Tag Archives: Islamophobia

Angus Reid Public Opinion Round-Up

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Angus Reid Public Opinion (ARPO, formerly Angus Reid Strategies) is the Vancouver-based public affairs practice of Vision Critical and conducts online surveys. It was originally founded in 2006 by Dr Angus Reid, a Canadian sociologist with four decades of experience … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Angus Reid Public Opinion, Burka, burqa, Canada, clergy, Creationism, evolution, Halloween, hijab, Islam, Islamophobia, minarets, ministers, mosques, Muslims, niqab, origins of life, paganism, priests, religious dress, Springboard UK, Switzerland, United States of America, witchcraft | Leave a comment

More Perceptions of Islam

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Islamophobia certainly appears to be a hot topic in 2010. Ten opinion polls have already been undertaken between January and July to gauge the attitudes of adult Britons towards Islam and Muslims. Now The Guardian of 3 August has noted … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged dawah, DJS Research, Hamza Andreas Tzortzis, iERA, integration, Islam, Islamic Education and Research Academy, Islamophobia, Koran, Muslims, Prophet Mohammed, religious knowledge, Sharia, terrorism women | 1 Comment

Battle of the Burka

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Clive D. Field

As might have been expected, the recent near-unanimous vote by the lower house of the French Parliament in favour of a ban on the wearing of full-face veils in public has prompted a further test of popular opinion on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Burka, Channel 5 News, face-veils, Islamophobia, Muslims, religious dress, women, YouGov | 2 Comments

London Bombings – Five Years On

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The fifth anniversary of the London bombings has been marked by a YouGov poll for The Sun newspaper. It was conducted among an online sample of 1,424 adult Britons aged 18 and over on 4-5 July. Headline findings were published … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged 7/7, integration, Islamophobia, London bombings, Muslims, terrorism, The Sun, YouGov | Leave a comment

Islamophobia Unveiled

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Clive D. Field

A new opinion poll on British attitudes to Muslim women wearing full face veils was released on 8 July 2010. It is the third to be published this year. It was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International on behalf … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Burka, face veil, Islamophobia, Muslims, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Princeton Survey Research Associates International, religious dress | Leave a comment

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

Voting Intentions and Attitudes to Religious Minorities

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Clive D. Field

With just over a week to go before the general election, we are literally awash with opinion polls at present. Unfortunately, few of those conducted during the present campaign have featured faith-specific issues, while the relatively small sample sizes mean … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Advantage, Anti-Semitism, BNP, British National Party, Channel 4, Conservative Party, conspiracy, discrimination, Green Party, holocaust, Islamophobia, Jews, Labour Party, Liberal Democrat Party, Muslims, politics, prejudice, UKIP, United Kingdom Independence Party, voting, YouGov | 1 Comment

In the Firing Line

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Clive D. Field

One of the more surprising religion-related news stories in recent weeks has been the row which developed over the use of models of ‘generic Eastern buildings’ on the Ministry of Defence (MoD)’s firing range at Bellerby, North Yorkshire. They were … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Bellerby firing range, Bradford Council for Mosques, churches, Islamophobia, Ministry of Defence, mosques, YouGov | Leave a comment

Should the Burka Be Banned in Britain? Take 2

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Clive D. Field

A month after the publication of a ComRes poll for The Independent on whether the burka should be banned in Britain (see our earlier news post at http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=45), another survey on the subject has just appeared. This one is by … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Burka, Financial Times, Harris Interactive, Islamophobia, Muslims, religious dress | Leave a comment

Attitudes to Muslims: Round-Up of Recent YouGov Polls

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Founded only in 2000, YouGov has rapidly become one of the best-known polling companies in contemporary Britain. It operates mainly via online interviews among a panel of more than 250,000 adults aged 18 and over. Although YouGov has undertaken relatively few … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Advantage, Anjem Choudary, community cohesion, disadvantage, integration, Islam, Islam4UK, Islamophobia, Muslims, terrorism, YouGov | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Islamophobia

Angus Reid Public Opinion Round-Up

More Perceptions of Islam

Battle of the Burka

London Bombings – Five Years On

Islamophobia Unveiled

Voting Intentions and Attitudes to Religious Minorities

In the Firing Line

Should the Burka Be Banned in Britain? Take 2

Attitudes to Muslims: Round-Up of Recent YouGov Polls

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