The finding in Demos's report A Place for Pride that 83% of Muslims said they were proud to be a British citizen, compared with the national average of 79%, has been met with surprise in some parts of the press. Clearly many British citizens have both a strong religious identity and a strong national identity. Yet it also seems clear that many people see these identities as mutually exclusive. Why is this the case?
[A COMMENT] Since Demos is a left-wing organisation, I rather think they got the politically correct result they were looking for. [guardian.co.uk] Read more
