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Poll: European Muslims more patriotic than average populace
By DPA
Tags: EU, democracy, Muslims 

A Gallup poll examining Muslim integration in major European countries has shown that Muslims identify more strongly with the countries they live in than the average in the population.

The global study of interfaith relations showed that more than two-thirds of Muslims living in Britain, Germany and France state they are loyal to the countries they live in, even though they identify equally strongly with their religion.

However, in what the report described as a "gulf of misunderstanding", only about between 30 per cent of the total population in the three countries believed that Muslims were loyal to the state.
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More communication between both sides was needed to cultivate a better understanding of how Muslims in Europe tended to reconcile their typically high degree of religiosity with their largely secular environments, said the study.

Gallup said the data indicated that there was enough common ground and willingness on both sides to improve the dialogue.

"Muslims are very likely - often more likely than the general public - to express confidence in democratic institutions and a desire to live in neighborhoods with mixed ethnic and religious backgrounds," it said.

The report's authors said the study showed that religion and national identity were complementary rather than competing.

"This research shows that many of the assumptions about Muslims and integration are wide of the mark," said the study.

In Germany, which has a strong Turkish population, the trust placed by Muslims in the state's institutions "proves that strong religious beliefs don't translate into a lack of loyalty."

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      1.   More phony pro-Moslem spin from the media 16:19  |  IW 07/05/09
      2.   Sorry- I dont believe this from what Ive seen personally with eye 16:25  |  Alan SA 07/05/09
      3.   Muslims are patriotic? 16:36  |  Paul 07/05/09
      4.   Sure, the vast majority of UK Musim youth said 16:49  |  redbourn 07/05/09
      5.   Sorry the facts don`t fit with your bigotry... 16:49  |  Ari 07/05/09
      6.   EXCEPT in the UK according to poll 17:02  |  richelle 07/05/09
      7.   #5 actually you are the bigot AND a fool 17:10  |  McQueen 07/05/09
      8.   McQueen - But 17:39  |  Me 07/05/09
      9.   Loyal to taking over your country in demographically due time 17:48  |  Realitysetsin 07/05/09
      10.   That s why they boo the national anthems ! 17:49  |  TRUMPELDOR 07/05/09
      11.   allowed to fabricate in order to spred Islam 17:51  |  Akiva P 07/05/09
      12.   Quoting Gomer Pyle 18:34  |  Mark Lincoln 07/05/09
      13.   hmmm 18:41  |  dan 07/05/09
      14.   ops 18:43  |  David Strohm 07/05/09
      15.   re: eurabia?? 18:47  |  diasporajew 07/05/09
      16.   #14 - why did you single out Jews? 18:53  |  redbourn 07/05/09
      17.   Why wouldn`t they? 19:21  |  Arie 07/05/09
      18.   redbourn #16 (1/2) 19:53  |  diasporajew 07/05/09
      19.   redbourn #16 (2/2) 19:54  |  diasporajew 07/05/09
      20.   War time comes between infidels and Muslims 20:54  |  MMM 07/05/09
      21.   Probably Lies 21:03  |  Julio 07/05/09
      22.   To Diaspora Jew - Agree and Disagree 22:15  |  Eli 07/05/09
      23.   Is any Muslim going to declare disloyalty to the state? 22:20  |  Adrien 07/05/09
      24.   re: 16 23:13  |  David Strohm 07/05/09
      25.   RE: 6. Richelle 23:50  |  MK 07/05/09
      26.   WHAT?? Is that why Brits go for terrorist training to Pakistan? 00:50  |  PETER SM 08/05/09
      27.   ever seen a France v. Algeria football match, in Paris? 20:24  |  holmes 10/05/09
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