Middle Easterners Fear Religious and Ethnic Hatred Religious and ethnichatred poses the greatest threatto the world
Across the seven Middle Eastern countries surveyed, a median of 34% see religious and ethnic hatred as the world’s top threat. This includes 58% of Lebanese, a country divided by religion and bordering both Syria and Israel. Given the history of religious violence in the region, the result might not be surprising. Yet, since the question was last asked in 2007, and religious and ethnic conflicts have played out in Syria, Iraq and beyond, fears have increased significantly in the region, including Lebanon (+19 percentage points), Egypt (+18), Turkey (+9) and Jordan (+6).
Middle Easterners Fear Religious and  | Ethnic Hatred  | Religious and ethnichatred poses the greatest threatto  | the world  | Lebanon  | 58%  | Palest ter.  | 40  | Tunisia  | 39  | Egypt  | 34  | Israel  | 30  | Turkey  | 29  | Jordan  | 25  | 34  | Median  | Source: Spring 2014 Global Attitudes survey.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 