The statistics that nobody in the UK wants to discuss: -24% of British Muslims openly support Hamas -22% support the Iranian Revolutionary Guards -16% support Islamic State (!) -14% support al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan -62% say burning the Quran should be a criminal offence -52% want to make showing images of Muhammad a criminal offence -50%+ say Jews have ‘too much power’ in banking, politics, media -48% support banning all Israeli tech from the UK health service -36% favour severing ALL political & economic ties with Israel -32% want more segregation between men & women in public spaces in Britain -26% want to reverse same-sex marriage -26% want to ban dogs in outdoor public spaces -24% say violence is ‘legitimate’ if somebody burns the Quran/makes images of Muhammad -22% think Muslim men should be able to have multiple wives -63% put their Islamic identity first; but only 12% put their British identity first All these numbers come from a new poll from JL Partners. We are not talking about small numbers of people here. We are talking about millions. And as Britain’s Muslim population is forecast to rise from 6% to 17% by the year 2050. And to then 26%+ by the end of the century, these attitudes, which are often more strongly held among younger Muslims, will only spread. Somebody in politics or media has to start a national conversation about what Muslims in Britain think and what it means for our country in the years ahead.
