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Wednesday 8 February 2012

What is going on in British universities?

What is going on in British universities? I ask because this 2010 Washington Times article popped up in my inbox.
'Nearly one-third of Muslim college students in Britain support killing in the name of religion, while 40 percent want to live under Islamic law, according to a secret cable from the U.S. Embassy in London that reviewed public polling data and government population predictions.

A survey of 600 Islamic and 800 non-Islamic students at 30 universities found that 32 percent of the Muslims believed in religious killing, while only 2 percent of non-Muslim students felt religious murder was justified, the cable said, referring to a poll conducted by the Center for Social Cohesion.

The embassy cable, released by the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, said the same survey revealed that 54 percent of Muslim students want to be represented by an Islamic-based political party.

The poll also showed that 40 percent of Muslim students endorse Islamic, or Shariah, law, which can impose the death penalty for religious heresy and adultery, often by stoning, or the amputation of hands for theft. Since 2008, Britain has allowed Muslims to follow Shariah law in civil cases, but not in criminal trials.

The embassy report, written in February, also noted that Muslims represent the largest non-Christian religious community in Britain. Although Muslims comprise only 3 percent of the British population of nearly 60 million, they have grown to 2 million from 1.6 million in seven years. The government projects the Muslim population will reach 2.2 million in the next census in 2011, the cable said.'
Does that figure of 32% worry you? It worries the hell out of me.

Who's to blame? Islamist preachers - yes. The last Labour government's insane immigration policy - yes. The BBC for fostering a poor Muslims culture - yes.

1 comment:

DerekP said...

"...while 40 percent want to live under Islamic law..."

A question that might appear in a BBC survey
Ok, I think we might be seeing some oppression here - hands up all the racists who are stopping them going to where they will live under Islamic law.