Survey Says:

Three-quarters of non-Muslims believe Islam has provided a negative contribution to British society, according to a new poll, which has prompted calls for Muslims to help improve the perception of their faith.

The study for the Islamic Education and Research Academy (iERA) also found that 63% of people surveyed did not disagree with the statement “Muslims are terrorists” and 94% agreed that “Islam oppresses women”. It included qualitative as well as quantitative data. One respondent said: “”If I had my way I’d kick them all [Muslims] out of here.”

…Despite the widespread negative perceptions of Islam, iERA believes the fact that most opinions were formed in ignorance of the faith indicates that Muslims can positively influence them.

I’m shocked this came out of Britain, frankly. As for turning those negative perceptions around…

…Although the survey indicated people may not be willing to listen – 60% said they preferred not to receive any information about religion, while 77% did not agree in any way that Muslims should do more to teach people about their faith – Tzortzis believes they will if they are shown that religion is relevant.

“We need to show that it [Islam] encompasses all the things in your life whether social or practical,” he said.

“We had one of the biggest economic crises and we had no Islamic scholar saying the Islamic [financial] model wasn’t as affected and might be relevant.“

Good luck with that, pal. I hadn’t noticed “the Islamic model” was exactly a force of modern global commerce ~ “modern”, as in “last 400 years” ~ which is probably why it was unaffected. Of course, circuitous logic is also an Islamic specialty.

categories Biz, Humanity...or the Lack Thereof, Life, World Stuff | | datetime August 2, 2010 9:00 am

One Response to “Survey Says:”

  1. JeffS says:
    August 2, 2010 at 9:23 am

    …Despite the widespread negative perceptions of Islam, iERA believes the fact that most opinions were formed in ignorance of the faith indicates that Muslims can positively influence them.

    Last time I looked, the Islamic version of missionaries packed AK47s, big knives, and a lot of explosives. That doesn’t sound like a “positive influence”, except for the dhimmitude model.

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