Posted on 01/28/2007 4:48:33 PM PST by Mount Athos
A growing minority of young Muslims are inspired by political Islam and feel they have less in common with non-Muslims than their parents do, a survey reveals today. The poll, carried out for the conservative-leaning Policy Exchange thinktank, found support for Sharia law, Islamic schools and wearing the veil in public is significantly stronger among young Muslims than their parents.
In the survey of 1,003 Muslims by the polling company Populus through internet and telephone questionnaires, nearly 60% said they would prefer to live under British law, while 37% of 16 to 24-year-olds said they would prefer sharia law, against 17% of those over 55. Eighty-six per cent said their religion was the most important thing in their lives.
Nearly a third of 16 to 24-year-olds believed that those converting to another religion should be executed, while less than a fifth of those over 55 believed the same. The survey claimed that British authorities and some Muslim groups have exaggerated the problem of Islamophobia and fuelled a sense of victimhood among some Muslims: 84% said they believed they had been well treated in British society, though only 28% thought the authorities had gone over the top in trying not to offend Muslims. Munira Mirza, a doctoral student at Kent University who wrote the report, said: "The government should engage with Muslims as citizens, not through their religious identity."
(Excerpt) Read more at politics.guardian.co.uk ...
This is where the legacy of Empire bites Britain on the ass. They let a bunch of Muslims in. They breed at a higher rate. Eventually they take over.
More good news. (sarcasm off)
"Nearly a third of 16 to 24-year-olds believed that those converting to another religion should be executed, while less than a fifth of those over 55 believed the same."
Wow! Only a fifth? That's a huge improvement! /s
This will hopefully give rise to a far right movement in Great Britain.
new = near
bump
These people should be shown the gate. Sheer insanity not to deal with them.
It’s the only way some those losers will be able to get a wife..
"Nearly a third of 16 to 24-year-olds believed that those converting to another religion should be executed, while less than a fifth of those over 55 believed the same."
Interesting the numbers for the age of 25 to 54 are not reported
It is not surprising the older group is not as radical as the young ones
That is true across all religons
If they like Sharia law they can go the hell back to Sharia.
I know ,I know. Ok They can go back to where there is Sharia law .
But only one religion believes converts should be executed, I believe.
Munira Mirza is a writer and researcher on issues related to cultural policy and identity. Earlier this year she edited the book ‘Culture Vultures: Is UK arts policy damaging the arts?’ and in 2005 she presented the BBC Radio 4 documentary series, ‘The Business of Race’. She is a founding member of the Manifesto Club, a new organisation that aims to champion humanist politics in the 21st century.
Manifesto Club's Manifesto:
SUMMARY
1. We are committed to freedom, free speech and genuine tolerance. We oppose all restrictions on debate, from speech codes to hate-speech laws. We believe that it is only through open, heated discussion that society can decide
what is true.
2. We support experimentation in all its forms - scientific, social and personal. We oppose the ‘safety-first’ culture, which holds back everything from space missions to children’s play. We believe that human beings develop by making leaps into the unknown, and learning from their mistakes.
3. We support individual self-determination. We oppose the growing official intrusion into personal life, with government guidelines on what we should eat or how we should raise our children. We believe that people can make their own life choices.
4. We uphold a human-centred perspective. We do not believe that society is powerless in the grip of natural forces, from extreme weather to bird flu. We believe that there is nothing more human than remaking and developing our
environment.
5. We believe in a universal humanity that transcends difference. We oppose the division of humanity into fixed cultural or ethnic groups. We believe that people from different backgrounds can forge alliances, and transcend their personal perspective.
6. We continue to be inspired by the legacy of the Enlightenment. Humanity is capable of rising to the challenges it faces. Through the use of reason we can
begin to influence the course of history - a task that we enthusiastically embrace.
http://www.manifestoclub.com/files/MANIFESTO.pdf
Even the lefties are getting nervous.
I supported Bush's Iraq plan, but now, unless it's merely a staging ground for attacks on iran and Syria, I fear it was a wasted effort.
ugh, "classically."
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