Half of Britons Think Islam is ‘Threat to West,’ Study Reveals

Great! Brits are waking up and, somehow, truth is getting through

More than half of Britons believe Islam “poses a threat to the West,” despite the UK becoming more tolerant and open overall, a new study has claimed

Muslim men stand in line on Westminster Bridge during an event to mark one week since a man drove his car into pedestrians then stabbed a police officer in London, Britain, March 29, 2017. © Stefan Wermuth / Reuters

Following recent Islamist-inspired terrorist incidents in Westminster, Manchester and London’s Borough Market, 42 percent of people say they now have less trust for Muslims in Britain, while 52 percent believe Islam poses a threat, the Populus poll published by campaign group Hope not Hate shows.

The figures also reveal that a quarter of English people think Islam is a “dangerous religion that incites violence.”

Older people are more likely to express Islamophobic views, the poll finds, “painting a worrying set of views” which Hope not Hate said would require “significant effort” to address.

The increase in negative attitudes towards Muslims comes despite an overall improvement in attitudes among Britons towards different groups in society. The report found that two-fifths of the population have a liberal outlook, compared to 22 percent six years ago.

The study asked more than 4,000 people in England 140 questions relating to current events.

It found responses to Brexit had left Britain more divided, with attitudes towards race and faith becoming increasingly polarized since the last poll in 2011. But the survey saw more positive views towards immigration since Brexit, with more than half of respondents saying they believe immigration is good for the country - up by 15 percent in five years.

Islamophobia monitoring group Tell MAMA said in a statement the poll is “both heartening but also worrying.” It said a “slippery slope” could be ahead if changes are not made.

“[The poll] shows a divide between the wider public and British Muslim communities, and with the divides becoming stark.

“If we are to ensure that community tensions, extremism and marginalization are to be tackled in our country, we have to find ways which address the concerns of the wider public, whilst also ensuring that British Muslims feel like they have a future and a space in the United Kingdom.

“If we don’t collectively make a change, there is a slippery slope ahead which does not bode well,” it added.

There is a pretty stark liberal slant to this piece. It acknowledges the Brits are more appreciative of immigrants in general, but less appreciative of Muslims specifically. Yet, it seems to fault the Brits who are less appreciative of Muslims rather than the Muslims themselves. 

One gets the impression from Hope not Hate and Tell MAMA that all that is needed is a more focused propaganda campaign to enlighten those poor slobs who think that Muslim radicals murdering innocent civilians is not good for the country. Or the Muslim men grooming, drugging, gang-raping young British girls might be anti-British, somehow. Or Muslim majority councils placing little, blonde, British girls in the care of Salafist Muslims who can't speak English and who teach them that British women are all whores and prostitutes, might not be edifying to those girls.

Islam is not compatible with British law or values in any way, shape or form. Islam becomes more and more Sharia-friendly with every increase in the percentage of the population. Muslims reproduce much faster than any other demographic in Britain so that percentage is increasing rapidly, and that's a problem because Islam is volatile! Muslims quite simply go insane at the suggestion of someone insulting Mohammed. 2 years ago there were 1.5 million British Muslims supporting ISIS.

Muslims immigrate from countries with vast Muslim majorities; countries that are no longer fit to live in. They bring with them a virulent anti-Semitic, anti-Christian attitude. And they bring with them, and seem determined to keep those values which destroyed their old countries and made them unfit for life. 

This will be the legacy of Islam in the UK and do-gooder liberal organizations seem determined to make it happen.