Former chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Trevor Philips will present a documentary based around the findings (Picture: Simon James/GC Images)

More than half of British Muslims believe homosexuality should be not be legal in the UK.

That is the result of a study that polled 1,801 adult Muslims on issues including relationships, polygamy and law.

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It found that 52 per cent of those quizzed disagreed that homosexuality should be legal in Britain.

The poll also discovered that 31 per cent believe it is acceptable for Muslim men to have more than one wife, and 23 per cent would support parts of Britain being governed by Sharia law rather than British law.


And while the poll of men and women found that 39 per cent believe wives should always obey their husbands, as many as 79 per cent condemned stoning those who have cheated on their partner.



The full findings from the ICM poll will feature in Channel 4 documentary What British Muslims Really Think, which airs on Wednesday.

Presented by former head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Trevor Philips, the programme will investigate the differences between British Muslims and the rest of the country.

Philips said ‘the integration of Muslims will probably be the hardest task’ the country has ever faced.

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He told The Sunday Times Magazine: ‘I thought Europe’s Muslims would gradually blend into the landscape. I should have known better.

‘Britain desperately wants us to think of its Muslims as versions of the Great British Bake Offwinner Nadiya Hussain, or the cheeky-chappy athlete Mo Farah.

‘But thanks to the most detailed and comprehensive survey of British Muslim opinion yet conducted, we know that just isn’t how it is.’

Nadiya Hussain stole the country’s hearts on last year’s Great British Bake Off (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

More than 80 per cent of Muslims surveyed said they felt British and were happy living here.

But they conceded they were more likely to stay within their own communities, especially when it came to relationships.

The ICM figures reported that more than half mix with non-Muslims each day, but one in five never enter a non-Muslim household.

A previous version of this article included a graphic which was incorrect in relation to the question “Homosexuality should be legal in Britain”, stating that 52% of Muslims agreed with the statement.

In fact, as our article made clear, the results of the poll were that 52% of Muslims disagreed with the statement. We have replaced the graphic with the correct data.