Glad to be Canadian, Muslims say
More than 80 per cent of Canada's roughly 700,000 Muslims are broadly satisfied with their lives here and only a very small percentage — 17 per cent — feel that many or most Canadians are hostile toward their religion.
According to a new Environics poll conducted in association with the CBC, a much larger proportion of Canadian Muslims is satisfied with the way things are going today than is the case in Europe. The proportion is greater even than the 61 per cent of Canadians generally who feel their lives are on the right track.
At the same time, there are clearly different perceptions between the Muslim community and other Canadians over such flashpoint issues as integration, the role of women and the wearing of headscarves.
And despite intensive efforts by the Stephen Harper government to reach out and recruit prominent Muslims to its cause — witness the recent floor-crossing of former Liberal MP Wajid Khan — there is little sense that this is yet taking hold.
Asked whom they intend to vote for in the next federal election, 54 per cent of Muslim respondents said the Liberals; 13 per cent said NDP; and only 7 per cent said the Conservatives, which is virtually the same way they voted in the last election.
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1) Glad to be Canadian, Muslims say
2) Promiscuous Canadian Women
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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