[blogger]

An advertising campaign organised by Exploring Islam Foundation was launched in London a few days ago attempting to redress the balance portraying a positive image of Islam. The ads are to appear on Underground trains, bus stops and taxis.

Results of a recent YouGov poll (2152 adults):
 
- 58% of people associate Islam with extremism.
- 50% with terrorism.
- 13% Islam is a religion of peace.
- 6% Islam is a religion of justice.
- More than 40% disagreed Muslims have had a positive impact on British society.
- Up to 70% agreed Islam encourages the repression of women.
- Less than 20% agreed Islam promotes fairness and equality.

There are around 1.6m Muslims in Britain (2.8% of the population) only second to Christians. London has the highest proportion of Muslims in Britain around 8.5%.

I think the poll results are worrying and we need to something to bridge the gap otherwise hatred and and ill-feeling  . Hope the Ad campain changes people's views I think Londoners are a bit more open-minded. Clearly we need to do more to present the true message of Islam to the masses what are our Ahle Sunnah scholars doing about this?

Inspired by Muhammad:

[qalam]

salam

wonderful i wish i was invoved in this campaign smehow

especially if my pic was there

sajid

[summy]

o wow.. this is good.. although, i think london is quite diverse no? honestlly speaking there must be muslims in most classrooms in the schools.. umm maybe this goverment scheme should be expanded, i dearly hope it does. Its a great scheme though.. checking out website now :) JazakAllahu-khairun

[hayaa]

Hey, this is a really nice idea. I have not seen an ad yet tho.

[Just_Ahsun]

Assalamu alaikum,

It's a really good initiative and I have seen one ad at the westminister station. All we need is to promote the message forward in a positive light rather then lowering down ourselves to the level of fascists groups like BNP or EDL

[sulemankasmani]

Alhamdulillah in sadqa of Huzur-e-Pakh (Sal Allaho Alaiyhe Wa Sallam) i had thought of a similar campaign few months before.

http://www.yanabi.com/forum/Topic343490.aspx