Dumber than dirt:
Prince Charles to rescue Islam, to  “combat increased levels of ignorance and hostility…”
Islam, prisons, the Prince of Wales: ‘Divine Harmony’
The Times/thanks to Mullah
This YouTube video was recorded after a conference at the Sheldonian organised by Oxford’s Islamic Society.
Tariq Ramadan was one of the speakers. We reported this here, and also carried a subsequent story about women ‘imamahs’, based on a report on the top 100 mosques due out soon from Faith Matters.
And as Sky reports, a new campaign has been launched toimprove the image of Islam after a YouGov poll showed overwhelmingly negative stereotypes are still dominant in Britain.
Read my own report at The Times and the accompanying commentary.
According to Dame Ann Owers report today on the dangers of radicalisation among Muslims in prisons, covered in The Timesand also covered on the BBC’s Today programme,11 per cent of the prison population is Muslim and even if inmates are converting to enjoy perks, that alone cannot account for the disproportionate number of Muslims in prison. Just 3 per cent of the general population is Muslim.
The problems go deeper. AÂ YouGov survey of 2,152 UK adults carried out last month showed 58 per cent of people associate Islam with extremism and 50 per cent associate the world religion with terrorism. The poll also found that 69 per cent believe Islam encourages the repression of women.
The Prince of Wales is among those who have been trying to help for years. He is due to speak at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies on Islam and the environment tomorrow, if his chest infection allows. Last time he spoke at the centre, this is what he said:

















