The Muslim population of England and Wales increased by more than a million in the space of a decade\u201a according to a report. An analysis of 2011 Census data for the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) suggests the Muslim population had increased 75% from 1.5 million in 2001 to 2.7 million\u201a with a third below the age of 15. The research shows one in 12 school-age children was Muslim and there had been a significant improvement in Muslim education\u201a with just a quarter not having any qualifications compared with two in five 10 years previously. But just one in five was in full-time employment\u201a compared with one in three of the wider population\u201a with the researchers saying Muslims face a “double penalty … in entering the labour market – of racial discrimination as well as Islamophobia”. While more than half were born outside the country\u201a 73% said their national identity was British\u201a the British Muslims in Numbers report said. Three-quarters of the Muslim population was concentrated in London\u201a the West Midlands\u201a the North West and Yorkshire and Humber and 46% lived in the top 10% most deprived areas. Talha Ahmad\u201a a senior member of the MCB\u201a told the BBC the significant rise in the population could be put down in part to refugees from countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq and conversions. The report\u201a led by Sundas Ali of the University of Oxford\u201a said: “There is need for various stakeholders – Muslim civil society\u201a policy institutes\u201a employers\u201a trade unions and the Department for Work and Pensions – to facilitate conditions and opportunities in the labour market. “Muslim civil society needs to have a better appreciation of the social realities.” Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: “Taking data from the 2011 census\u201a this important new report from the Muslim Council of Britain helps give us a snapshot of the socio-economic challenges and opportunities now facing Britain’s Muslim communities. “What’s not in doubt is that British Muslims can be proud of the contribution they make to our country. Drawing on analysis like this\u201a together\u201a we can help create jobs\u201a drive growth and enable more people to get on – building the stronger economy and fairer society we want for Britain’s future.” May I just put my penneth in with common sense values and views\u201a instead of the political clap trap coming from Cleggs mouth. NHS and welfare bust\u201a A&E; any time at major NHS hospitals crammed with ethnics seeking FREE care having just arrived here from abroad\u201a not paid into the system but we give it to them. Cleft lips highest births in Bradford\u201a why? cousins breeding with each other on religious grounds. Tourist Gastric operations\u201a again people entering into our country FREE NHS care and then the patients return to Pakistan. Could you or I get this in another country without a credit card\u201a NO we could not\u201a so why do we pander to all from abroad? The answer\u201a politics\u201a the parties are too soft they want the muslim & ethnic votes. Sorry to say we are going to be in one sorry state in 10 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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