UK poll majority says Islam a threat to West

LONDON -- A British online poll says that 53 percent of respondents see Islam as a threat to Western liberal democracy. That figure compares to less than one-third of those who said that they felt that way after September 11, 2001. The Daily Telegraph, which commissioned the poll, said that prior to last year's terrorist attacks in London and the recent discovery of an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners, only Muslim extremists used to raise concerns but since then people have come to fear Islam as a religion.

The latest poll confirms some leaders' fears that the country is becoming polarized between Muslims and the rest of the population. The poll said that the percentage of those who believe that a large proportion of British Muslims feel no sense of loyalty to the country and ready to condone or even carry out acts of terrorism has jumped to 18 percent from 10 percent a year ago.

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