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Britain's Muslim population has hit 2.4million because the UK is seen as the best country in Europe for the Islamic faith, a report is to reveal.
There are 1.1million Muslim immigrants and 1.3million UK-born Muslims – mostly the children of newcomers.
Muslims quizzed said there was less open hostility to Islam in Britain than other EU countries and that the Government is sympathetic to them.
But critics seized on the findings as confirmation that Labour's multicultural policies are pandering to Islam.