(NL Times) Many PVV voters don’t support the far-right party’s more radical views — “pushing back Islam” and the Netherlands leaving the European Union. They expect their party will have to water down its standpoints in order to govern, and most are […]
(GB News) Teachers across the UK are self-censoring their lessons over fears of offending Muslim pupils, according to a recent poll. A survey of over 1,000 teachers conducted for the Policy Exchange think tank found that 16 per cent of them have […]
(Politico) A sudden surge in support for far-right firebrand Geert Wilders has electrified the Dutch election as the campaign enters its final hours. Wilders’ anti-Islam and anti-EU Freedom Party (PVV) has been buoyed by last-minute gains, with one poll even putting the […]
(Hill) President Biden’s support among Arab American voters has sharply decreased since the Israel-Hamas war, plummeting to dismal and unprecedented numbers. Support for his upcoming reelection bid from Arab Americans dropped by 42 percentage points, from 59 percent in 2020 to 17 […]
(GB News) Nearly three-quarters of people think foreign nationals who glorify Islamist terrorism should be deported from the UK, an opinion poll has found. The poll by People Polling and commissioned by GB News found 74 per cent of people agreed foreign […]
(Daily Wire) A new poll released late last week found that the majority of Muslim Americans believes that Hamas was “justified” in committing terrorist attacks against Israel. The poll from Cygnal surveyed over 2,000 people from October 16-18 to gauge the public’s […]
(Anadolu) At least half of Denmark supports a recent government proposal that intends to make Quran burning an illegal act, revealed a survey. With a sample size of 1,000 people, the survey, conducted recently by Voxmeter on behalf of Ritzau, asked people […]
(Anadolu) Swedes who want a ban to be introduced for burning the Quran and other holy books have increased to 53%, two points higher than the previous poll. The latest survey was conducted by the Swedish opinion poll company SIFO. Some 37% […]
(Algemeiner) More than one-quarter of Muslims residing in Germany believe that “wealthy Jews are the real rulers of the world,” far higher than the national average, according to a new survey published on Tuesday by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. While 26 percent […]
(European Conservative) Over 2,300 people have been arrested in connection with the multiple-day riots that shook France earlier this month following the fatal shooting of a teen named Nahel in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. Many have speculated about a connection between […]
(Local) A majority of Swedes believe it should be illegal to burn the Quran or the holy books of other religions, like the Bible or Torah, in public, according to a new survey. Over half of Swedes, 53 percent, agreed that burning […]
(CityNews) A recent survey done by Angus Reid suggests Islamophobia within Quebec is more prevalent compared to the rest of Canada — with more than half of respondents in the province holding an unfavourable view of Islam. “It’s sad, but for someone […]
(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 […]
(Local) Being discriminated against by public institutions, feeling as if they had to hide their religious identity and harassment were some of the experiences Muslims in Norway told a report they had been through in the past year. A full 43 percent […]
(Algemeiner) Antisemitism remains a “persistent problem” in Dutch high schools, with more than 40 percent of teachers in the Netherlands having witnessed an antisemitic incident during the last year, according to a new report from the Amsterdam-based Anne Frank House. The report […]
(Middle East Eye) The number of US residents holding Islamophobic and antisemitic views has flatlined, and may actually be shrinking, even as hate crimes increase, according to a 2022 poll conducted by Brookings Institute. Favourable views of Muslims in the US have […]
(Breitbart) Over half of French teachers practice self-censorship when discussing issues of secularism, according to a newly released poll, in order to avoid possible religious backlash and protests. The poll, taken by the French firm Ifop, revealed that 52 per cent of […]
(Middle East Eye) More Muslims shifted to the right in this year’s midterm elections, compared to how they voted in the 2018 midterms. In the 2022 midterm election, 28 percent of Muslim voters voted Republican, which is an 11 percent increase from […]
(Daily Caller) The Republican Party continued to gain more support from Muslim Americans in the 2022 midterm election as members of the community have rallied around parental rights and removing sexually explicit content from schools. In the 2022 midterm election, Muslims shifted […]
(Middle East Eye) American Muslims are just as likely as any other faith group to serve in the US military, a new poll by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (Ispu) has found. More specifically, white Muslims are more likely than […]
(WRC) Twenty-one years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks of 2001, Americans across the political spectrum share many of the same feelings when it comes to their memories and sentiments related to the attacks. However, younger adults demonstrate less connection to the […]
(Middle East Eye) As Islamophobia in the United States has remained steady in recent years, internalised Islamophobic sentiments have risen from within the Muslim American community, according to newly released data from the Institute for [Social] Policy and Understanding. The new American […]
(Middle East Eye) Muslims are five times more likely to experience police harassment because of their religion compared to those of other faiths, a study by Rice University shows. More specifically, Muslim adults who identify as black, Middle Eastern, Arab or North […]
(Canadian Press) Religious minorities in Quebec are feeling less safe, less accepted and less hopeful since the province passed its secularism law three years ago, a new survey suggests. The results published Wednesday by Léger and the Association for Canadian Studies reveal […]
