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C4 / Juniper Survey of Muslims 2015
25 April - 31 May 2015
Absolutes/col percents

Table 47

Q.14 To what extent, if at all, would you support or oppose there being areas of Britain in which Sharia law is introduced instead of British law?
Base: All respondents

Penetration of Muslims

Total 20%-30% 30%-40% 40%-50% 50%-60% 60%-70%
(l)
(m)
(n)
(o)
(p)

70%+
(q)

Less
than
50%
(r)

More
than
50%
(s)

Q.3e Treatment
by Police
Better
Worse
than
than
other
other
religio
religio
ns
ns
(X)
(Y)

Q.13b
Homosexuality
Should
be
legal
(t)

Q.22f Views of
terrorist
actions

Q.23f Views on
stoning

Q.28 Views on
Caliphate

Sympathetic to
violence

Sympathetic to
extremism

Should
Not
Not
not be Sympath
Sympath
Sympath sympath Sympath sympath
legal
ise
Condemn
ise
Condemn Support Oppose
etic
etic
etic
etic
(u)
(v)
(w)
(x)
(y)
(z)
(Z)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Unweighted base

1081

418

196

161

104

76

126

775

306

22

186

201

551

40

894

54

853

70

726

137

944

45

1036

Weighted base

1081

417

195

159

105

76*

129

771

310

22**

183

198

561

40*

892

56*

853

74*

720

140

941

47*

1034

18
44%w

190
21%

27
48%y

175
20%

40
54%Z

129
18%

58
42%b

194
21%

22
47%d

230
22%

50
6%

13
24%y

44
5%

19
26%Z

36
5%

19
13%b

52
6%

8
17%d

63
6%

93
13%

40
28%b

141
15%

14
30%d

167
16%

NET: Support

252
23%

94
23%q

49
25%q

38
24%q

Strongly support

(5)

71
7%

34
8%

9
5%

13
8%

Tend to support

(4)

181
17%

60
14%

40
21%q

25
16%

34
33%lqrs

20
26%q

17
13%

181
24%q

71
23%q

9
40%

54
30%

37
19%

157
28%t

5
6%

5
4%

56
7%

15
5%

2
10%

19
10%

10
5%

52
9%

28
27%lnqr

15
20%q

12
9%

125
16%q

56
18%q

7
29%

35
19%

28
14%

105
19%

13
32%w

140
16%

14
25%

131
15%

20
28%Z

42
176
32%lor 23%

81
26%lo

4
19%

35
19%

36
18%

121
22%

13
31%

192
22%

13
23%

180
21%

17
23%

147
20%

35
25%

223
24%

15
31%

243
24%

6
6%

5
12%

s
Neither/ nor

(3)

258
24%

80
19%

47
24%

49
31%lor

17
16%

23
30%lo

Tend to oppose

(2)

155
14%

58
14%

28
15%

22
14%

16
16%

5
6%

26
20%p

109
14%

47
15%

2
9%

25
14%

29
15%

82
15%

6
15%

138
15%

6
11%

135
16%

3
3%

129
18%z

19
14%

136
14%

5
11%

150
15%

Strongly oppose

(1)

312
29%

144
51
35%mnos 26%

34
21%

25
24%

26
34%n

33
25%

229
30%n

84
27%

6
27%

52
28%

87
44%u

151
27%

3
7%

289
32%v

7
12%

288
34%x

9
12%

258
36%z

19
13%

294
31%a

4
8%

308
30%c

NET: Oppose

468
43%

202
48%n

79
41%

56
35%

42
40%

30
40%

58
45%

337
44%

130
42%

8
36%

77
42%

116
59%u

233
42%

9
22%

428
48%v

13
23%

423
50%x

11
16%

386
54%z

38
27%

430
46%a

9
19%

458
44%c

Don't know

104
10%

41
10%

19
10%

16
10%

12
11%

3
4%

13
10%

76
10%

28
9%

1
5%

17
9%

8
4%

50
9%t

1
2%

83
9%

3
5%

75
9%

6
8%

57
8%

9
6%

95
10%

1
2%

102
10%

Mean

2.53

2.42

2.59

2.73lq

2.71

2.56

2.41

2.53

2.55

2.86

2.66

2.17

2.66t

3.28w

2.41

3.39y

2.37

3.57Z

2.28

3.16b

2.44

3.37d

2.49

Standard deviation

1.30

1.37

1.27

1.25

1.33

1.33

1.12

1.32

1.25

1.44

1.40

1.29

1.36

1.11

1.29

1.33

1.29

1.31

1.26

1.26

1.28

1.16

1.30

Standard error

0.04

0.07

0.10

0.10

0.14

0.16

0.11

0.05

0.07

0.31

0.11

0.09

0.06

0.18

0.05

0.19

0.05

0.16

0.05

0.11

0.04

0.18

0.04

Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5% risk level) - l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s - X/Y - t/u - v/w - x/y - z/Z - a/b - c/d
* small base; ** very small base (under 30) ineligible for sig testing

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