Poll: Half Of Muslims Want Homosexuality Banned

I found the story on the Sky News website. The article, described the results that were found in a survey, which concluded that just over half of Muslims in Britain think homosexuality should be illegal.

A poll carried out by ICM found that 52% of those quizzed disagreed that homosexuality should be legal in Britain, and 47% said it was unacceptable for a gay or lesbian person to teach in school.

Commissioned for Channel 4, the poll will feature in a documentary called What British Muslims Really Think, presented by Trevor Phillips - former Equality and Human Rights Commission chairman.

The survey of 1,000 people was carried out to try to understand what British Muslims think, and why some young Muslims are being drawn to violence.

It found only 34% would tell the police if they thought someone they knew was getting involved with supporters of terrorism in Syria and 4% said they sympathise with people who take part in suicide bombing to fight injustice.

More than one third - 39% - were also found to be of the view that "wives should always obey their husbands".

A large majority of UK Muslims, 86%, said they felt a strong sense of belonging to Britain, with 94% saying they felt they were able to freely practise their religion.

I decided to pick this story as it was one of the first articles not he page and o caught my attention. Also, it links as a case study under the topic of religion, as it clearly talks about a particular religion and their thoughts about different topics. It also interested me what the results are and if they are really true, and so it encourages me to carry out a further research into that in the future.