Tag Archives: Muslims

Burka Britain

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Two-thirds of Britons would like to see the burka banned in this country, notwithstanding the fact that the Home Secretary has indicated that the Government has no intention of moving in the same direction as France, where a law prohibiting … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Burka, Islamophobia, legislation, Muslims, religious dress, YouGov | 2 Comments

British Muslims and the Police

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Taken as a whole, Muslims in England and Wales express higher levels of trust and confidence in the police than do the general population, notwithstanding the fact that they report crime and disorder impacts more negatively upon them than society … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Association of Chief Police Officers, British Crime Survey, Cardiff University, Colin Roberts, community cohesion, crime, Helen Innes, Martin Innes, Muslims, police, policing, PREVENT, Universities' Police Science Institute | 1 Comment

Group-Focused Enmity in Europe

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Fresh light on anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in Britain is shed in a report published by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Berlin on 11 March 2011. Entitled Intolerance, Prejudice and Discrimination: A European Report, it is written by Andreas Zick, Beate Kupper and … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Alliance Publishing Trust, Andreas Hovermann, Andreas Zick, Anti-Semitism, Beate Kupper, Bielefeld Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, holocaust, Islam, Islamophobia, Israel, Jews, Muslims, Palestinians, prejudice, self-assessed religiosity, terrorism, TNS, women | Leave a comment

Media Portrayal of Groups

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The ways in which the media portray groups has been in the news again recently, following the suspension by All3Media of Brian True-May, the producer of Midsomer Murders on ITV, for remarks he made in a Radio Times interview. True-May … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Brian True-May, Christians, media, Muslims, The Sun, YouGov | 1 Comment

Israel-Palestine Conflict

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Public perceptions of the religious dimensions of the Israel-Palestine conflict are illuminated in a six-nation ICM poll released on 13 March and undertaken on behalf of the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (established in 2006), the Middle East Monitor (MEMO, … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, Anti-Semitism, Clive Field, conflict, European Muslim Research Centre, ICM, Islamophobia, Israel, Jews, Middle East, Middle East Monitor, Muslims, Palestine | Leave a comment

Religion, Youth and Sexuality

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Clive D. Field

‘Sex and religion are generally considered uncomfortable bedfellows.’ So begins a new 24-page report which offers fascinating insights into the diversity of interactions between religion and sexuality among the young. Authored by Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip (University of Nottingham), Michael Keenan … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip, Buddhists, Christians, heterosexuality, Hindus, homosexuality, Jews, Michael Keenan, Muslims, Religion and Society Programme, Sarah-Jane Page, sex, sexuality, Sikhs, University of Nottingham | Leave a comment

Census Snippets

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Combined household and individual questionnaires for the 2011 population census have been dropping on doormats all week in preparation for the official enumeration date of Sunday, 27 March. They can be completed on paper or online. This will be the … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press | Tagged advertising, Board of Deputies of British Jews, British Humanist Association, Buddhists, Census, Charedis, Church of England Newspaper, Church Times, Committee of Advertising Practice, Daily Telegraph, David Graham, Dudeism, Facebook, Federation of Irish Societies, Foundation for Holistic Spirituality, George Pitcher, heavy metal, Jedi Knights, Jewish Chronicle, Jews, Methodist Recorder, Muslim Weekly, Muslims, Network of Buddhist Organisations, Office for National Statistics, Pagan Federation, Pagans, Paul Vallely, Sikh Federation, Sikhs, Sunday Times. Theos, The Universe | 2 Comments

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

Radical Islam in the Middle East

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Recent events in Egypt, with pro-democracy protesters trying to dislodge President Hosni Mubarak from power, have made almost three in five Britons worry that more countries in the Middle East will fall under the influence of radical Islam. That is … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Egypt, Islam, Islamophobia, Middle East, Muslims, Sunday Times, YouGov | 1 Comment

Transatlantic Trends Immigration Report

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Britons emerge as one of the most sceptical of western nations when it comes to immigration, according to the third annual Transatlantic Trends: Immigration report, which was published in Washington DC on 3 February. 65% of us see immigration as … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Barrow Cadbury Trust, Compagnia di San Paolo, German Marshall Fund of the United States, ICM Research, immigrants, Immigration, Islamophobia, Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Muslims, self-assessed religiosity, Transatlantic Trends | 2 Comments

Dear Paul Thank you very much indeed for your kind words. I shall continue to pursue my own personal research…

Thank you for all your hard work on this important service which will be greatly missed, but all the best…

Thank you for your diligence in unearthing broken links on the site. Regarding religious profession of prisoners, there were surveys…

1) FYI. There is an incorrect link to a spreadsheet on the page here: https://www.brin.ac.uk/figures/belief-in-britain-1939-2009/conventional-belief/belief-in-god-divinity-of-christ-and-the-resurrection/. The spreadsheet is for "Belief…

Dear Colin I am sorry that you have experienced difficulties in getting data from the site. Please go to www.brin.ac.uk/figures/churches-and-churchgoers/…

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