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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo
A Christian or a Jew would not be refered to as a Kaffir (pronounced carfeer)
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No, because they are the 'people of the book', and as such should be respected, not bombed into submission.
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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo
So the sample population is 500?
So are we saying that half of the 500 want Shariah law and dont feel that Abu Hamza was rightly sentenced?
Even if all 500 agreed with that , then to say that this is a representation of what the majority of muslims ion the UK feel is just plain stupid.
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As I read it, a 40% result has a 95% confidence to within 4.3%.
Since a poll is supposed to be a measure of the section of the population targetted (in this case Muslims) this result is apparently quite indicative of the whole Muslim population of the UK.
So no, it is not the majority of UK Muslims who want sharia law, but apparently a large percentage of them would. And I would consider 40% a pretty significant proportion. (Since the UK has an electoral system where 40% of the population can actually elect a government...)
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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo
On a further note if you read page 8 of todays Sun, as a few million people in the UK will do so, under a headline of "Beware the rise of muslim hardliners" it says that 4 out of 10 British muslims now favour strict Sharia Law for their communities.... Doesnt do much for muslim/non muslim relations does it
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As you point out, that was in the Sun...