A Gallup poll found Muslim Americans have a much more positive outlook on life than their counterparts in most predominantly Muslim countries and some other Western societies. Racially and ideologically diverse, extremely religious, younger and more highly educated than typical Americans, Muslim-Americans, at 41 per cent, declared themselves “thriving” at a higher rate than British (eight per cent) or French (23 per cent) Muslims and behind only Saudis (51 per cent) in Islamic countries.