{"id":6507,"date":"2016-04-17T06:35:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T05:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6507"},"modified":"2016-05-06T06:41:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T05:41:59","slug":"uk-british-muslims-really-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2016\/04\/17\/uk-british-muslims-really-think\/","title":{"rendered":"UK: What British Muslims Really Think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2016\/04\/17\/uk-british-muslims-really-think\/uk_polygamy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6508\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6508\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/uk_polygamy.jpg\" alt=\"uk_polygamy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/uk_polygamy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/uk_polygamy-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>A significant portion of the British Muslim community is becoming a separate &#8220;nation within a nation.&#8221;<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>UK: What British Muslims Really Think<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/7861\/british-muslims-survey\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | April 17, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Many British Muslims do not share the values of their non-Muslim compatriots, and say they want to lead separate lives under Islamic Sharia law, according to the findings of a new survey.<\/p>\n<p>The poll \u2014 which shows that a significant part of the British Muslim community is becoming a separate \u201cnation within a nation\u201d \u2014 has reignited the long-running debate about the failure of 30 years of British multiculturalism and the need for stronger measures to promote Muslim integration.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icmunlimited.com\/media-centre\/polls\/icm-unlimited-survey-for-the-channel-4-programme-what-muslims-really-think\" target=\"_blank\">survey<\/a> was conducted by ICM Research for the Channel 4 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/programmes\/what-british-muslims-really-think\/on-demand\/62315-001\" target=\"_blank\">documentary<\/a>, \u201cWhat British Muslims Really Think,\u201d which aired on April 13.<\/p>\n<p>The 615-page survey found that more than 100,000 British Muslims sympathize with suicide bombers and people who commit other terrorist acts. Moreover, only one in three British Muslims (34%) would contact the police if they believed that somebody close to them had become involved with jihadists.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, 23% of British Muslims said Islamic Sharia law should replace British law in areas with large Muslim populations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/7861\/british-muslims-survey\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A significant portion of the British Muslim community is becoming a separate &#8220;nation within a nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,48],"tags":[180,133,46,181],"class_list":["post-6507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britain","category-islam-in-europe","tag-britain","tag-cultural-integration","tag-european-multiculturalism","tag-islam-in-europe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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