Muslims in the EU: Cities Report Preliminary research report UNITED KINGDOM and literature survey 2007 Researchers: Dr Serena Hussain, Research Fellow, School of Geography, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom Email address:
[email protected] and Tufyal Choudhury, Lecturer in International Human Rights Law, Durham University and Senior Policy Advisor to Muslims in EU Cities Project, Open Society Institute Email address:
[email protected] Open Society Institute Muslims in the EU - Cities Report EU Monitoring and Advocacy Program United Kingdom Table of contents Background 4 Executive Summary 5 PART I: RESEARCH AND LITERATURE ON MUSLIMS 10 1. Population...............................................................................................................10 1.1 Patterns of Muslim migration in Britain ..........................................................10 1.2 Attempts at estimating Britain’s Muslim population.......................................13 1.3 The 2001 Census..............................................................................................14 1.4 Settlement patterns...........................................................................................15 2. Identity....................................................................................................................16 2.1 Religion and Identity........................................................................................16 2.2 The shift towards a religious identity...............................................................17