{"id":1253,"date":"2006-08-25T08:36:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-25T08:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/08\/im-shocked-this-number-isnt-hi.html"},"modified":"2006-08-25T08:36:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-25T08:36:00","slug":"im-shocked-this-number-isnt-hi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/08\/im-shocked-this-number-isnt-hi.html","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m shocked this number isn&#8217;t higher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What, only  53%?  Wouldn&#8217;t you expect this number to be higher after a bombing and a plot to blow up planes in the sky all based on someone&#8217;s interpretation of the Koran:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Most people in the UK feel threatened by Islam, a poll has revealed, after the Government launched a bid to tackle inter-faith tensions.<\/p>\n<p>The YouGov survey for the Daily Telegraph found 53% were concerned about the impact of the religion &#8211; not just fundamentalist elements &#8211; up 21% from 2001.<\/p>\n<p>There had also been a near doubling of the number agreeing that &#8220;a large proportion of British Muslims feel no sense of loyalty to this country and are prepared to condone or even carry out acts of terrorism&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(Link via <a href=\"http:\/\/littlegreenfootballs.com\/weblog\/?entry=22248_UK-_53%_Threatened_By_Islam&amp;only\">little green footballs<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"tag_list\">Tags: <span class=\"tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/war+on+Islamic+fascism\" rel=\"tag\">war on Islamic fascism<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What, only 53%? Wouldn&#8217;t you expect this number to be higher after a bombing and a plot to blow up planes in the sky all based on someone&#8217;s interpretation of the Koran: Most people in the UK feel threatened by Islam, a poll has revealed, after the Government launched a bid to tackle inter-faith tensions.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":307,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-under-the-sun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I&#039;m shocked this number isn&#039;t higher - Reformed Chicks Blabbing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/08\/im-shocked-this-number-isnt-hi.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I&#039;m shocked this number isn&#039;t higher - Reformed Chicks Blabbing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What, only 53%? 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