[Cherie]

Originally Posted by MTVN

The poll was carried out by ICM and actually found that 52% of British Muslims think homosexuality should be illegal, not just that its unclean



This is concerning stuff and something that needs facing up to not just dismissed as bias

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If this thread was about Christians this would be upheld as fact

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Cherie

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If this thread was about Christians this would be upheld as fact

So true. Tbh I'm totally not surprised it turned into a debate about Christians being worse.

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

So true. Tbh I'm totally not surprised it turned into a debate about Christians being worse.

Yeah, it really hasn't if you're talking about me. All I did was point out that I wouldn't be surprised if some branches of Christianity thought the same. There's hardly pages' worth of Christianity vs. Islam.

I'm no fan of Islam by any stretch of the imagination but it's not crazy to suggest that those stats are there to bolster a biased agenda.

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Redway

Yeah, it really hasn't if you're talking about me. All I did was point out that I wouldn't be surprised if some branches of Christianity thought the same. There's hardly pages' worth of Christianity vs. Islam.

I'm no fan of Islam by any stretch of the imagination but it's not crazy to suggest that those stats are there to bolster a biased agenda.

I was just talking about it in general

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Cherie

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If this thread was about Christians this would be upheld as fact

I am astonished how many Egyptians are on this forum when it comes to any truths about Muslims, because that's when they're all in DE NIAL.

This poll was carried out among ORDINARY Muslims - NOT extremists - yet we have responses claiming a similar result would be obtained if EXTREMIST Christians were polled. The two are not the same by a country mile.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

This poll was carried out among ORDINARY Muslims - NOT extremists - yet we have responses claiming a similar result would be obtained if EXTREMIST Christians were polled. The two are not the same by a country mile.

Originally Posted by Wonderful wonderful meee

It just so happens that Islamic communities tend towards the more "heavily religious" than vaguely quasi-Christian communities where only something like 10% of people who call themselves Christian actually attend church etc.

"Ordinary" Muslims are more strictly religious than "Ordinary" Christians. This is the only reason that the poll results would differ.