Tag Archives: Muslims

Citizenship Survey, 2008-09 – Religion

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Clive D. Field

On 14 September the Department for Communities and Local Government published online 2008-09 Citizenship Survey: Race, Religion and Equalities Topic Report by Chris Ferguson and David Hussey. It comprises a PDF document of 113 pages plus 105 statistical tables in … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Survey news | Tagged Chris Ferguson, Citizenship Survey, David Hussey, Department for Communities and Local Government, equalities, government, Muslims, NatCen, race, racial and religious harassment, religious prejudice, religious rights | Leave a comment

Muslim Integration in Scotland

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The British Council Scotland has recently released a report on Muslim Integration in Scotland, by Amy Homes, Chris McLean and Lorraine Murray, and based upon quantitative and qualitative research undertaken by Ipsos MORI Scotland. The report, commissioned under the auspices … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Amy Homes, bombings, British Council Scotland, Chris McLean, Christianity, compatibility, favourable opinions, Glasgow airport, integration, Ipsos MORI Scotland, Islam, Islamophobia, Lorraine Murray, loyalty, Muslim Integration in Scotland, Muslims, Scotland, toleration | 1 Comment

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

Muslims in Britain

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Muslims in Britain: An Introduction is a long-awaited new book by Sophie Gilliat-Ray, Director of the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, Cardiff University (Cambridge University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-53688-2, £19.99 paperback – also available in hardback). … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Islam, Muslims, Sophie Gilliat-Ray | 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

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

Muslims in Leicester

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Last December the Open Society Institute (OSI) published Muslims in Europe: A Report on 11 EU Cities, deriving from its At Home in Europe Project. Now in a second edition (ISBN 978-1-936133-01-7), this is available for download at: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/home/articles_publications/publications/muslims-europe-20091215 This … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged At Home in Europe, Leicester, Muslims, Open Society Institute, Policy Research Centre | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Muslims

Citizenship Survey, 2008-09 – Religion

Muslim Integration in Scotland

Angus Reid Public Opinion Round-Up

Muslims in Britain

More Perceptions of Islam

Battle of the Burka

London Bombings – Five Years On

Islamophobia Unveiled

Muslims in Prison

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