A survey from the French Institute of Public Opinion (Ifop) has found that at least one in three Muslims living in France believe that the Sharia law should be instituted globally. In a follow up to its annual survey of Muslim opinion in France, Ifop released another poll of 1,005 Muslims over the age of 15 to specifically examine “the influence of political Islamism” in the country, notably through the Muslim Brotherhood, which the French government has accused of engaging in a decades-long campaign to undermine Western civilization.
According to the survey, 32 per cent of Muslims in France consider Islam to be both a religion and a legal system which should be used to define all aspects of life. A total of 36 per cent said that they believe Western countries suffer from a moral and spiritual decay which can only be remedied by Islam. Even more, 43 per cent, said that they believed it was legitimate to campaign politically to advance Islamic values in Western nations such as France.
