Sunday, August 27, 2006

Muslims in Europe: Economic Worries Top Concerns About Religious and Cultural IdentityFew Signs of Backlash From Western Europeans

/ Pew Research Center, July 2006
http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=254
"Muslims in Europe worry about their future, but their concern is more economic than religious or cultural. And while there are some signs of tension between Europe's majority populations and its Muslim minorities, Muslims there do not generally believe that most Europeans are hostile toward people of their faith. Still, over a third of Muslims in France and one-in-four in Spain say they have had a bad experience as a result of their religion or ethnicity. However, there is little evidence of a widespread backlash against Muslim immigrants among the general publics in Great Britain, France, Germany, and Spain."
PDF - http://pewglobal.org/reports/pdf/254.pdf