70-429: The British Muslim Awards are an annual award ceremony that honours the success and achievements of British Muslim individuals, groups and businesses. It was established in 2013. The British Muslim Awards was founded by Oceanic Consulting. The event honours the success, achievements and contribution of Britain's Muslim individuals, groups and businesses and highlights the significant role Muslims play in contributing to
140-491: A Hajj to Mecca in 1853, although later in life he declared himself an atheist. Abdullah Quilliam was a 19th-century Englishman who converted to Islam and built what is argued to be the first mosque in the country in Liverpool. He was known locally for his work advocating trade unionism and divorce law reform and persuaded more people in Liverpool to convert but they faced abuse from the wider society. An August 2017 survey by
210-640: A Metropolitan middle class. Chain migration played a significant role, as many of the early migrants helped bring their family members to the UK. Today, the British Mirpuri diaspora is one of the largest Kashmiri communities outside of South Asia, with strong ties to cities like Bradford, Birmingham, and Manchester. People of Bangladeshi descent are the second largest Muslim community (after Pakistanis), 15% of Muslims in England and Wales are of Bangladeshi descent, one of
280-456: A better Great Britain. It recognises the achievements of Muslim men and women at the forefront of their communities and industries celebrating the success of individuals, community groups and businesses, highlighting their achievements and recognising various aspects of British society including business, charity, sport, arts, and culture. From October 2012, nominations were encouraged through social media. Following 10,000 nominations nationally,
350-705: A captain of the East India Company who in 1810 founded London's first Indian restaurant , the Hindoostanee Coffee House . Between 1803 and 1813, there were more than 10,000 lascars from the Indian subcontinent visiting British port cities and towns. By 1842, 3,000 lascars visited the UK annually, and by 1855, 12,000 lascars were arriving annually in British ports. In 1873, 3,271 lascars arrived in Britain. Throughout
420-746: A few Crusaders did convert in the East, such as Robert of St. Albans . During the Elizabethan age , contacts became more explicit as the Tudors made alliances against Catholic Habsburg Spain , including with the Ottoman Empire . As the British Empire grew, particularly in India , Britain came to rule territories with many Muslim inhabitants; some of these, known as the lascars , are known to have settled in Britain from
490-623: A further 130,000 Turkish Cypriots to leave the Island for the United Kingdom. Migrant workers from the Republic of Turkey began to arrive in large numbers in the 1970s, followed by their family members in the late 1970s and 1980s. Many of these workers were recruited by Turkish Cypriots who had already established businesses such as restaurants. These workers were required to renew their work permits every year until they became residents after living in
560-547: A long presence in the country. The earliest known Englishman to convert to Islam was John Nelson of the 16th century. Thomas Keith was a Scottish soldier who converted to Islam and became the governor of Medina . The pirate Jack Ward , one of the inspirations for Captain Jack Sparrow , converted to Islam in the early 1600s. Another famous convert was the Victorian explorer Richard Francis Burton who successfully completed
630-521: A strong point in Islam, often opening large mosques such as East London Mosque and Brick Lane Masjid , as well as opening madrassas and Islamic TV channels. There are large numbers of Gujarati Muslims in Dewsbury , Blackburn (including Darwen ), Bolton , Preston , Nottingham , Leicester , Nuneaton , Gloucester and London ( Newham , Waltham Forest and Hackney ). People of Arab origin in Britain are
700-660: Is also a fairly large Punjabi community from East Africa found in London. People of Pakistani extraction are particularly notable in West Midlands , West Yorkshire , London, Lancashire / Greater Manchester and several industrial towns such as Luton , Slough and High Wycombe in the Home Counties. There are smaller numbers of Sindhis in Greater London . Pakistanis were traditionally working class but are slowly progressing into
