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[[File:Richard Dawkins 2015.jpg|alt=Richard Dawkins|thumbnail|251px|right|Richard Dawkins declared "[[Christianity]] may actually be our best defence against aberrant forms of religion that threaten the world".<ref name="christiantoday.com">[http://www.christiantoday.com/article/richard.dawkins.says.christianity.is.worlds.best.defence.against.radical.islam/76416.htm Richard Dawkins says Christianity is world's best defence against radical Islam], Christianity Today,  January 2016</ref><ref name="breitbart.com">[https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/01/12/professional-atheist-dawkins-says-christianity-bulwark-against-something-worse/ Professional Atheist Dawkins Says Christianity ‘Bulwark Against Something Worse’], by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D,  ''Breitbart News Network'', Jan 12, 2016</ref> See also: [[Richard Dawkins and Islamophobia accusations|Richard Dawkins and Islam]] ]]
 
[[File:Richard Dawkins 2015.jpg|alt=Richard Dawkins|thumbnail|251px|right|Richard Dawkins declared "[[Christianity]] may actually be our best defence against aberrant forms of religion that threaten the world".<ref name="christiantoday.com">[http://www.christiantoday.com/article/richard.dawkins.says.christianity.is.worlds.best.defence.against.radical.islam/76416.htm Richard Dawkins says Christianity is world's best defence against radical Islam], Christianity Today,  January 2016</ref><ref name="breitbart.com">[https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/01/12/professional-atheist-dawkins-says-christianity-bulwark-against-something-worse/ Professional Atheist Dawkins Says Christianity ‘Bulwark Against Something Worse’], by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D,  ''Breitbart News Network'', Jan 12, 2016</ref> See also: [[Richard Dawkins and Islamophobia accusations|Richard Dawkins and Islam]] ]]
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A Eurobarometer poll in 2010 reported that 37% of UK citizens "believed there is a God", 33% believe there is "some sort of spirit or life force" and 25% answered "I don't believe there is any sort of spirit, God or life force".<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_341_en.pdf Special Eurobarometer, biotechnology, p. 204"]. Fieldwork: Jan-Feb 2010.</ref> See also: [[British atheism]]
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In 2014, ''The Telegraph'' reported: "The [[Britain|British]] are among the most sceptical in the world about religion, a global study has found. Just over a third of people in the UK believe religion has a positive role to play in our daily lives, compared to a global average of 59 per cent."<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10771044/UK-among-most-sceptical-in-world-about-religion.html UK among most sceptical in world about religion], ''The Telegraph'', 2014</ref>
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I recently years the British irreligious population has behaved in a cowardly manner (See: [[Atheism and cowardice]]).
    
In the latter part of 2022 it was reported that the Islamic population of the UK has increased 44 percent in a decade, according to the latest UK census figures. Of the UK's total population, 6.5 percent — 3.9 million people — are adherents of Islam.<ref>[https://www.arabnews.com/node/2208151/world Number of Muslims in UK up 44% in a decade], ''Arab News'', November 29, 2022</ref>
 
In the latter part of 2022 it was reported that the Islamic population of the UK has increased 44 percent in a decade, according to the latest UK census figures. Of the UK's total population, 6.5 percent — 3.9 million people — are adherents of Islam.<ref>[https://www.arabnews.com/node/2208151/world Number of Muslims in UK up 44% in a decade], ''Arab News'', November 29, 2022</ref>
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