Data on Muslims in Britain
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UK numbers
UK population in 2011: 56,075,912 / 2,706,066 Muslims:
47.2% Muslims are UK-born / 36.1% from Middle East and Asia; 10.2% from Africa:
73% of Muslims consider British to be their only national identity:
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) (2015), British Muslims in Numbers
10% of Muslims are white:
Diversity: roots of Muslim communities around the UK
Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) (2009), Summary Report: Understanding Muslim Ethnic Communities. bit.ly/2TnBvQU
*4% converts:
Brice, K. (2010), A Minority Within A Minority: A report on converts to Islam in the United Kingdom
Muslim communities around the UK
Kohelet (2014), ‘Islam in England by district, data from the 2011 census’. CC BY-SA 3.0 license, see creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode
Muslims in UK society
4.8% of the UK population / 7% of doctors in the NHS:
Muslim association of Britain (MAB) (2015), ‘Muslims as Scientists and in the Health Profession’
2.3% of UK MPs / 1.4% of House of Lords:
Muslim association of Britain (MAB) (2017), ‘Muslims in UK Politics’. www.mabonline.net/muslims-in-uk-politics/
1.5 % of civil servants (6,630 Muslim civil servants out of 430,080 = 1.54%):
Office for National Statistics (ONS) (2018), ‘Dataset: Annex A: Sexual orientation and religious beliefs’. bit.ly/2Ga7bAB
3.8% of solicitors (4,340 out of 11,3704):
Law Society (2016) Diversity report
1.3% of barristers (227 out of 16,857):
Bar Standards Board (BSB) (2017), Report on Diversity at the Bar 2017
0.54% of the British Army:
MacAskill, E. (2015), ‘British army aims to recruit more Muslims after worries over low numbers’, The Guardian. bit.ly/1AAD27a
0.4% of journalists:
Thurman, N. (2016), ‘Does British Media Have a Diversity Problem?’
Muslim practice in Britain/Muslim attitudes in Britain
Field, C.D. (2010), Muslim opinions and opinions of Muslims: British experiences
www.brin.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Field-Muslim-opinions-and-opinions-of-Muslims-Dec-2010.pdf
Park, A. et al., (2010), British Social Attitudes: The 26th Report (California: SAGE Publications).
Muslim attitudes around the world
