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IslaminEuropeJan7th2015,16:46byTHEDATATEAM
THEbrutalmurderof12peopleattheofficesofasatiricalmagazineinParistodayappearsto
havebeencarriedoutbymilitantIslamists.Ifso,manywillagainquestionthecompatabilityof
Islamwithsecularminded,liberalEuropeanvalues.Mistrustofreligionisnotconfinedto
Islam,butEuropeansregarditasmorethreateningtotheirnationalculturesthanotherfaiths
(orindeedatheism),accordingtoa2013pollbytheBertelsmannFoundation,anonprofit
organisationinGermany.ThethreatofIslamicterrorismisrising,tojudgenotjustbytoday's
slaughterbutalsobyotherattacksandarecentupwardtrendinarrestsforreligiouslyinspired
terrorismreportedbyEuropol,theEuropeanUnion'slawenforcementarm.Perceptionscan
easilyrunaheadofreality,however.Therewerestillmorearrestsforothertypesofterrorism
(motivatedbyseparatism,forexample)inEuropein2013,thelastyearforwhichpan
Europeandataareavailable.AndEuropeanpublicswildlyoverestimatetheproportionoftheir
populationsthatisMuslim:anIpsosMoripollin2014foundthatonaverageFrench
respondentsthought31%oftheircompatriotswereMuslim,againstanactualfigurecloserto
8%.