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Counting Religion in Britain, February 2019

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 41, February 2019 features 20 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 41 February 2019 OPINION … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, July 2017

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 22, July 2017 features 12 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 22 July 2017 OPINION POLLS Trust in religious figures Only a minority (22%) of … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Anti-Defamation League, anti-Semitic crimes, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Be Reasonable, Ben Clements, Board of Deputies of British Jews, British Election Study, British values, Campaign against Antisemitism, Charity Awareness Monitor, civil service, Community Security Trust, ComRes, Dalai Lama, Donatella Casale Mashiah, Economic and Social Research Council, Evangelical Alliance, extremism, extremist figures, Freedom of Information Act, GlobeScan, influence in the world, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Islam, Islamophobia, Israel, Jesus Christ, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish News, Jews, Jonathan Boyd, Muslims, negative stereotypes, nfpSynergy, Populus, Religious Affiliation, ScotCen Social Research, Scotland, Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, senior religious figures, Survation, synagogue membership, trust, University of Maryland, Wales, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, May 2017

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 20, May 2017 features 27 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 20 May 2017 OPINION POLLS Global Trends, 2017 Results from the second wave … Continue reading →

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Terrorist Threats

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Despite renewed media preoccupation with far-right organizations in Britain, following revelations of links between them and Anders Behring Breivik, perpetrator of the recent outrages in Norway, many Britons still view ‘Islamic terrorism’ as the greater problem, even though two-thirds also … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged extremism, far right, Islamic terrorism, police, security services, Sunday Times, YouGov | Leave a comment

Muslim-Western Tensions – British Experiences

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Clive D. Field

‘Muslim and Western publics continue to see relations between them as generally bad, with both sides holding negative stereotypes of the other.’ However, there has been ‘somewhat of a thaw in the U.S. and Europe compared with five years ago’. … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Anti-Semitism, Britishness, Christianophobia, Christians, economic prosperity, extremism, integration, Islam, Islamic fundamentalism, Islamophobia, Jews, Muslims, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Princeton Survey Research Associates International, religious prejudice, violence | 3 Comments

Religious Education and the English Baccalaureate

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The campaign (RE.ACT) to persuade the Coalition Government to change its mind about excluding GCSE Religious Education (RE) from the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) in secondary schools hotted up on 24 June with the simultaneous publication of two new surveys accompanied … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged cohesion, ComRes, EBacc, English Baccalaureate, extremism, fundamentalism, GCSE, government, intolerance, National Association of Teachers of Religious Education, NATRE, politics, Premier Christian Media, religious education, school league tables, schools, YouGov | Leave a comment

Searchlight on Religion

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Clive D. Field

A major new source of public opinion data on religion and inter-faith relations has just become available in the form of a Populus poll for Searchlight Educational Trust. The survey is of unusual importance in terms of the number of … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Christians, church attendance, English nationalism, extremism, force for good, freedom of speech, Hindus, importance of religion, inter-faith relations, Islam, Islamophobia, Jews, legislation, mosques, multiculturalism, Muslims, personal identity, politics, Populus, religious abuse, Religious Affiliation, religious leaders, religious prejudice, Searchlight Educational Trust, Sikhs, violence | 1 Comment

Muslims in Prison

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Clive D. Field

In December 2008 there were 9,975 Muslim prisoners in England and Wales, equivalent to 12% of the prison population. This represented a considerable increase on the 5% in 1994 and 8% in 2004 and was more than four times the … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Survey news | Tagged ethnicity, extremism, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons, Muslims, prison, prisoners, terrorism | 4 Comments

Inspired by Muhammad Campaign

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Existing negative stereotypes of Islam and Muslims in Britain are largely confirmed in an opinion poll released to coincide with the launch on 7 June of the Exploring Islam Foundation’s Inspired by Muhammad advertising campaign. The campaign is designed to … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged environment, Exploring Islam Foundation, extremism, Inspired by Muhammad, Islam, Islamophobia, Prophet Muhammad, repression of women, social justice, sources of information, violence, women, YouGov | Leave a comment

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