Counterintuitively, it might happen that people's attitude toward Muslims improves both after terror attacks and policies or rhetoric perceive to be anti-Muslim (thread):
Following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, favorable views of Muslim Americans rose from 45% to 59%. Following the Charlie Hebdo terror attack in France, favorable views of Muslims rose from 72% to 76%, very favorable views from 14% to 25%. pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015…
Following the Paris terror attacks, anti-Muslim bias decreased in UK and the proportion who felt London was worse off for its diversity fell from 32% to 24%. newsweek.com/anti-muslim-se…
Following the Orlando nightclub shooting, the percent of Americans holding a favorable view of Muslims rose from 53% to 62%. newsmax.com/newsfront/amer…
Trump changed Americans’ view of Islam–for the better. Attitudes toward “Muslim people” became progressively more favorable from 53 percent in November 2015 to 70 percent in October 2016. brookings.edu/blog/markaz/20…
Trump’s “Muslim ban” actually improved attitudes toward Muslims. vox.com/identities/201…