770-634: Is because the label was originally developed during the study of European history to mark the period in between the fall of the Roman Empire and the fall of Constantinople . Such classifications done by British historians throughout their long period of rule paved the way for a more cohesive Muslim identity. In the eighteenth century, this seemed unlikely. Muslims who hailed from Afghan, Turk, Persian, or Arab roots did not find their Muslim identities especially salient. Mughal courts divided not into Hindu or Muslim factions but Persian and Turkish ones. Converts to
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#1732858990597840-476: Is the second most widely practiced religion in the United Kingdom, with its followers having the youngest average age among major religious groups. Between 2001 and 2009, the Muslim population increased almost 10 times faster than the non-Muslim population. Reports suggest each year, approximately 6000 Britons, primarily women, choose to convert to Islam. The earliest evidence of Islamic influence in England dates to
910-589: The Balkans , Middle East and North Africa have led to many Muslims migrating to the United Kingdom. In 1992, with the outbreak of the Bosnian War , a large number of Bosniaks who fled the ethnic cleansing and genocide ended up settling in Britain. Their numbers currently exist at between 10,000 and 15,000 including their descendants. Just over three years later, an insurgency in Kosovo beginning in 1995, eventually evolving into
980-560: The Bertelsmann Stiftung foundation found that among British Muslims, 75% were Sunni and 8% were Shia. A September 2017 survey by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research found that among British Muslims, 77% were Sunni, 5% were Shia, 1% were Ahmadiyya, and 4% were members of other denominations. 14% of British Muslims said they did not know or refused to answer the survey. Tudors Too Many Requests If you report this error to
1050-663: The Cyprus conflict , many Turkish Cypriots began to leave the island for political reasons in the 1950s, with the numbers increasing significantly after the intercommunal violence of late 1963 . With the subsequent division of the island in 1974 (followed by the declaration of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 1983) an economic embargo against the Turkish Cypriots by the Greek Cypriot controlled Republic of Cyprus, caused
1120-615: The East Midlands . Although data is short, findings indicate Maghrebis make up a substantial community in Europe and the United Kingdom. Britain has long ties with Maghrebis, through contact with the Maghrebis . Nevertheless, Britain has a far lower count of Maghrebis in comparison to France, the Netherlands and Spain, where the majority of Muslims are Maghrebi. A 2009 government paper estimated
1190-575: The Home Affairs Committee in 2011 claimed that there was 500,000 British Turks, made up of approximately 150,000 Turkish nationals, 300,000 Turkish Cypriots , and the remainder from other countries. As of 2013 , there was a growing number of ethnic Turks from the modern diaspora in Western Europe ; for example, Turks with German and Dutch citizenship (i.e. Turkish Germans and Turkish Dutch ) had also immigrated to Britain in accordance with
1260-892: The Kosovo War in 1998, would see 29,000 Kosovo Albanians flee their homes and settle in Britain. It is commonly believed that many Albanians from Albania moved to the United Kingdom at this time, posing as refugees from Kosovo, in search of a better life in the UK. A mere decade later, the Arab Spring (and later Arab Winter ) brought a wave of Muslim refugees fleeing civil war in Syria , war in Iraq , two wars in Libya , war in Yemen and countless other insurgencies by political groups and other terrorist organisations which exerted control over vast swathes of territory in
1330-852: The London Muslim Centre – all of which have connections with the Bangladeshi political party, the Jamaat-e-Islami . Other large groups include another Sunni movement, the Fultoli (founded in Sylhet), and the Tablighi Jamaat – which is a missionary and revival movement, and avoids political attention. The Hizb ut-Tahrir calls for the Khilafah (caliphate) and influences by publishing annual magazines, and lectures through mainly political concepts, and
1400-649: The National Health Service (NHS). British Asians (both Muslim and non-Muslim) faced increased discrimination following Powell's "Rivers of Blood" speech and the establishment of the National Front (NF) in the late 1960s. This included overt racism in the form of " Paki bashing ", predominantly from white power skinheads , the National Front, and the British National Party (BNP), throughout
