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Poll Finds British Muslims Far Warmer to Iran, Cooler on US and Israel Than Wider Public

The Policy Exchange study links the gap to different news sources, prompting debate over integration.

Overview

  • JL Partners surveyed 2,223 UK adults, including 1,031 British Muslims, from March 2–13 for Policy Exchange’s Worlds Apart report.
  • About 39% of British Muslims held a favourable view of Iran versus 8% of the public, translating to net +22 among Muslims compared with -42 in the wider population.
  • Net favourability toward the United States and Israel stood at -41 and -52 among British Muslims, versus -16 and -22 across the general public.
  • Half of British Muslims judged recent USIsraeli strikes on Iran as “definitely wrong,” compared with 17% of the wider public.
  • The study reports different information ecosystems, with nearly a quarter of British Muslims citing Al Jazeera and larger shares using Instagram (26%), TikTok (27%) and WhatsApp for Iran coverage than the general public.