Muslims most unpopular group in Australia
SYDNEY: One in ten Australians believe some races are superior to others and Muslims are the most unpopular group in the country, the lead author of a new study said on Sunday.
Professor Kevin Dunn from the University of Western Sydney said a 10-year study of 12,500 people found that Australians were generally tolerant, with more than 80 percent viewing cultural diversity as beneficial. But about 10 percent of the population were racial supremacists.
Dunn said Muslims were most often seen as the group that did not ‘fit in’ to Australian life.
“They stand out at the moment as the group that people would be most concerned about,” Dunn said. “There’s stronger levels of social distance or fear of Islam or concern about Islam than of any other group at the moment.”
Asked how they would feel if a close relative was to marry a Muslim, 54 percent of people in New South Wales would be concerned, he said. afp
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