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"British Arabs" is used as an ethnic designation by the National Association of British Arabs. [8] It is also employed by academics, [9] and in the media. [10] Unlike Black British or Asian British, the term "British Arab" was not one of those employed in government ethnicity categorisations used in the 2001 UK Census and for national statistics. [11]
However, around 83% of Muslims are proud to be a British citizen, compared to 79% of the general public, 77% of Muslims strongly identify with Britain while only 50% of the wider population do, 86.4% of Muslims feel they belong in Britain, slightly more than the 85.9% of Christians, 82% of Muslims want to live in diverse and mixed ...
Joel Hayward – New Zealand-born British scholar of early Islamic history, especially the biography of Muhammad; Dilwar Hussain – research fellow at The Islamic Foundation in Leicester; co-authored the 2004 book British Muslims Between Assimilation and Segregation; is on the Home Office's committee tackling radicalisation and extremism [12]
The Grand Mosque of Bradford is the largest mosque by capacity in the United Kingdom.. Islam in England is the second largest religion after Christianity. [1] Most Muslims are immigrants from South Asia (in particular Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India) or descendants of immigrants from that region.
British Pakistani: Labour: Rupa Huq [8] Ealing Central and Acton: 2015: Serving British Bangladeshi: Labour: Naz Shah [citation needed] Bradford West: 2015: Serving British Pakistani: SNP: Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh [citation needed] Ochil and South Perthshire: 2015: 2017: Defeated British Pakistani/White British/Other White Labour: Tulip Siddiq ...
According to the 2001 UK Census, a total of 10,671 people born in Sudan were living in the UK. [5] This figure is the fifteenth highest migrant population in the UK of all African nations and fifth out of all Arab nations. [5] The only OECD state with more Sudanese-born residents is the United States. [5]
English people of Arab descent (2 P) Pages in category "British people of Arab descent" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Organisations and collectives concerning British Palestinians specifically include the British Palestinian Committee (BPC), [6] [7] the Association of the Palestinian Community in the UK (APC–UK), the Palestine Community Foundation (PCF), [8] [9] and the Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB). [10] There is also the Scottish Palestinian Society ...