Ungdomars syn på islam
En undersökning vid fem gymnasieskolor i Kalmar och Jönköping
With this essay I have tried to give an image of some Swedish teenagers opinions about Islam. I have also done research on how the Swedish school depicts Islam and how the media in Sweden and other western countries describe Islam and Muslims. I have come to the conclusion that the media do not give a positive image of Muslims and their religion. One the contrary, Muslims are talked about in relation to negative subjects. This is an image that seems to have influenced how young people in Sweden look at Muslims.I have handed out a questionnaire at schools in Kalmar and Jönköping, Sweden. The students answering the questionnaire were between 16-18 years old. The biggest difference you could see in the answers from the students were at the theoretical compared to the practical programs. Students at the practical programs in general had a more negative image of Islam. I also compared the difference in answers between men and women and found that women are in general less negative towards Islam.All in all the image teenagers in Sweden had towards Islam and Muslims in the mid 1990?s when the inquiry was made was fairly negative.