An article cited by Middle East Eye challenges Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s description of Britain as an “Islamic Republic of Britain” and the first Islamic republic to obtain nuclear weapons. It argues that the remark, made in an interview with Israeli Army Radio, reflects a political framing that casts Muslim public visibility as domination rather than ordinary democratic participation.

The article says Muslims account for about 6% of Britain’s population, or roughly four million people, and rejects the suggestion that they are building an Islamic state or caliphate. It states that Britain’s institutions and laws remain British, with Parliament not replaced by a shura council or British law displaced by Islamic law. It also contrasts concern over Muslims with the absence of similar claims about Hindu, Jewish or Catholic influence in British leadership.

Citing 2019 data, it says about 13,000 Muslim doctors worked in England, around 10% of all doctors. The article also highlights Muslim contributions to Britain and allied forces in both world wars, postwar reconstruction and contemporary civic life, arguing that political participation by British Muslims demonstrates citizenship rather than takeover.