So, the good news first.
Nine out of ten British Muslims would inform police if they suspected that someone of the same faith was involved in a terror attack, a poll has suggested.
The bad news is that the ICM poll for the News of the World found 9% of the 502 questioned would not tell police if they had such suspicions about a fellow Muslim. With a Muslim population aged over 16 in Britain of around one million, that would translate to 90,000 "turning a blind eye", the newspaper said. Among young Muslims, the figures for keeping quiet were higher with 15% of 16 to 24-year-olds saying they would not tell police.
The poll also found that one in 20 Muslims thought attacks like the July 7 bombings were justified. And more than half (56%) said they did not believe a police warning that there are thousands of extremist British Muslims willing to carry out attacks here.
90,000 traitors in our midst and Government still denies we face a huge Islamic problem?
The memories of July Seventh already grow dim, yet there are still some who would deny that the greatest enemy is now firmly planted in our midst, and there will be no easy uprooting!
Posted by: Mike Cunningham | September 24, 2006 at 09:46 PM
Tiny minority of extremists! Timothy McVeigh was a Christian! Not representative of Islam! Islamophobia! Bush! Iraq! Lebanon! Disproportionate polling! Foreign Policy! The Jews own the News of the World! Bush!
Whoops, channeling Cunningham and Daytripper there for a moment.
Posted by: dangerouslysubversivedad | September 25, 2006 at 09:57 AM