(Western Standard) Nearly two-fifths of Canadians hold an unfavourable view of Islam, according to a new study from the Angus Reid Institute.
In total, 39% of those surveyed held a “negative” or “very negative” view towards the religion amid ongoing discussions across Canada about Islamophobia.
Participants in the study were asked six questions about five religions — Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Hinduism, and Judaism.
The favourability of each religion, along with views on people wearing distinctive religious symbols in public, opinions on the establishment of different places of worship in their neighbourhood, and the issue of child marriage, were among the dimensions measured.