(Breitbart) A total of 91 per cent of French people are behind deporting radical Islamist imams who give sermons and speeches that are contrary to the republican values of France. The data comes from a poll released this week by the CSA […]
(New Arab) If US President Joe Biden looks like he’s in trouble with the average voter in the United States, then there’s even worse news for him among Muslim voters. A new survey of US Muslim voters released Wednesday by the Council […]
(Middle East Eye) Most American Muslims believe gun control laws should be stricter, a new report by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (Ispu) has found. According to the poll, 65 percent of Muslim respondents believe existing gun control laws need to […]
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(Deutsche Welle) Germany’s security services registered 3,028 antisemitic crimes in 2021. That is the highest official count since police statistics started tracking the figures. Now, the American Jewish Committee contracted the Allensbach Institute to conduct a representative survey on societal attitudes toward […]
(NL Times) On Friday, several places in the country will commemorate the murder of Pim Fortuyn 20 years ago. The Beeld van Pim Foundation and political party Leefbaar Rotterdam, among others, are organizing a memorial march, and Rotterdam is commemorating the former […]
(NL Times) More companies are taking Eid al-Fitr into account when planning their product ranges and promotions, according to Nu.nl. While many Dutch people approve of companies and organizations wishing Muslims a pleasant Eid, far fewer approve of the prime minister doing […]
(Politico) Nearly 1.1 million Muslim voters cast a ballot in the 2020 election, turning out in numbers large enough to swing the presidential race in key battleground states, according to a new report. The analysis by Emgage, a Muslim American civic group, […]
(Breitbart) Muslims in France voted overwhelmingly for Emmanuel Macron, with 85 per cent of Muslim ballots going towards keeping the French president in power. 85 per cent of votes from Muslims in France during Sunday’s general election went to keeping Emmanuel Macron […]
(Breitbart) A poll released this week suggests that six in ten French people would support the government banning the Islamic veil in public spaces, a policy favoured by presidential election hopeful Marine Le Pen. The poll, which was conducted by the CSA […]
(Canadian Press) A new poll suggests support may have slipped for a key element of Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21. A web panel survey carried out by Leger for the Association for Canadian Studies earlier this month found 55 per […]
(Euractiv) 34% of Austrians believe there is a high risk the country could be hit by another terrorist attack a year after the Islamist terror attack shook Vienna, a poll conducted by the Market Institut has found. Supporters of the right-wing FPÖ and […]
(Free Beacon) A majority of American parents are unaware that China, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar are among the top financiers of U.S. universities and are worried that foreign cash is influencing what their children are taught in the classroom, according to a […]
(Times of San Diego) A survey of Muslim students in California by the Council on American-Islamic Relations found that 56% of respondents felt unsafe, unwelcome, or uncomfortable at school because of their religious identity. The survey of 708 students aged 11 to […]
(Religion News) Twenty years ago, Americans hardly gave their Muslim neighbors a thought. Then came 9/11, and our opinions suddenly blossomed. Two decades later we may be past assuming that Muslims want to topple the American government, but other supposed givens — […]
(AP) Most people in the U.S. want to see Afghans who worked with Americans offered resettlement in the United States, a new poll shows, confirming support across political divides for former military translators and others struggling to escape Taliban rule. The survey […]
(iPolitics) After referring to the Taliban as “our brothers,” it looks as though Liberal incumbent Maryam Monsef won’t be representing her southern Ontario riding of Peterborough-Kawartha for a third term, according to a Mainstreet Research poll. The survey, conducted on Sept. 1, […]
(Pew) An unprecedented amount of public attention focused on Muslim Americans in the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The U.S. Muslim population has grown in the two decades since, but it is still the case that many Americans […]
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(Religion News) The American mosque is becoming more American. At least according to Ihsan Bagby, who has authored a report for the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding based on a … new survey of American mosques. The report, conducted every 10 […]
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(Deutsche Welle) “Wir schaffen das” — “We can do it.” Those were the now-famous words that German Chancellor Angela Merkel used in 2015 to indicate that Germany was prepared and able to take in a large number of refugees — ultimately around […]
(Swiss Info) A third of the Swiss population say they feel disturbed by people perceived as “different,” with a fifth mentioning Muslims in particular, according to a government study. The Federal Statistical Office said on Thursday that tolerance had increased slightly but […]
(Politico) A majority of French high schoolers believe they and their classmates should be allowed to wear religious symbols such as a hijab or a kippah, a poll has found. “Conspicuous religious symbols” have been banned in schools since 2004 as part […]
(Breitbart) A poll has revealed 69 per cent of French, nearly 7 in 10, say that there is a problem with an ideology of “Islamo-leftism” in the country. The Odoxa-Backbone consulting poll found that a comfortable majority of respondents believed there was a […]
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