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February 12, 2006
UK: Poll Shows That British Citizens Are Angered By Islamic Demonstrations
UK: Poll Shows That British Citizens Are Angered By Islamic Demonstrations
Today's Sunday Times reveals the results of a poll conducted by You-Gov for the newspaper, and they do not bode well for those who believe in multiculturalism.
Using a base of 1,600 respondents, the poll suggests widespread anger at protests which were held in London last Friday (February 03) and also across the Muslim world about the Danish cartoons of the prophet Mohammed.
86% believed such protests were a "gross overreaction", and more than half (56%) believed it was right to publish the cartoons. Only 29% thought they should not be reprinted.
58% were angered by the demonstration by members of al Ghurabaa/the Saviour sect last Friday in London, in which placards called for the beheading of those who insult the prophet, and invoked threats of a European 9/11 event. 76% thought those carrying such placards should have been arrested. In the event, the only two people who were arrested were non-Muslims distributing copies of the actual cartoons.
80% of respondents thought the authorities display "too much tolerance" of Muslims who call for extremism, and 67% believe senior policemen are too "politically correct".
Regarding Abu Hamza, who has said it is "all right" to kill Kafirs (unbelievers), 67% thought he should have been arrested sooner, and 69% thought he should have been given a jail term "significantly longer" than the seven years he received.
Whereas the current anti-terrorism bill has dropped the proposed detention of terror suspects for 90 days without charge, 44% think it should be reinstated, whereas 42% said that it was acceptable to detain suspects for 28 days without charge.
On foreign individuals who incite racial and religious hatred, 81% of people believe they should be deported to their countries of origin, whether or not they may have their lives put in danger by returning.
87% of respondents believed further Islamist terror attacks like 7/7 will happen again.
Only 17%, less then one fifth of the total, believed Muslims and non-Muslims will be living peacefully together in Britain.
67% think tensions between the Islamic and non-Muslim communities will get worse in Britain, and while 34% thought Western nations can live peacefully alongside Muslim nations, more people (45%) thought that this would not be happening.
From reactions I have gauged on Britain's streets, the pessimism about our Muslim citizens, reflected in this poll, seems to be very real indeed. Government pundits and policy makers should take note.
Despite the pronouncements of politicians about harmony between faiths, the behaviour of Muslim extremists has soured the public's perceptions of Islam.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at February 12, 2006 8:21 PM
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