Tag Archives: Muslims

Religion and Politics Among British Asians

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The British general election may have come and gone, but detailed results of the opinion polls conducted during the campaign are still becoming available. One such with religious interest is the ICM poll for the BBC Asian Network, conducted by … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Asians, BBC Asian Network, Hindus, ICM Research, Muslims, politics | 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

Muslim Voices

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Department for Communities and Local Government has recently published two reports which illuminate, numerically, the attitudes of British Muslims. The first is Helen Connolly, Attitudes, Values and Perceptions: Muslims and the General Population in 2007-08. This utilizes evidence from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data | Tagged Citizenship Survey, Department for Communities and Local Government, Muslims, Office for Public Management, violent extremism | 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 →

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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

Should the Burka be Banned in Britain? A New Public Opinion Poll

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The debate raging in France and Italy about a possible ban on the wearing of the burka in public has prompted The Independent to test opinion on the subject in Great Britain. The newspaper commissioned ComRes to conduct a telephone … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Burka, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslims, religious dress, religious freedom, The Independent | 2 Comments