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  • By Time Out editors

    Posted: Tue Jun 5 2007

  • Islam is the fastest growing religion in London. At the time of the 2001 Census, 607,083 Muslims were living in the capital. Today the total UK Muslim population is more than 1.5 million. The sheer diversity of Islam is at once apparent in modern London, where Muslims speak many languages and come from numerous ethnic backgrounds. Despite benefiting from a mutually nourishing relationship for centuries, a misunderstanding of the Muslim community still lingers in London. What is the root of this suspicion? What can we learn from Islam? If the capital becomes a predominately Muslim city in years to come, what would this actually mean? Would you be enriched or enraged?

    Islamic London

    Aziza mosque, north London (image © Andrew Brackenbury)

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