A startlingly candid snapshot of the views and beliefs of Muslims living in Britain today has been uncovered by the first-ever study of Islamic interfaith relations across the world. The reseach, a collaboration between Gallup and the Coexist Foundation, challenges the view that the country’s 2.4 million Muslims are largely intolerant of the British way of life. British Muslims were found to identify more strongly with the UK (77%) than the rest of the population, and have a much higher regard for the country’s institutions (76%).

However, the poll also found that the vast majority of Muslims have extremely conservative views on moral issues such as homosexuality and the death penalty, which differ dramatically from those held by the rest of the UK population. More than 1,500 interviews were conducted in the UK.

Perhaps the survey’s most surprising finding was that more than three-quarters of British Muslims (77%) said they identified “very strongly” with the UK, compared to just half (50%) of the general public. This contradicts the idea that Muslims are outsiders who have little in common with the UK, and is further borne out by a second statistic: 82% said British Muslims were loyal to the country.

Not a single British Muslim said homosexuality was morally acceptable, compared to 58 per cent of the general public who believed it was.

British Muslims were found to have faith in the police, with 76% saying they trusted them compared to 67% of the general public. They were also found to be more likely to have confidence in the Government, the judicial system, financial institutions and the media.

Extra-marital sex was deemed morally acceptable by only 3% of Muslims, compared to 82% of the general public. And while 15% of the general public considered adultery morally acceptable, only 2% of Muslims felt the same way.

More Muslims said they believed in the death penalty than the general public, of whom 50% said they regarded such a policy as morally acceptable.

British Muslims appear to be a lot more tolerant than the rest of the UK population when it comes to accepting other religions. 26% said they felt the above statement was accurate.

This survey portraits British Muslims patriotic, respectful and very conservative. The Most British general public thought Muslims are not loyal to UK because they see reapeadetly the same news on electronic media as well print media. The news is repeated so many times that makes people beleive that as if majority of Muslims are involved in those kind of extremist acts targeting UK.

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