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Revision as of 09:59, 9 March 2005 by Marriex (talk | contribs) (→Demography and Ethnic Background)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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 Darwen19.4% 26674
- Bradford 16.1% 75188
- Waltham Forest 15.1% 32902
- Luton 14.6% 26963
- Birmingham 14.3% 140033
- Hackney 13.8% 27908
- Pendle 13.4% 11988
- Slough 13.4% 15897
- Brent 12.3% 32290
The local authorities with the highest percentages and absolute numbers of Muslims in Wales and Scotland are Cardiff (3.7%, 11261) and Glasgow () respectively.
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