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Tag Archives: Islam
Religion and Voting and Other News
Four stories are covered in today’s BRIN post, including new data on religion and prospective voting behaviour. Religion and voting Two new large-scale polls (from YouGov and Populus) shed light on the relationship between religion and voting intentions since UKIP’s … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged al-Qaeda, Angus Reid Public Opinion, blood donation, Chatham House, Christian Research, churchgoers, English Defence League, fleshandblood, Islam, Islamism, Islamophobia, Kore, Lord Ashcroft, Matthew Goodwin, Muslims, NHS Blood and Transplant, organ donation, politics, Populus, Religious Affiliation, terrorism, voting, YouGov
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Pope Benedict Departs and Other News
Benedict XVI leaves the papal office today following his resignation earlier in the month, and it is fitting that he should be the lead story in our latest BRIN post. This mostly derives from YouGov’s February 2013 Eurotrack survey, but … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged Andrea Hatcher, Andy Walton, Coalition Government, conservatism, Denmark, education, Elisabeth Arweck, European Union, Eurotrack, Finland, France, Germany, household finances, Islam, Jewish leaders, Journal of Beliefs & Values, Leslie Francis, Muslim clerics, Nick Spencer, politicians, politics, Pope Benedict XVI, Religion and Society Programme, Religious Affiliation, Religious diversity, religious leaders, religious right, Robert Jackson, Roman Catholic Church, secondary schools, Sweden, Theos, YouGov, young people
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Attitudes to Muslims
The year 2012 ended with the revelation that the Muslim community in England and Wales had grown by 75% between the 2001 and 2011 censuses of population. This basic demographic fact, combined with the increasingly prominent role and voice which … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged Ben Clements, British Social Attitudes Surveys, cartoon, Charlie Hebdo, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, hate crime, Innocence of Muslims, integration, Islam, Islamophobia, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Muslims, offence, Prophet Muhammad, solidarity of the religious, United States, YouGov, Youtube
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Religious Census 2011 – England and Wales
There have been some marked changes in the religious composition of England and Wales during the past decade, according to the first results from the 2011 census of population which were released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on … Continue reading
Rating Rowan Williams and Other New Sources
There follows a round-up of British religious statistics published between 26 and 28 September 2012, arranged in order of their date of release. Additionally, it should be noted that, although the Office for National Statistics issued a statistical bulletin on … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged Arab Spring, Archbishop of Canterbury, BBC Local Radio, Ben Clements, British Social Attitudes Survey, Church of England, ComRes, cultural boycott, democracy, English Baccalaureate, GCSEs, Innocence of Muslims, Islam, Islamophobia, Israel, Jewish Chronicle, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Muslim world, National Association of Teachers of Religious Education, religious education, religious groups, Rowan Williams, schools, The Guardian, United States, violence, West, YouGov
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August YouGov Polls on Political Issues
Herewith a round-up of recent YouGov polls touching on the interaction of religion and politics. ‘Doing God’ The majority of Britons are keen to keep religion apart from politics, according to a study published on 13 September 2012. 81% affirmed … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news
Tagged China, Christianity, DWF, Extremis Project, France, Germany, government, influence of religion, Islam, Islamophobia, legislation, Matthew Goodwin, Middle East and North Africa, Muslims, Olympic Games, Pakistan, Paralympic Games, political parties, politicians, politics, prejudice, public office, Religious Affiliation, religious leaders, shopping, Sunday Times, Sunday trading, United States, voting, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge
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Far Right Britons
The negativity of far right political parties, and particularly the British National Party (BNP), towards Islam and Muslims has been reaffirmed in a new report by academics at Nottingham and Salford Universities which was launched at Chatham House on 8 … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news
Tagged BNP, British National Party, EDL, English Defence League, far right, Islam, Islamophobia, Jocelyn Evans, Matthew Goodwin, mosques, Muslims, politics, Religious Affiliation, Searchlight Educational Trust, UKIP, United Kingdom Independence Party, violence, Western civilization, YouGov
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Islamophobia in the West
Islamophobia in the West: Measuring and Explaining Individual Attitudes, edited by Marc Helbling (of the Social Science Research Centre, Berlin) was published by Routledge on 16 February 2012 (ISBN 978-0-415-59444-8, hardback, £80). The book comprises 13 essays exploring the views … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Measuring religion, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate
Tagged attitude scales, Citizenship Survey, Clive Field, Erik Bleich, Islam, Islamophobia, Marc Helbling, Marco Cinnirella, Muslims, Rahsaan Maxwell, social psychology, students
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Abu Qatada
An overwhelming majority of Britons support the deportation to his native Jordan of Abu Qatada al-Filistini, the radical Muslim cleric implicated in Islamist terrorism, notwithstanding fears expressed by some that he may not receive a fair trial in his homeland. … Continue reading