1470-653: The Nazis in World War II , where Muslim soldiers accounted for up to 40% of the 2.5 million troops serving the British Indian Army. David Lloyd George , British Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922, stated: "we are the greatest Mahomedan power in the world and one-fourth of the population of the British Empire is Mahomedan. There have been no more loyal adherents to the throne and no more effective and loyal supporters of
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#17328589905971540-522: The Newham Youth Movement following the murder of Akhtar Ali Baig in 1980. The majority of mosques founded after World War II in Britain are reflective of the major strands of Sunni Islam predominating in the Indian subcontinent; namely Deobandi and Barelvi (the latter of which is more Sufi -orientated). There are also a smaller number of Salafi -oriented mosques, inspired by Abul A'la Maududi and Jamaat-e-Islami , are representative of
1610-503: The Office for National Statistics estimates that, as of 2009, this figure had risen to around 65,000. According to estimates by the Iraqi embassy, the Iraqi population in the UK is around 350,000–450,000. Turks in the United Kingdom represent a unique community in the country because they have emigrated not only from the Republic of Turkey but also from other former Ottoman regions; in fact,
1680-582: The Surat and Bharuch districts started to arrive from the 1940s when India was under British colonial rule , settling in the towns of Dewsbury and Batley in Yorkshire and in parts of Lancashire. The single largest group of Muslims in the United Kingdom are of Pakistani descent . Pakistanis were one of the first South Asian Muslim communities to permanently settle in the United Kingdom, arriving in England first in
1750-540: The 1970s and 1980s. Drawing inspiration from the civil rights movement , the black power movement, and the anti-apartheid movement, young British Pakistani and British Bangladeshi activists began a number of anti-racist Asian youth movements in the 1970s and 1980s, including the Bradford Youth Movement in 1977, the Bangladeshi Youth Movement following the murder of Altab Ali in 1978, and
1820-498: The 2021 census for England and Wales, the main places of birth were the United Kingdom at 1,974,479 people (51.0% of the total Muslim population), South Asia at 993,415 (25.7%), Africa at 366,133 (9.5%), other parts of Europe at 262,685 (6.8%) and the Middle East at 231,261 (6.0%). Among individual countries outside of the UK, the countries of Pakistan; Bangladesh; Somalia; India; Iraq; Turkey; Afghanistan; Iran; Syria; and Italy made up
1890-451: The 8th century, when Offa , the Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia , minted a coin with an Arabic inscription, largely a copy of coins issued by a contemporary Abbasid ruler, Caliph Al-Mansur . In the 16th century, Muslims from North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia were present in London, working in a range of roles, from diplomats and translators to merchants and musicians. Bengal
1960-745: The Arab mainstream or are associated with the UK Turkish Islamic Trust. In addition to this there are Twelver Shīʿa Mosques. The Murabitun World Movement founded by Abdalqadir as-Sufi (born Ian Dallas) in 1968 is a branch of the Sufi Darqawi - Shadhili - Qadiri tariqa which was run out of Achnagairn in the Scottish Highlands . Martin Lings , an English Muslim scholar, published a biography of Muhammad in 1983 entitled Muhammad: His Life Based on
2030-639: The Bengal region, to work for the East India Company on British ships, some of whom settled down and took local wives. Due to the majority being lascars, the earliest Muslim communities were found in port towns. Naval cooks also came, many of them from the Sylhet district of British Bengal (now in Bangladesh). One of the most famous early Asian immigrants to England was the Bengali Muslim entrepreneur Sake Dean Mahomet ,
2100-484: The British Empire had a Muslim population of 94 million, larger than the empire's 58 million Christian population. By the 1920s, the British Empire included roughly half of the world's Muslim population. More than 400,000 Muslim soldiers of the British Indian Army fought for Britain during World War I , where 62,060 were killed in action. Muslim soldiers of the British Indian Army later fought for Britain against
2170-444: The British ruled over one of the largest Muslim populations in the world. Upon coming into contact with such a population, the British authorities forged a uniquely Muslim identity for the local believers. This was, in part, due to the way British historians periodised South Asian history into an "ancient" Hindu one and a "medieval" Muslim one. Under the system, the colonial period was classified as "modern". Debate rages on concerning
