فنلندا: دراسة تكشف عن دور الإعلام في موقف المجتمع السلبي من الإسلام

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أكد" كيكو كيتولا" - أحد الباحثين بمعهد الكنيسة للأبحاث، والمشاركين في الدراسة الصادرة عن "أرشيف معلومات العلوم الاجتماعية الفنلندية" - أن الفنلنديين لديهم آراء سلبية تجاه الإسلام بصورة تفوق مواقفهم من المعتقدات الأخرى، مشيرًا إلى أن الإعلام يساعد بدوره على إيصال صورة سيئة ومبالغ فيها بشأن الإسلام.

وقد كشفت الدراسة أن غالبية من شملتهم الدراسة حملوا آراءً سلبية تجاه الإسلام، بالرغم من وجود عدد قليل من المهاجرين المسلمين بـ"فنلندا"، مقارنةً بالدول الأوربية الأخرى.

وكشفت الدراسة أيضًا أن مواقف الفنلنديين تجاه المعتقدات الأخرى قد تحسنت خلال العقدين الماضيين، إلا أن مواقفهم من الإسلام بدأت تسوء بداية من عام2000. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Researcher: Finns now more critical of Islam

Finns hold largely negative views on Islam, according to a study on attitudes to various religions. Christianity enjoys the best standing among Finns, but the majority would be ready to welcome representatives of other religions into their families.

Based on their survey responses, Finns were best disposed towards Christianity, had mostly positive impressions of Buddhism and Hinduism, and felt most critical towards Islam.

Only six percent of the survey respondents thought of Islam in positive terms, with the vast majority clearly holding negative impressions—which, says researcher Kimmo Ketola from the Church Research Institute, is mostly down to the media.

“There are very few Muslim immigrants in Finland compared to many other European countries. The media can convey an exceedingly harsh and negative picture of Islam,” Ketola says.

More acceptance

The researcher notes that Finns’ feelings about foreign religions have changed for the better over the past couple of decades, but attitudes towards Islam have hardened in the 2000s.

However, Ketola says, prejudice is not so all-encompassing.

“When Finns were asked whether they’d be ready to accept people of other religions into their family or as representatives of their parties, in this regard Finns were among the least prejudiced of nations,” Ketola says.

Only four percent of Finnish residents adamantly opposed the idea of their relative marrying someone of a different religion.

Relationship with religion

Four of five Finns considered people with strong religious beliefs to be intolerant. Three out of five thought that religions bring more conflicts than peace.

Ketola says that Finns differentiate between piousness and religious extremism.

The majority of the Finnish population belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

The study shows that only eight percent of Finns consider themselves quite religious, but every fifth Finn believes in god without any doubts. Ten percent said they do not believe in god.

These findings emerged from an international study from the Finnish Social Science Data Archive, carried out by researchers from the Church Research Institute. They are based on the 1998 Religion: II survey of International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), which had over 50,000 respondents from 34 countries.