A small clue, perhaps, as to why the British may be associating Muslims with extremism..

UPDATE: Interesting to note that YouGov, the UK polling organisation that carried out the survey, appears to have chosen to to publish the results of this poll on their website, yet they do publish results of a survey critical of Israel in relating to the Gaza flotillas of last week. Double standards?

Can’t think why that would be the case…

Most people in the UK associate Islam with extremism and the repression of women, a survey has suggested.

The online YouGov poll was conducted for moderate Muslim organization the Exploring Islam Foundation.

Some 58% of those surveyed said they linked Islam with extremism.

Asked if Muslims had a positive impact on British society, four out of 10 disagreed with the statement while seven out of 10 said the religion encouraged the repression of women.

Negative picture
Half linked Islam with terrorism, just 13% thought it was based on peace and 6% associated it with justice.

BBC home editor Mark Easton says the survey, conducted by YouGov for the foundation, paints a negative picture of British attitudes to Islam.

The foundation has been established to challenge what it calls “damaging stereotypes” and misconceptions about the religion.

It represents part of an international liberal Islamic movement that has developed to challenge negative views among non-Muslims and counter those Muslims who claim Western cultural values are a threat.

The foundation’s campaign stresses the ways in which Muslims balance religious tradition with contemporary human rights and social responsibility.

We can just hear the cries of ‘racism’ and ‘Islamophobia’ once the left and the Muslim spin groups start reacting to this. They need to realise that perhaps the reason the British people feel this way, is because it is true?

So-called moderate Muslims should be put to proof, to erase any doubt that perceptions of the British Muslim community by the host community really are ‘misconceptions and damaging stereotypes’.

The evidence for this is very thin on the ground. To native Brits, British Muslims appear to identify much more with Hizballah and Hamas, than with British values.

Perhaps if the prevailing political culture switched away from the multiculturalist approach of quietly overlooking the child marriages, Jew-hatred, sexual grooming, terrorist-aiding charity networks, heroin dealing gangs, first-cousin and forced marriages, honour killing , immigration fraud, etc., to one of a firm expectation of compliance with British norms societal norms and integration (after all, why would Muslims wish to be here if they didn’t wish to become ‘British’?); we would see a shift in attitudes.

Until then, the beleaguered Brits will most likely continue to call things as they see them.

[Source: BBC Online]

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