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Islam in the United Kingdom


The Bradford Grand Mosque is the largest mosque by capacity in the United Kingdom, and the largest in Yorkshire and The Humber.

Islam is the second-largest religion in the United Kingdom, with results from the 2021 Census recorded a population of 6.5% in England and Wales.[1][2] London has the greatest population of Muslims in the country.[3][4][5] The vast majority of Muslims in the United Kingdom adhere to Sunni Islam,[6] while smaller numbers are associated with Shia Islam.

Islam In The United Kingdom Media

  • A mancus/gold dinar of king Offa, copied from the dinars of the Abbasid Caliphate (774); it includes the Arabic text "Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah", a line from the Shahada.

  • Bengali Muslim diplomat I'tisam-ud-Din was the first educated South Asian to have travelled to the United Kingdom in 1765.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall authored an English language translation of the Qur'an in 1930.

  • Muslims during an Eid al-Fitr feast at the East London Mosque in 1941

  • Muslim population in English local authority areas, 2011*     0.0%–0.9%*     1%–1.9%*     2%–4.9%*     5%–9.9%*     10%–19.9%*     20% and more

  • Ethnic composition of British Muslims (2011 census)

  • Muslim population pyramid in 2021 in England and Wales

  • The East London Mosque was one of the first in Britain to be allowed to use loudspeakers to broadcast the adhan.

References

  1. ↑ "Religion, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  2. ↑ "Religion (detailed) - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  3. ↑ "2011 Census: KS209EW Religion, local authorities in England and Wales (Excel sheet 270Kb)" (xls). Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Scotland's Census 2011 – National Records of Scotland Table KS209SCa – Religion (UK harmonised)" (PDF). National Records of Scotland. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Religion – Full Detail: QS218NI" (xls). Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  6. ↑ UK Masjid Statistics Archived 11 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine Muslims In Britain (18 August 2010)



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