CANADIANS SHOW LEAST BIAS TOWARD MUSLIMS
Published by Haseeb February 8th, 2007 in Current Newshmm… the way things are headed in this country (The US), the thought of moving up to Canada seems quite appealing.
CANADIANS SHOW LEAST BIAS TOWARD MUSLIMS -
Survey looked at 23 Western countries
Randy Boswell, CanWest News Service, 2/8/07
Canadians are least likely among citizens of 23 Western countries to be bigoted toward Muslims, according to a new international study that measured “Islamophobia” in each nation.
More than 32,000 respondents from 19 European countries, plus Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, were asked the question: “Would you like to have a person from this group as your neighbour?”
Of the nearly 2,000 people surveyed in Canada - which recently drew international attention for the CBC’s prejudice-piercing comedy Little Mosque on the Prairie - only 6.5 per cent said they would not like to live beside a Muslim. Respondents in Greece (20.9 per cent), Belgium (19.8), Norway (19.3) and Finland (18.9) were most likely to answer “No” to the question.
Results in Britain and the United States were 14.1 per cent and 10.9 per cent respectively, and negative responses across all western countries averaged 14.5 per cent.
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Pingback on Feb 9th, 2007 at 1:51 am
We should all move to Canada!
I’ll move to Canada nshallah, i’d love 2 have neighbors with frensh lingo.
How typically Canadian, eh?
The results don’t surprise me, having lived all over Canada and also having spent quite a bit of time in US and Europe. Of course, you’ll need to reconcile these poll results with these ones.
Though I don’t like the Little Mosque on the Prairie show (it’s just not very funny at all), I do believe that the fact that it was created and is somewhat successful is encouraging. And I think a show like that could only be created in Canada.
Not a big surprise, Canadians are truly more open, accepting and understanding of other faiths, cultures, and races.
it’s cuz they got halal popeyes!