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The Emergence and Establishment of British Muslim Organisations

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The symbolic presence of Muslims in Britain became visible in the early 1970s and 1980s as communities grew in size and developed religious infrastructures to cater for the public observance of Islam and the transmission of faith to children born in Britain. Islam has now the largest number of adherents in Britain after Christianity, and Muslims are increasingly visible as vocal political actors and frequent subjects of public controversy ( Ahmad and Sardar, 2012). The last census of 2011 recorded 2.7 million Muslims living in the United Kingdom, and this number is likely to have risen to now over 3 million out of the total population of 65 million.

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Hamid, S. (2017). The Emergence and Establishment of British Muslim Organisations. In: Peucker, M., Ceylan, R. (eds) Muslim Community Organizations in the West. Islam in der Gesellschaft. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-13889-9_4

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