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Available public reporting based on the 2021 census and 2025 summaries puts the UK Muslim share at roughly 6% of the overall population (Britain-wide), with England specifically around 6.7% and Scotla...
The UK’s Muslim population rose from about 1.6 million in 2001 to roughly 4.0 million in 2021, making Muslims about 6% of the overall UK population according to the Muslim Council of Britain’s census ...
The 2021 Census counted roughly 3.9 million people identifying as Muslim in England and Wales (about 6.5% of that population), up from about 2.7 million in 2011 — an increase of roughly 1.16 million o...
The claim that “four million Muslims took over a country of 60 million and control 50 cities including London” is false: UK census data records just under four million Muslims as a (approximately 6.0%...
London contains the largest Muslim population of any UK city: Greater London had about 1.32 million Muslims in the 2021 census, equal to roughly 15% of the capital’s population . National summaries fr...
London contains the largest Muslim population in the UK: about 15% of Londoners described themselves as Muslim in census reporting, translating to roughly 1.2–1.3 million people in the capital accordi...
The most authoritative, publicly available baseline comes from the 2021 England and Wales census, which recorded Muslims as 6.5% of the population (about 3.87–3.9 million people) on census day — the f...
Several English towns and cities had Muslim individuals serving as mayors in 2024, but reporting shows a mix of executive (directly elected) mayors like London’s Sadiq Khan — re-elected in May 2024 as...
The best-supported estimate in the provided material is that Muslims make up roughly , equivalent to about , based on recent census-based summaries and secondary reporting . Alternative figures appear...
The analyses collectively identify a consistent set of UK cities often cited as having the largest or most significant Muslim populations by share and absolute numbers — notably Birmingham, Bradford, ...
Official 2021 census material compiled by the Muslim Council of Britain puts the UK Muslim population at roughly 4 million, about 6% of the population, and highlights a young age profile that will age...
Tower Hamlets and Newham have the largest shares and counts of Muslim residents in London in the 2021 census: Tower Hamlets recorded the largest proportion at about 39.9% (123,912 people) and Newham a...
The clearest finding across the supplied analyses is that —notably Birmingham, Bradford, and inner‑London boroughs such as Tower Hamlets—where proportions of residents identifying as Muslim can range ...
The core facts from the material provided show a of people identifying as Muslim in Britain: England and Wales count about , up markedly from 2011, and UK-wide summaries round to roughly . The communi...
Muslim leaders and communities overwhelmingly condemn violence and reject extremist groups’ claims to Islamic legitimacy, issuing fatwas, public statements and community actions that frame terrorism a...
The 2021 Census shows about 4 million people identifying as Muslim in Britain, concentrated in England where Muslims make up about 6.7% of the population, with much smaller shares in Scotland (2.2%), ...
Census-derived and ONS-based summaries show that London contains the largest number of Muslims of any region (about 1.28 million in 2019) while several northern cities have the highest proportions wit...
The Muslim population in the UK has grown substantially: census-based reporting indicates about 3.9–4.0 million Muslims (roughly 6.5–6.7% of the population), a rise of about 44% from 2011 to 2021 and ...
The best available 2025 summary of census material from the Muslim Council of Britain estimates there are about 4 million Muslims in Britain and reports Muslim shares of the population by nation: Engl...
London’s Muslim population is large, growing and concentrated: London contains the highest share of UK Muslims (around 15% of the city’s residents and a large share of the nation’s Muslim population) ...