(Report and research by Islam Surveyed)
1.0 About this Survey of Surveys
Surveys and polls concerning Islam and Muslims regularly hit the headlines. Often alarming, sometimes reassuring, and difficult to put into context, they can confuse more than illuminate. And, there is always the question of survey and poll quality.
This is a survey of surveys and polls from reliable sources published over the last five years or so, compiled with the objective of providing a clear picture and a convenient reference.
2.0 Summary
British Muslims
A large minority of British Muslims subscribe to values that clash with those held by the majority of British people. The proportion ranges from around 15% to 30% depending on the topic.
27% had some sympathy with the killers of the Charlie Hebdo staff. 11% believe those who publish images of Mohammed deserve to be attacked. 20% have some sympathy with young Muslims who leave the UK to join fighters in Syria.
29% would prefer to live in Britain under Sharia law rather than British law. 17% believe it is appropriate that Muslims who convert to other religions are cut off by their family and even worse, 31% agree Muslim conversion to another religion is forbidden and punishable by death.
Muslims themselves see the divide. 16-20% say there is a clash between Islam and
British values
Much of the time this might not be apparent as large numbers maintain dual identities. Just as many (77%) say they identify strongly or extremely strongly with Britain, as say they identify strongly or extremely strongly (75%) with their religion.
For ethnic minorities in general in Britain, research shows that 44% say they identify as strongly with their ethnic group as they identify with Britain. 22% hold entirely to their original culture. 21% have lost their original culture but have taken nothing of British culture. Only 13% are assimilated.
Dual identity is not necessarily a bad thing but when starkly conflicting values are involved it is a cause for concern.
British People
The majority British view of Islam and Muslims is strongly negative.
Over half (55%) believe there is a fundamental clash between Islam and British values and six in 10 (61%) have a negative or wholly negative view of Islam.
A large majority (81%) would support a ban on wearing of a full face veil or niqab in public places, such as schools, courts or hospitals. 71% believe the media should publish material even if it offends the religious views of some people.
The World’s Muslims
On average, seven in 10 (70%) Muslims in the greater part of the Muslim world favour making Sharia the Law of the Land.
Of these, 58% favour whippings or cutting off the hands of thieves and robbers, 60%favour stoning as a punishment for adultery, and 53% favour the death penalty for apostasy. And, on average 43% of Muslims favour gender segregation in the workplace.
It is as high as 85% in Pakistan.
Large minorities (10-30%) believe suicide bombing against civilian targets can be often or sometimes justified in order to defend Islam from its enemies.
It is difficult to find words that might qualify these horrendous results of surveys by the Pew Research Center, a highly reputable research organisation.
Knowledge and education topics also provide results alarming to modern people.
Nearly half (44%) of Muslims believe in creationism; humans and other living thingshave always existed in their present form. A staggering two in three (64%) deny that
Muslims in Europe and Western Countries
In Germany more than one in five (22%) Muslims are against integration and reject German values. Over half of French Muslims say they will marry only another Muslim.
Nearly half (47%) of Canadian Muslims believe they should be free to choose to be ruled by Sharia courts in the case of divorce and other family matters.
Three quarters of Australian Muslims think counter-terrorism policing and laws unfairly target their community. Many of them explain terrorism as the result of “the history of occupation and invasion throughout the Middle East”.
Western Views
On average in Europe’s largest countries over half (54%) of Europeans believe Islam is incompatible with the Western world. Seven in 10 (69%) would approve a ban on veils that cover the whole face.
More than half (57%) of Germans believe Islam poses a threat to Germany. 52% believe it does not belong in German society. They see Islam as an “archaic religion, incapable of fitting into modern life”.
Three quarters (74%) of the French think Islam is intolerant and that it is incompatible with the values of French society.
Half of Danish citizens favour a cap on the number of Muslims permitted to live in Denmark.
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The main sections of the report provide considerably more information on eachsurvey and poll covered, including:
• A tabular summary of all significant results as well as those mentioned above;
• Further summary analysis and comment;
• Survey details such as sample size and interview method;
• Links to publishers’ and research agency original reports and results;
• Summaries of and links to media coverage, press comment and articles.
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