The figures vary. There may or may not be more British Muslims serving Britain than Islamist groups, but figures indicate that Muslims are under-represented in the armed forces. From The Guardian, [British army aims to recruit more Muslims after worries over low numbers][2] (talking about the army, not the armed forces as a whole) > There are 480 Muslims in the army out of an overall strength of 88,500 > – 0.54%, an increase from 300 in 2008. Muslims comprise about 4.4% of > the UK population according to the 2011 census. An opinion piece [Muslims in the armed forces: A proud tradition][3] > Despite this, the figures in absolute terms are still small, with > around 650 Muslims in the 200,000-strong military making up less than > 1 per cent of its ratio strength. From the BBC: [UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'][4] > With more than 600 Muslims in the British Armed Forces, do those that > are deployed on the front line in Afghanistan have to reconcile their > beliefs in order to fight hardline Islamic Taliban militants? Caveats: - I haven't critically examined the number of British Muslims serving Islamist groups. - Could estimates about the number of British Muslims be incorrect? Maybe there's people who are Muslim, but haven't mentioned their religious affiliation to those collecting statistics. - Some of those serving the British Armed Forces may be women. It's possible the Islamists have more men, but the British Armed Forces have more people overall. [1]: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/muslims-in-the-armed-forces-a-proud-tradition-9226715.html [2]: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/06/british-army-recruit-muslims-low-number-iraq-afghanistan [3]: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/muslims-in-the-armed-forces-a-proud-tradition-9226715.html [4]: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-12504162