Global poll finds Muslims increasingly reject suicide bombings

Muslims around the world increasingly reject suicide bombings and other violence against civilians in defense of Islam, according to a new international poll conducted by the Pew Research Center.

The study also found that in many of the countries where support for suicide attacks has declined, there has also been decreasing support for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. According to the poll 41 percent of Palestinians believe that suicide attacks are often justified while another 29 percent said they can sometimes be justified. Only six percent of Palestinians - the smallest in any Muslim public surveyed - said such attacks are never justified. (AP)