A majority of Canadians hold negative views of Islam
Evidence
A November 2017 public opinion poll from the Angus Reid Institute in Canada showed that a majority of Canadians (51 percent) have an overall negative opinion of Islam and Muslims as a whole and a whopping 46 percent of Canadians saying that the overall presence of Islam is “damaging” Canadian society. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 424
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 424
- XREF: connects to: Majorities in several Western countries hold negative views of Islam. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 30; Canada’s legal system is unwilling to challenge anti-Muslim stereotyping; Large minorities of Americans hold unfavorable views of Islam and Muslims — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 754 (+4 more)
Related
- Majorities in several Western countries hold negative views of Islam. (similarity 0.87)
- European Muslims’ lower class standing sharpens Islamophobia more than America’s (similarity 0.79)
- Large minorities of Americans hold unfavorable views of Islam and Muslims (similarity 0.79)
- Fifty-three percent of Americans hold an unfavorable opinion of Islam (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Canada’s legal system is unwilling to challenge anti-Muslim stereotyping
#expands(0.50) - Islamophobia has become the dominant prejudice in Western societies
#complicates(0.50) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 15 - Large minorities of Americans hold unfavorable views of Islam and Muslims
#corroborates(0.45) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 754 - Islamophobia’s racialized caricature victimizes non-Muslims, especially Sikhs
#expands(0.45) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 119 - A minority of Americans and Britons valued Islam despite dominant fear-based publications.
#contradicts(0.40) — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear, 117 - European Muslims’ lower class standing sharpens Islamophobia more than America’s
#qualifies(0.40) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 709