Two in five Britons think Muslims cannot integrate in UK, poll finds

Government’s former extremism adviser sounds alarm as idea that diversity is harmful becomes ‘mainstream view’ Two in five Britons believe Muslims cannot integrate into British society and more than half believe the country’s national identity is disappearing due to “diversity”, a report authored by a former government adviser on extremism has found. Sara Khan, who stood down in 2024 as the UK’s first counter-extremism commissioner, said such views contrasted sharply with accompanying findings t