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Revision as of 09:24, 9 March 2005
According to the 2001 census 1,591 million Muslims are living in England and Wales, where they form 2.7 % of the population, in Scotland they represent 0.84 % of the population (app. 43 000). The Northern Ireland census does not provide detailed information on the adherents of non-Christian religions.
Demography and Ethnic Background
The local autorities with the highest percentage of Muslim population are:
- Tower Hamlets 36.4% 71389
- Newham 24.3% 59293
- Blackburn and Darwen
- Bradford
- Waltham Forest
- Luton
- Birmingham
- Hackney
- Pendle
- Slough
- Brent
Religious Currents
Personalities
Notable mosques
Literature
Philip Lewis: Islamic Britain : religion, politics and identity among British Muslims ; Bradford in the 1990s, London : Tauris, 1994 ISBN 1-85043-861-7
Weblinks
- Ranking of Local Authorities in England and Wales according to percentage of Muslim population in the 2001 census
- Muslim Council of Britain
- Islam in Western Europe