Muslims Are Not Trusted By British Public

The Muslim community's so-called "leaders" have failed in their propaganda campaigns to persuade British citizens that Muslims are normal members of society. Perhaps because those same "leaders" have tried hard to foist their own agenda onto Britain's political life, such as their suggestion made in a letter of August 12 that Muslim extremism would stop if Britain changed its foreign policy. Recently, a poll showed that 80% of the UK public thought Britain's largest "representative" Muslim body, the MCB, had "not done enough" to counter extremism. The MCB has been at the forefront of criticising the police and the government in their anti-terror measures, even though they receive large donations, funded by the tax-payer.

On Tuesday September 5, a survey conducted by pollsters YouGov for the London Evening Standard showed that one in six Londoners avoided sitting near Muslims on buses and trains. 35% of travellers said they felt nervous when someone of south Asian or African appearance got onto their bus or Tube train. Half of those who felt nervous had actually moved seats or sat at a distance from the "suspicious" individuals.
Only 5% of respondents supported special checks at airports on men who appeared to be "Asian or north African origin", but 45% approved random checks on all passengers with special attention to those who appeared Asian or African. 46% said that no-one should be singled out on account of their background or appearance.
In practice, with numerous converts now being suspected of being involved in supporting or plotting terrorism, it would be wiser to treat all travellers as suspects.

Yesterday, the Daily Mail and the Telegraph reported on a new survey, which compared the change in people's attitudes from before the 7/7 bombings of last year and now.
Again, the poll was carried out by YouGov, and involved 2,895 people who were questioned in June last year, and 1,100 who were polled in the month after last year's attacks upon London Transport.
Before 7/7, 35% of respondents thought Muslims made security worse. After 7/7, 53% agreed that Muslims worsened security.

Before 7/7, 37% of people said they would feel comfortable if they had a Muslim boss. This dropped to 20% in the aftermath of the London bombs. With the situation of having a Muslim in-law, 32% people had initially felt comfortable, but that dropped to 27%.
Before 7/7, 59% of respondents supported stiffer measures to expel illegal immigrants. After 7/7, that rose to 75%.
On the question of having a Muslim neighbour, 34% of people asked before the London attacks said they would feel comfortable, (one in three) but only 21% of subsequent respondents (one in five) said they would feel happy with a Muslim neighbour.
But most people believed in Britain being an equal society with a common set of values.
The results were analysed by Professor Dominic Abrams from the University of Kent, who said: "Not surprisingly feelings of suspicion and threat elevated after the bombings, but these feelings can be contrasted strongly with people's commitment to a society that broadly shares a set of values and principles."

His findings were presented yesterday to the social psychology conference of the British Psychological Society, which was held in Birmingham.