Half of the Conservative party members in the UK believe Islam is threat, poll finds.

Almost half of Conservative party members believe Islam “a threat to the British way of life,” according to a poll which has reignited concerns over Islamophobia within Britain’s ruling party. It found that more than one-third of card-carrying Tories believed that Islamist terror attacks reflected a widespread hostility to Britain among the Muslim community, and nearly six…

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Chatham House Briefing Paper Examines the Rise of “Counter-Jihad” Groups

27 March 2013 A report released this month by Chatham House entitled, “The Roots of Extremism: The English Defence League and the Counter-Jihad Challenge” examines the rise of counter-jihad groups as a particularly confrontational and unpredictable variation of right-wing extremism in Europe and North America.   The author of the paper, Dr. Matthew Goodwin, an…

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George Galloway criticizes veil ban in Westminster

9 December 2102   Renowned British lawmaker George Galloway has attacked new restrictions imposed on the wearing of the Muslim face-veil (Niqab) at the meeting place of the two houses of parliament, describing the move as an infringement on Muslim rights:   “Everyone understands the need to have proper security, but these rules seem a…

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67% of Britains would like to see burqa banned in public, poll says

The majority of British adults believe that the burqa should be completely banned in Britain, a recent poll by YouGov on behalf of Channel 5 news has found. 67% of respondents agree that the burqa should be completely banned in Britain, with 42% of those in agreement feeling strongly. Indeed, although the majority of UK…

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Britons link Islam with extremism, says survey

Most people in the UK associate Islam with extremism and the repression of women, a survey has suggested. The online YouGov poll found 58% of those questioned linked Islam with extremism while 69% believed it encouraged the repression of women. The survey of 2,152 adults was commissioned by the Exploring Islam Foundation. The organisation has…

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