The new Gallup Coexist Index poll published yesterday, "A Global Study of Interfaith Relations:
With an in-depth analysis of Muslim integration in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom" (full PDF
here) provided plenty for headline writers to get to grips with
the breadth of information the poll provides is highlighted by the fact that the
Guardian could report it under the headline "Muslims in Britain have zero tolerance of homosexuality, says poll", while
The Times ran with "British Muslims have more faith in UK than Britons, study finds
So what did the poll show?
did indeed find that on issues of gender and sexuality, the Muslims polled in Britain were far less liberal than non-Muslims, as well as less liberal than their counterparts in France and Germany
identify more with Britain and have more confidence in its institutions than the non-Muslim majority
some worrying statistics on the social and economic well-being of Britain's Muslim population
clipped from: blog.newhumanist.org.uk 