Two-thirds of British public do not believe the Quran justifies the use of violence against non-Muslims
There’s an interesting poll conducted by ComRes on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community looking at British attitudes towards Islamophobia.
On an aside, am I the only one who tires of the term Islamophobia? A phobia is an anxiety disorder.
Anyway, the main finding is that people are twice as likely to say the media is to blame for Islamophobia (29%) than far-right groups (13%), or Muslims themselves either abroad (14%) or in the UK (11%). Also, Just 14% of the British public agree that the Quran justifies the use of violence against others.
Interestingly, people who say that they do not belong to any religion (33%) are more likely to say that the media is responsible for Islamophobia than people who say that they are Christian (27%).
You can read it all here and a hat-tip to BRIN.
Tags: Religion Society
August 1st, 2011 at 7:59 am
So only 14% of the British public polled have a good idea what the Quran teaches? The small percentage is worrying.