Just one in four British Muslims believe Hamas committed murder and rape in Israel
The TelegraphOn Friday night, ministers were urged to step up their efforts to counter extreme narratives. It also found that almost half of British Muslims say Jews have too much power over UK government policy, compared to 16 per cent of the general public. Among British Muslims, 41 per cent said Jews have too much power in the media industry and 39 per cent said Jews have too much power in the UK’s financial system. The investment needs to happen as soon as possible because we are at real risk of a social cohesion problem.” Asked whether Hamas committed murder and rape in Israel on Oct 7, 24 per cent of British Muslims said they had, compared to 62 per cent of the general public. A further 39 per cent of British Muslims said Hamas did not commit atrocities, and 37 per cent said they did not know whether they had or had not.
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