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| Poll: Just under 30 percent of French Muslims reject secular laws |
| 2016-09-19 |
| [Ynet] A poll conducted by telephone between April and May revealed that 29 percent of respondents considered the Islamic legal and moral code of sharia to be more important than the French Republic's laws. Just under 30 percent of La Belle France's 3 to 4 million Moslems reject the country's secular laws, according to an Ifop poll published by the French weekly Journal du Dimanche. When asked if they considered the Islamic legal and moral code of sharia to be more important than the French Republic's laws, 29 percent of respondents answered "yes." The poll found that 20 percent of male Moslem respondents and 28 percent of female Moslem respondents were in favour of the face veil, the niqab, and of the burqa which covers both face and body. Another 60 percent said they were in favour of letting girls and women wear a head scarf at schools and universities which is forbidden at La Belle France's secular public institutions. Deadly attacks by Islamist hard boys, including bombings and shootings in Gay Paree which killed 130 people last November and a truck attack in Nice killing more than 80 people in July, have raised tensions between communities in La Belle France. French Moslem leaders said last month that decisions taken by some municipal authorities to ban the body-covering swimwear the burkini could lead to further stigmatisation of Moslems. The Ifop poll contradicted previous estimates which said Moslems constituted up to 10 percent of La Belle France's population of some 65 million. It said Moslems represented 5.6 percent of the country's citizens aged 15 and over and 10 percent of under 25s. It also said 84 percent of La Belle France's Moslems were under 50. It can be difficult to establish the religious background of French citizens because the country's secular laws forbid the collection of data on religion and ethnicity. There are also many people who may be of Moslem descent, but do not necessarily consider themselves Moslems. The poll, commissioned by the think tank Institut Montaigne, was conducted by phone between April 13 and May 23 among 1,029 people aged 15 and older who were of Moslem faith or culture, extracted from a sample of 15,459 people. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 When asked if they considered the Islamic legal and moral code of sharia to be more important than the French Republic's laws, 29 percent of respondents answered "yes." The results would be similar here. And the current administration would sluff it off as "cultural differences", while the (alleged) opposition party would *pretend* to be concerned for all of 5 minutes before returning to campaigning for re-election. Are we even trying anymore? |
| Posted by: Crusader 2016-09-19 23:54 |
| #3 The devil is in the details, and I'd like to see those questions. (It might not be enlightening: I know just enough French to get myself in trouble.) If you ask, yes or no, are the 10 Commandments more important than the US constitution, I'd guess you'd get similar numbers here. The interesting question is how far along the spectrum the sharia-forever folks want to go. |
| Posted by: james 2016-09-19 21:48 |
| #2 ...If we are forgiving and take the lower 3 million figure for the French muslim population, that means roughly 900,000 people decline to follow the laws of La Belle France. Putting that in perspective: Current total strength of the US Army: 1,301,300 Current total strength of the USMC: 182,000 Current total strength of the French Army (incl. FFL): 119,328 And it appears to worry them not. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2016-09-19 06:05 |
| #1 70% taquia? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-09-19 02:54 |