I found this shocking:
31 per cent of young Muslims said that they believed that if a Muslim converted to another religion they should be punished by death, compared with 19 per cent of the over-55s.
That quote and the following are from David Frum's extraordinary post today:
The British think tank Policy Exchange commissioned a major study of British Muslim youth. The Times reports the findings:
The poll of 1,003 Muslims found that more than a third of 16 to 24-year-olds wanted to live under Islamic law, compared with 17 per cent of the over-55s.
The deep divisions between the generations are most starkly illustrated over attitudes to the hijab,
with 74 per cent of young people preferring Muslim women to wear them compared with 28 per cent of the over-55s. Thirteen per cent of 16 to 24-year-olds said that they admired organisations such as al-Qaeda, compared with 3 per cent of their parents’ generation.
The think-tank report, Living Apart Together, blames multiculturalism for producing a generation of young Muslims who champion their “right to be different”. The poll found that 86 per cent of Muslims feel that “my religion is the most important thing in my life”.
The report can be read in full on the Policy Exchange website. Click here .