Survey: Attitude towards British Muslims

In November 2002 the Islamic Society of Britain commissioned a public opinion survey titled 'Attitudes Towards British Muslims' by the respected pollsters YouGov to mark the beginning of Islam Awareness Week. Astonishingly, the poll found that 74% of Britons said that they knew 'nothing or next to nothing about Islam' while another 64% of Britons said that there main source of information on Islam and Muslims was from the media.

Considering the daily news we hear and see from all parts of the Muslim world on our television screens and in our newspapers, coupled with the presence of over 1.6 million Muslims in the UK (making it the second largest faith in the UK), this was a truly sobering finding.