Poll: 40% of Young Muslims Want Shari’a in Britain
Charles Johnson
Sun Jan 28, 2007 at 3:50 pm PST • Views: 525
The Daily Mail cites a new poll with results that will come as no surprise (but are horrifying nonetheless), given the kind of anti-Western hate speech we saw in Undercover Mosque being preached at so-called mainstream Islamic facilities: A generation of outsiders. (Hat tip: kasper.)
The doctrine of multi-culturalism has alienated an entire generation of young Muslims and made them increasingly radical, a report has found.
In stark contrast with their parents, growing numbers sympathise with extreme teachings of Islam, with almost four in ten wanting to live under Sharia law in Britain.
The study identifies significant support for wearing the veil in public, Islamic schools and even punishment by death for Muslims who convert to another religion.
Most alarmingly, 13 per cent of young Muslims said they “admired” organisations such as Al Qaeda which are prepared to “fight the West”.
The poll exposes a fracture between the attitudes of Muslims aged 16 to 24, most of whom were born in Britain, and those of their parents’ generation, who are more likely to have been immigrants.
A report published alongside the poll, commissioned by the Right-wing think tank Policy Exchange and carried out by Populus, said the doctrine of multi-culturalism was at least partly responsible.
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