøkelsen, som har vakt bred politisk oppsikt. Den viser også at hele 90 prosent av de unge tyrkerne mener at de som drar i krig mot troppene til Syrias president Assad er ”helter”.
MPs from across the political spectrum have called for more research into the attitudes of young Dutch Turks to the Islamic State, after a poll of 300 showed 80% saw nothing wrong in jihad, or holy war, against non-believers.
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During a parliamentary debate on integration issues on Wednesday, Socialist, D66 and CDA MPs called for a special sitting to investigate why youths have such radical views, website nu.nl reports.
The survey found 90% of young Turks think those fighting against Syrian president Assad’s troops are ‘heroes’ and half thought it would be a good thing if Dutch Muslims went to join the fight.
Social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher told website nu.nl on Tuesday the results of the survey were ‘worrying’ and pledged to carry out more in-depth research.
He also said the research was contradictory, with high support for jihad but very little support for a religious caliphate. Speaking after a visit to the Kuba mosque in IJmuiden on Wednesday, Asscher said he had failed to find anyone who supported IS, the Volkskrant reports.
Undersøkelsen viser at 74 prosent av tyrkerne og 61 prosent av unge marokkanere er mot et ”islamsk kalifat i regionen” (Midtøsten), mens 62 prosent av alle mener at demokrati er avgjørende for fremskritt. 8 prosent mener kalifat er en bedre løsning for debn arabiske verden enn demokrati.
Forskerne mener de motstridende resultatene, da med utgangspunkt i den massive støtten til IS-krigere blant tyrkere, kan skyldes at 86 prosent av dem følger tyrkiske nyhetsprograms dekning av Midtøsten-konfliktene, mens 27 prosent av unge marokkanere følger marokkanske nyhetsprogram.