@upthecreekyetagain wrote:
@start-the-fire wrote:
After the recent attacks i wonder how many Muslims have sympathy for the recent victims in the latest outrage.
According to a poll 27% were sympathetic to the last muderous attack, and that figure is probably underestimated, as who would even admit to thoughs thoughts even if they did. Thats British Muslims, how many would that be around the world ?
Of course that does not make them psycotic killers, but tells more about there mindset, and maybe why some are readily happy to take up arms and kill innocent people. Like it or not many hate westerners.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/11434695/Over-a-quarter-of-British-Muslims-have-sympathy-fo...
On the other hand there are some top notch Muslims, and embrace both cultures, like some on the news the other night going to the England match, those that participate in the community, and support other peoples values.
I often wonder why it is necessary to pervert the results of a poll, especially when the truth is just as shocking.
The poll actually asked whether the respondents had sympathy for the motives behind those who attacked the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris - 27% replied they did.
That is not the same as saying they were sympathetic about the actual attack yet is just as shocking in its own way.
Why is the more shocking response to the question as to whether they agreed that organisations that displayed images of Mohammad deserved to be attacked - to which 11% agreed - far too high a figure in my opinion but one that has not got the same headline appeal as 27%.
Just as shocking is the response that 46% of British Muslims feel that Britain is becoming less tolerant of Muslims and the same number feel that prejudice against Islam makes it very difficult to be a Muslim in this country and 35% feel that British people of other faiths don't trust them.
More encouraging is that 93% believe that British Muslims should always obey British laws and that 95% feel loyal to Britain.
It is those last two figures which demonstrate that as a group they shouldn't be treated differently to other citizens, either in the way they are expected to respond to attacks such as that seen in Paris nor being treated as though they have a greater responsibility than the rest of us for the barbaric acts recently carried out.
sopose it could be worse, the muslim population of the uk is near 3million so that makes about 210,000 dont believe they should obey british law, and 150,000 dont feel loyal to britain. quite small or is it-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry3NzkAOo3s
But i do agree with you that they shouldn't be treated differently to other citizens.
But at the same time i should not feel intimitated in areas where there is a high concentration of muslims in my own country, and greater thought has to go into the intergration of immigrants.
