On Jul 6, 2007, at 8:34 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> The end of habeas corpus has come not through anticommunism but
> Islamophobia, which most liberals and leftists of the West are unable
> to counter because their estimation of Muslims is not all that
> different from the general public's and at the bottom of their hearts
> they fear Islamism more than imperialism.
<http://www.gallupworldpoll.com/content/?CI=28051>
Britons Unthreatened By Those With Different Religious Beliefs Two-thirds agree that people from minority groups enrich their culture
by Patricia Guadalupe GALLUP NEWS SERVICE
PRINCETON, NJ -- Britain's new Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced his first real test over the past week with the attempted bombings in London and Glasgow that are believed to be tied to al Qaeda. Police have made eight arrests and expect to make more. The bombings come on the heels of the recent sentencing in London of several Muslim men in connection with a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange. Brown has called terrorism "a serious and continuous threat," and is proposing to extend the period for which suspected terrorists may be detained for questioning without being charged.
But although many of those involved in alleged terrorism plots in the United Kingdom are Muslim extremists, UK officials have taken pains to distinguish them from the country's large Muslim population. London mayor Ken Livingstone said Britons should not "demonize" the country's Muslim population, saying they have played a "good and active role in creating a multicultural society." According to a Gallup poll conducted in late 2006 and early 2007, most UK residents agree: 75% said they didn't think people with different religious practices threatened their own way of life. Just over two-thirds of Britons, 68%, said people from minority groups enrich the cultural life of their country. Among Londoners only, the number in agreement was 78%.
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