Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Most people in Britain have a positive view of Islam, according to a poll by Communicate Research. 60 per cent of respondents believe Islam is fundamentally a religion of peace that some fanatics have interpreted in a violent way.
Conversely, 17 per cent of respondents consider Islam as a religion of war that is not compatible with modern Western values.
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On Jul. 14, Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims around the world and a billionaire anti-poverty activist, talked about the current tension between Muslims and the West as he opened his personal art collection to the public in London, declaring, “Political situations with a theological overlay are causing disaffection or antagonism between communities of the same faith, and even more so amongst different faiths. At the centre of this turbulence is Islam. We cannot let this continue.”
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