Third of Aussies ignorant about Islam
`One third of Australians are completely ignorant of the Islamic faith, with women and people without tertiary training the most likely to lack knowledge, a new study shows. [..]
The survey revealed only one in six Australians had a decent understanding of Islam, while one third claimed to be completely ignorant of it.
More than 55 per cent of respondents – mainly women, people with no tertiary training and those aged over 50 – reported having no contact with Muslims.
People who had no contact with Islam were twice as likely to be ignorant about the faith compared with those who were linked to it in some way, the study also showed.
It also found that whether people felt threatened by Islam depended on their knowledge of the religion.’
