I disagree with the perception that religious Muslims are more likely to be extremists than active members of other religions. Part of the problem when comparing British Muslims with British Christians is that British Muslims are more likely to actually practice Islam than British people who identify as Christian are to either practice or genuinely believe in Christianity.

Interestingly, the United States can be seen to have trends similar to those of Turkey with regard to tendency toward ridiculous acceptance of extremist religious ideology. Both countries have a large number of practising religious people despite not having the sort of official entanglement between religion and state seen in Britain.

I think that a tendency toward religiosity in Britain is, though relatively small, probably exacerbated by the existence of government-funded faith schools. These schools encourage people to think purely in terms of their religious grouping and, in at least some cases, to hold an American-style hostility toward evolution. The frequently cited case study on the impact of faith schools on community cohesion is, of course, Northern Ireland.