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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.
A survey carried out by J.L. Partners in 2024 reported that 40 per cent of British Muslims found it desirable for women to take a more traditional role in society, 39 per cent supported the formation of a Muslim political party and 32 per cent supported Islam to be declared the national religion with the same proportion desiring Sharia law to ...
The vast majority of Muslims in the United Kingdom live in England and Wales: of 1,591,126 Muslims recorded at the 2001 Census, 1,546,626 were living in England and Wales, where they form 3 per cent of the population; 42,557 were living in Scotland, forming 0.8 per cent of the population; [151] and 1,943 were living in Northern Ireland. [152]
Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre Ireland, or Blanchardstown Mosque, Dublin 15. Imam: Dr. Umar Al-Qadri; Muslim Association Forum, Ireland, situated at the Islamic Foundation of Ireland in Dublin and established since 1999, and acquired Charity status in 2001, as a melting pot for Muslims from African background to teach and share Islamic ...
Islam is the third largest religion in Ireland constituting only 1.62% of the country's population. [27] There are 83,300 [28] practising Muslims living in Ireland and approximately 50 mosques and prayer centres within the State. There is more than one mosque or prayer centre in each province. [27]
Radical Islam has been present in Great Britain since the 1970s, but has not received wider public attention prior to the 7 July 2005 London bombings; terrorism in Britain during the 1970s to 1990s was mostly due to the Northern Ireland conflict, and it was only after the 2005 incidents that the presence of radical political Islam in Britain was widely recognized and studied.
Today Islam is the second largest religion in England. About 38% of English Muslims live in London , where they make up 12.4% of the population. There are also large numbers of Muslims in Birmingham , Manchester , Bradford , Luton , Slough , Leicester and the mill towns of Northern England such as Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Oldham.
Though a small number of Muslims already lived in what became Northern Ireland in 1921, the bulk of Muslims in Northern Ireland today come from families who immigrated during the late 20th century. At the time of the 2001 Census there were 1,943 living in Northern Ireland, [3] though The 2021 census recorded 10,870 Muslims in Northern Ireland. [4]