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2240-575: The Earliest Sources . The publication of Salman Rushdie 's novel The Satanic Verses in 1988 caused major controversy . A number of Muslims in Britain condemned the book for blasphemy . On 2 December 1988, the book was publicly burned at a demonstration in Bolton attended by 7,000 Muslims, followed by a similar demonstration and book-burning in Bradford on 14 January 1989. Recently, several wars in
2310-561: The Empire in its hour of trial." This statement was later reiterated by Gandhi in 1920. Winston Churchill also stated in 1942: "We must not on any account break with the Moslems, who represent a hundred million people, and the main army elements on which we must rely for the immediate fighting." The Shah Jahan Mosque in Woking was the first purpose-built mosque in Britain, and was built in 1889. In
2380-422: The Middle East. Britain took on 20,000 refugees from Syria and 11,647 from Iraq. The growing number of Muslims resulted in the establishment of more than 1,500 mosques by 2007. Year of arrival (2021 census, England and Wales) According to the 2021 United Kingdom census , Muslims in England and Wales numbered 3,868,133, or 6.5% of the population. Northern Ireland recorded a population of 10,870, or 0.6% of
2450-587: The Muslim population, larger than any other ethnic group. Other smaller Bangladeshi Muslim communities are present in Newcastle upon Tyne , Bradford , Manchester , Sunderland , Portsmouth , and Rochdale . There are groups which are active throughout Bangladeshi communities such as The Young Muslim Organisation. It is connected to the Islamic Forum Europe , associated with the East London Mosque and
2520-600: The Nigerian Muslim community at 12,000 to 14,000 people. The community is concentrated in London. Nigerian Muslims in the UK are represented by several community organizations including the Nigeria Muslim Forum . The United Kingdom, with 43,532 Somalia-born residents in 2001, and an estimated 101,000 in 2008, is home to the largest Somali community in Europe . A 2009 estimate by Somali community organisations puts
2590-510: The Shah Jahan Mosque in Woking and the East London Mosque . Other aristocratic British converts included Sir Archibald Hamilton, 5th Baronet , Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley , St John Philby and Zainab Cobbold (the first Muslim woman born in Britain to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca ). Large-scale immigration of Muslims to Britain began after World War II , as a result of
2660-685: The Somali population figure at 90,000 residents. The first Somali immigrants were seamen and traders who arrived in small numbers in port cities in the late 19th century, although most Somalis in the UK are recent arrivals. Further more Somali European such as from Holland or Denmark have been emigrating in recent years. Established Somali communities are found in Bristol , Cardiff , Liverpool and London, and newer ones have formed in Leicester , Manchester and Sheffield . The history of native British Muslims has
2730-403: The Thousand Nights and a Night . At the beginning of World War I , there were 51,616 South Asian lascars working on British ships, the majority of whom were of Bengali descent. In 1932, the Indian National Congress survey of 'all Indians outside India' (which included modern Pakistani and Bangladeshi territories) estimated that there were 7,128 Indians living in the United Kingdom. By 1911,
2800-443: The United Kingdom in among other places Cardiff and the South Shields area near Newcastle . The UK has a significant Iraqi Kurdish population. Iraqi Kurds are mostly Sunni Muslims. According to the Department for Communities and Local Government , the Iraqi Kurds make up the largest group of Kurds in the country, exceeding the numbers from Turkey and Iran . The 2001 UK Census recorded 32,236 Iraqi-born residents, and
2870-579: The United Kingdom during the First and the Second World Wars (a number of whom were awarded the Victoria Cross , Britain's highest honour). In the decades following the latter conflict and the Partition of India in 1947, many Muslims (from what is today Bangladesh , India and Pakistan ) settled in Britain itself. Today, South Asians constitute the majority of Muslims in Britain in terms of ethnicity, although there are significant Turkish , Arab and Somali communities, as well as up to 100,000 British converts of multiple ethnic backgrounds. Islam
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2940-425: The country for five years. By the 1980s, intellectuals, including students, and highly educated professionals arrived in the country, most of which received support from the Turkish Cypriot community. Mainland Turks settled in similar areas of London in which the Turkish Cypriots lived in; however, many have also moved to the outer districts, such as Essex . The Turkish community have established several mosques in
