Nearly half - 47% of Americans - say that Muslim and American values are incompatible

Similar percentages of Americans report being irked by Muslims in specific ways, saying that they feel uncomfortable with mosques being built close to their homes, with Muslim women wearing burqas, and with Muslim men praying in airports. This last one probably has to do with the reasonable fear that those Muslim men intend hijacking some airplanes so that they can kill thousands of innocent Americans for being "infidels". Republicans in general (63%) and Tea Party supporters in particular (66%) said that Islamic values were at odds with the American way of life - as did 40% of Democrats. Among religious groups, majorities of white evangelicals (59%) and black Protestants (51%) saw a clash between American and Muslim values. A majority of senior citizens (52%) perceived a clash as well.