New poll reveals image of Muslims improves in Europe

Despite the surge of Islamophobic attacks across Europe,  revealing that the favorable views of Muslims are on the rise

Despite the surge of Islamophobic attacks across Europe, a new survey revealed that the favorable views of Muslims are on the rise on France and UK.
According to a Pew Research Center survey, positive views of Muslims have steadily increased over the past year.
Remaining unchanged after Charlie Hebdo attacks, favorable views of French Muslims have increased by 4% points higher than 2014, with 76% of French saying they have a positive view of Muslims.
Moreover, very favorable view of Muslims has increased from 14% last year to 25% among French over the past five months.
Based on telephone interviews of adults with a sample size of 1,001 people, the Pew survey found that positive views of Muslims are higher among France’s political left than the right.
The author of the research believes that the widespread calls for national unity after Paris attacks, besides official statements that aimed to disassociate Islam from terror attacks, have contributed in improving the image of Muslims in the country.
A similar rise in the pro-Muslim views among Britons was shown by the survey.
Positive views of Muslims have increased from 64% in 2014 to 72% in 2015, according to a survey by Pew Research Center.