Poll: Majority of British Muslims do not believe al-Qaida behind Sept. 11 attacks

LONDON. -- A large majority of Britain's Muslims do not believe al-Qaida was responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks and regard the war on terror as a war on Islam, according to a survey for BBC radio's flagship "Today" current affairs program

About 70 percent of the 500 Muslims who were questioned in a telephone poll at the weekend did not believe al-Qaida was behind the Sept. 11 attacks and more than one-half believe Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaida terrorist network should not have been blamed for the attacks

Of those who were surveyed, fully 11 percent believe further attacks on the US by al-Qaida would be justified, while 8 percent said attacks on Britain by al-Qaida would be justified