Originally posted by shahida TKO
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Poll of 1,000 Muslims in Britain for BBC Radio 4 Today
* More than two in five (46%) feel that being a Muslim in Britain is difficult due to prejudice against Islam.
* Almost all Muslims living in Britain feel a loyalty to the country (95%). Just 6% say they feel a disloyalty.
* Nine in ten (93%) British Muslims believe that Muslims in Britain should always obey British laws.
* One in four (27%) British Muslims say they have some sympathy for the motives behind the attacks on Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
* However, two thirds (68%) say acts of violence against those who publish images of the Prophet can never be justified while a quarter (24%) disagree.
* Muslim women are more likely than men to feel unsafe in Britain.
* One in nine (11%) British Muslims feel sympathetic towards people who want to fight against western interests while 85% do not.
* Half (49%) believe Muslim clerics preaching that violence against the west can be justified are out of touch with mainstream Muslim opinion, while 45% disagree.
* More than two in five (46%) feel that being a Muslim in Britain is difficult due to prejudice against Islam.
* Almost all Muslims living in Britain feel a loyalty to the country (95%). Just 6% say they feel a disloyalty.
* Nine in ten (93%) British Muslims believe that Muslims in Britain should always obey British laws.
* One in four (27%) British Muslims say they have some sympathy for the motives behind the attacks on Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
* However, two thirds (68%) say acts of violence against those who publish images of the Prophet can never be justified while a quarter (24%) disagree.
* Muslim women are more likely than men to feel unsafe in Britain.
* One in nine (11%) British Muslims feel sympathetic towards people who want to fight against western interests while 85% do not.
* Half (49%) believe Muslim clerics preaching that violence against the west can be justified are out of touch with mainstream Muslim opinion, while 45% disagree.
Fwiw I sympathise with the regular British, American & French Muslims who have to read all the vitriol directed towards their religion but the reason for that is the extremists, everyone needs to unite against them (no ifs, ands, buts).
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