Saturday, July 4, 2015
Majority of Britons now see Muslims as a threat as terror concerns grow
A
YouGov poll showed 56 per cent of people currently believe the religion
is a danger to Western liberal democracy, rising 10 per cent from the
day after the 2005 bombings in London which left 52 dead.
The latest survey was taken even before last week's terror atrocity in Tunisia which saw 30 people killed.
Also
revealed in the poll, carried out on behalf of the Huffington Post, was
that 79 per cent of people believe an attack on the same scale as 7/7
is likely in Britain in the near future.
The
July 7 attack, which took place a decade ago next Tuesday, saw bombs
placed on a bus at Tavistock Square and on Tube trains at Edgware Road,
Russell Square and Aldgate.
Those fears from the public echo recent concerns from experts who say more extremists than ever now want to carry out an attack on the London Underground.
Lib
Dem peer Lord Carlile, independent reviewer of terrorism legislation at
the time of 7/7, said he believed the emergence of Islamic State (ISIS)
had brought about a completely new threat to British civilisation.
The YouGov also showed support for multiculturalism had gone down among Britons.
Just
37 per cent thought having the country made up of different groups made
it a better place to live while 38 per cent said it made it worse.
The 2005 survey showed 62 per cent of Brits believed multiculturalism made the country a better place.
Among
party groups, seven per cent of Ukip voters felt multiculturalism was
good, compared to 31 per cent of Tories, 49per cent of Labour voters and
54 per cent of Lib Dems.
The poll also found
83per cent of Ukip supporters saw Islam as threat, compared with 63 per
cent of Tories and 47per cent of both Labour and Lib Dem voters.
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