What percentage of Muslims do you think make up Britain?

Answer 1

Around 2%. There is 1.7 million of them. Fact.

That means more people voted for monster raving looney party in the last General election.

Answer 2

In 2004 a survey was conducted by the Office for National Statistics, a government body responsible for producing all sorts of facts and figures on the state of the nation. The main focus of the report, 'Focus on Religion' was on the socioeconomic status of faith, as opposed to ethnic, groups based on the 2001 census. To summarise: of the Britons surveyed, 1.6 million (2.8%) considered themselves Muslims. This is compared with 41 million Christians (71.8%), 558,000 Hindus (1%), 336,000 Sikhs (0.6%), 267,000 (0.5%) Jews, 149,000 Buddhists (0.3%), and 8.6 million (16.3%) who said they beloned to no religious group. More than half of the Muslims surveyed were born outside the UK (54%), and only 65% described their national identity as British, English, Welsh or Scottish. Not surprisingly 39% of Muslims were born in Asia (Pakistan, 18%, and Bangladesh, 9%, making the largest groups). Nearly 10% of Muslims were from Africa, with Somalians (2%) making up the largest ethnic grouping. Muslims from Turkey (3%) and those from the Balkans (1%) made up the largest ethnic groupings of people from Europe. Muslims had the youngest age profile of all religious groups: 34% are under the age of 16, compared with 25% of Sikhs, 21% of Hindus and 18% of Christians.

Answer 3

Last time I remember I read on the news, from a report in 2004 I think or before that... there were 1.5 million Muslims. But now I think that's doubled....oppppss my bad....it was back in 1997 when this was calculated...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1997/religion/33539.stm

There are some six million American Muslims, and the number is rising impressively....

By the way, there are about 600 mosques in Britain...

I'll try to do more research and will let you know....

The probable Muslim population in Britain in 1951 was about 23 000. By 1961, there were about 82 000 Muslims in Britain, by 1971 about 369 000, by 1981 about 553 000 , by 1991 about 1 million, and by 2000 about 2 million. These numbers are based on the ethnic origin of the minority population of Britain and about 75 per cent is made up of groups originating in the South Asian sub-continent.
There were small communities in Britain, largely in port areas such as Cardiff, Tyneside, Liverpool and London that dated back to the beginning of the century (Source: Little, 1947; Collins, 1957; Halliday, 1992). Many Somali, Yemeni and Bengali seamen had been stranded by their ships in the depression of the inter-war years. The main migrant stream to Britain from Pakistan and India got under way in the late 1950s. The late 1960s and early 1970s saw the expulsion of Asians from East Africa, some 200 000 of whom fled to Britain: about a quarter of their number was Muslim, among whom was a significant proportion of Ismailis. The most recent and rapidly growing group arriving in the 1970s and 1980s has been the Bangladeshis, whose migration to Britain differs from that of many other Muslim groups in that it seems unrelated to economic demand for labour. The three main South Asian groups are Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis. Indians make up 26% of the total ethnic minority population, whilst Pakistanis account for 16% and Bangladeshis 6%. About half of all South Asians living in Britain ­ Pakistanis (54%), Bangladeshis (47%) and Indians (47%) ­ were born there.
In addition to the Muslims of South Asian origin in Britain, there are Arabs and Somalis whose numbers are disputed. Estimating numbers from the Middle East in Britain is complicated by the fact that place of birth includes children who were born to members of the British forces serving in Egypt and Libya before British withdrawal from those countries, so that there is no direct relationship between numbers born in Egypt and Libya and those of Muslim identity.

Answer 4

According to the 2001 census, it was less than 3% - still the largest split after Christianity (not including people who refused to answer or have no religion).

Answer 5

According to some, when the population of a country becomes more than 10 to 20% then they are expected to demand more and more concesion for crazy things like allowing women to wear cover over their face for Identity Card like drivers license etc

That should not even be a discussion it is used to Identify someone HELLO!!!

learn more about the bad muslims' strategies at news.faithfreedom.org

Answer 6

1 in 8 latest census report published last year (2005) they expect by 2025 3 in 8........
every year 38000 white English people are reverting to Islam...
to here some interviews click www.turntoislam.com

Answer 7

I think it's easier to say what is the percentage of true Brits in the country, with all the legal and illegal emigrates here I would say 35% of us.

Answer 8

Ilegally 20% legally 50%

Answer 9

I think everybody makes up Britain, You don't think such a place could be real, now do you!

Answer 10

hardly any must work on this matter to increase percentage