Quarter of young British people 'do not trust Muslims'

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/24204742

Quarter of young British people 'do not trust Muslims'

More than a quarter of 18- to 24-year-olds in Britain do not trust Muslims, a BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat poll suggests.

Of the 1,000 young people questioned, 28% said Britain would be better off with fewer Muslims, while 44% said Muslims did not share the same values as the rest of the population.

Some 60% thought the British public had a negative image of Muslims.

An adviser on anti-Muslim hatred said the findings suggested young people needed to mix more.

Akeela Ahmed, from a cross-government working group on anti-Muslim hatred, said: "These findings indicate that we need to ensure young people are mixing at local levels and that they're working on projects together so that people can get to know Muslims and vice versa."

Made up of civil servants, academics, and members of the Islamic community, the group was launched last year and its job is to advise the government on how to tackle prejudice.

Its members said prejudice among young people was particularly worrying because they were thought to be more liberal than older age groups.

Other findings in the Comres survey, conducted in June, include:

Only three in 10 (29%) think Muslims are doing enough to combat extremism in their communities. However, overall young people are more likely to agree (48%) than disagree (27%) that Islam is a peaceful religion
Young people place the blame for Islamophobia in Britain on terror groups abroad (26%), the media (23%) and UK Muslims who have committed acts of terror (21%)
Young people are divided over whether or not immigration is good for Britain overall. Two-fifths (42%) say it is a good thing but more than a third disagree (35%)
Professor Matthew Goodwin, another one of the group's members, said: "Every survey that I have run, and surveys run by my academic colleagues, makes it quite clear that a significant proportion of the British population hold negative views of Islam, and by extension British Muslim communities."

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[JimC]

"three quarters of young British people are naive..."

[Tyrannical]

Some 60% thought the British public had a negative image of Muslims.

That should be all the reason they need to halt Muslim immigration.

[cronus]

Half won't have formed a opinion (about anything) yet. So as the years go on that should equate to half for and half against Muslim holiday camps. Folks go more right wing and become more supportive of their own tribe as they grow older.

[JimC]

Some 60% thought the British public had a negative image of Muslims.

That should be all the reason they need to halt Muslim immigration.

You may have missed the point of that. At least half of that 60% may have added "and are wrong to do so" had it been an available option.

[cronus]

Some 60% thought the British public had a negative image of Muslims.

That should be all the reason they need to halt Muslim immigration.

You may have missed the point of that. At least half of that 60% may have added "and are wrong to do so" had it been an available option.

Most are susceptible to The Big Lie on the day. Point is to be on the side that survives not the right side when the rots gone that far. Hence mood swings in large numbers can and should be watched with care. I'm neutral on the issues of the day, myself - can change my positions best that way.

[Horwood Beer-Master]

..."These findings indicate that we need to ensure young people are mixing at local levels and that they're working on projects together so that people can get to know Muslims and vice versa."...

Why assume "getting to know" each other would help matters?

"Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation" - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[Audley Strange]

I wonder how many trust the media or politicians or the cops.

[Seth]

Some 60% thought the British public had a negative image of Muslims.

That should be all the reason they need to halt Muslim immigration.

You may have missed the point of that. At least half of that 60% may have added "and are wrong to do so" had it been an available option.

Er, which orifice did you draw that conclusion from, pray tell?

[Seth]

I wonder how many trust the media or politicians or the cops.

I would hope even fewer than trust Muslims.

[Audley Strange]

I wonder how many trust the media or politicians or the cops.

I would hope even fewer than trust Muslims.

I would doubt hope was necessary after the establishment's display over the last decade. Which was my point, the young ones here would be wise to trust no one.

[JimC]

I wonder how many trust the media or politicians or the cops.

I would hope even fewer than trust Muslims.

I would doubt hope was necessary after the establishment's display over the last decade. Which was my point, the young ones here would be wise to trust no one.

Not even themselves...

[Mysturji]

I don't trust Christians either.

[JimC]

I don't trust Christians either.

And you can't trust those wishy-washy agnostics as far as you can throw 'em...

[Audley Strange]

I wonder how many trust the media or politicians or the cops.

I would hope even fewer than trust Muslims.

I would doubt hope was necessary after the establishment's display over the last decade. Which was my point, the young ones here would be wise to trust no one.

Not even themselves...

Especially not themselves.