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Monday, 6 April 2015

Diversity and immigration are not the problem. Political courage is… | Kenan Malik | Comment is free | The Guardian

The idea that Muslims as a group are poorly integrated is not borne out by the facts. Numerous polls have shown that Muslims tend to identify with Britain to a greater degree than the population at large. In a 2009 Gallup poll, 77% of Muslims said that they identified "very strongly" with Britain, compared with 50% of the population at large. Similarly, a 2011 Demos poll found 83% of Muslims were "proud to be British".