16% of UK youths don't trust Hindus, Sikhs: survey

A quarter of 18 to 24-year-olds in Britain do not trust Muslims, while 16% said they did not trust Hindus or Sikhs, according to a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) poll released here on Wednesday.

A quarter of 18 to 24-year-olds in Britain do not trust Muslims, while 16% said they did not trust Hindus or Sikhs, according to a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) poll released here on Wednesday.

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Of the 1,000 surveyed, 28% said Britain would be better off with fewer Muslims, while 44% said Muslims did not share the same values as the rest of the population.

Some 60% felt the British public had a negative image of Muslims, according to the poll conducted for BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat show.

However, levels of distrust of other religious groups were lower, with 16% saying they did not trust Hindus or Sikhs, while 15% said they did not trust Jews, 13% mistrusted Buddhists and only 12% did not trust Christians.

The poll by Comres also found that only 29% of people surveyed believed Muslims were doing enough to combat extremism in their communities, while 48% agreed that Islam is a peaceful religion.
Meanwhile, Scotland Yard figures show a 61% rise in anti-Muslim-based crime over the past year in London alone.