"The identity of Muslims in the U.K. is Muslim first and foremost and British second," Ranstorp said, echoing a recent Pew global survey of Muslim attitudes that found that 81 percent of British Muslims who responded agreed with that sentiment. Only Pakistan had a higher percentage of people who considered themselves Muslims first, the survey showed.Many of us have been saying this. muslim first...citizen second. All those who claim that muslims in the US are hard working, honest people, are only fooling themselves.