“The focus in the media on extremism, and linking any type of violence or crime by Muslims to Islam, has skewed public perception so that they believe Islam condones or encourages violence and extremism."
Source/Credit: The Guardian
By Mark Townsend | May 22, 2016
Majority Britons don't see Islam compatible with British values
Excerpt from Guardian UK
[A] new survey reveals that one in three British adults say they agree that Islam promotes violence in the UK. A study conducted by ComRes on behalf of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK also found that 56% of Britons disagreed with the view that Islam is compatible with British values.
Ibrahim Ikhlaf from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK, said: “The focus in the media on extremism, and linking any type of violence or crime by Muslims to Islam, has skewed public perception so that they believe Islam condones or encourages violence and extremism. Nothing could be further from the truth.”
Tom Mludzinski, director of political polling for ComRes, said the findings revealed the extent of the conflicting perceptions among the British public towards Islam. “With Britons similarly as likely to agree that Islam promotes acts of violence in the UK as they are to agree that Islam promotes peace in the UK, it is clear that perceptions of Islam are mixed among the general public.”
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