3010-405: The country. The first was Shacklewell Lane Mosque , established by the Turkish Cypriot community in 1977. There are numerous other Turkish mosques in London, mainly in Hackney, including the Aziziye Mosque and Suleymaniye Mosque . Notable Turkish mosques outside London include Selimiye Mosque in Manchester , Hamidiye Mosque in Leicester , and Osmaniye Mosque in Stoke-on-Trent . Turks from
3080-532: The descendants of Arab immigrants to Britain from a variety of Arab states or entities, including Yemen , Syria , Iraq , Lebanon , Jordan , Egypt and the Palestinian Authority . Most British Arabs are Sunni Muslim, although some – such as those of Iraqi and Lebanese origin – are Shi'ite. The main Arab Muslim communities in the UK live in the Greater London area, with smaller numbers living in Manchester , Liverpool , and Birmingham . There are also sizable and very long-established communities of Muslim Yemenis in
3150-409: The destruction and labour shortages caused by the war. Muslim migrants from former British colonies, predominantly India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, were recruited in large numbers by government and businesses to rebuild the country. Large numbers of doctors recruited from India and Pakistan, encouraged by health minister Enoch Powell in the early 1960s, also played a key role in the establishment of
3220-446: The early 19th century lascars visited Britain at a rate of 1,000 every year, which increased to a rate of 10,000 to 12,000 every year throughout the late 19th century. A prominent English convert of the 19th century was Henry Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley , who became a Muslim in 1862. Although not a convert himself, the Victorian Age adventurer, Sir Richard Francis Burton visited Mecca in disguise, documented in The Book of
3290-538: The establishment of Crown control in India after 1857 , the British Empire came to rule over a large Muslim population. The first educated South Asian to travel to Europe and live in Britain was I'tisam-ud-Din , a Bengali Muslim cleric, munshi and diplomat to the Mughal Empire who arrived in 1765 with his servant Muhammad Muqim during the reign of King George III . He wrote of his experiences and travels in his Persian book, Shigurf-nama-i-Wilayat (or 'Wonder Book of Europe'). In South Asia, specifically,
3360-551: The ethnic groups in the UK with the largest proportion of people following a single religion, being 92% Muslim . The majority of these Muslims come from the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh. Many mosques opened by the British Bangladeshi community are often named after Shah Jalal and other Sufi saints who took part in the Islamic conquest of Sylhet in 1303. British Bangladeshi Muslims are mainly concentrated in London ( Tower Hamlets and Newham ), Luton , Birmingham and Oldham . The Bangladeshi Muslim community in London forms 24% of
3430-420: The finalists for the inaugural British Muslim Awards were announced. The first national British Muslim Awards event took place on 29 January 2013 at the Sheridan Suite in Manchester. The awards were presented by Tasmina Ahmed Sheikh of Hamilton Burns Solicitors and co-hosted by entrepreneur and philanthropist Zulfi Hussain. The Islamic Bank of Britain was the headline sponsor for the event. The awards ceremony
3500-462: The fourth annual British Muslim Awards presented by Al Rayan Bank was held at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre. The event was hosted by presenter Inayat Kanji and was a celebration of success, with around 400 guests. On 25 January 2017, the fifth annual British Muslim Awards took place where the winners were announced at the Athena Hotel in Leicester. The evening was hosted by the television presenter and broadcaster journalist Samina Kiyani and
3570-448: The freedom of movement under EU law. Turkish Cypriots first began to migrate to the United Kingdom in 1917. At the time, the British Empire had already annexed Cyprus and the residents of Cyprus became subjects of the Crown. Migration continued through the 1920s; during the Second World War , the number of Turkish-run cafes increased from 20 in 1939 to 200 in 1945 – creating a demand for more Turkish Cypriot workers. However, due to
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#17328589905973640-410: The largest population and greatest proportion (15%) of Muslims in the country. The vast majority of British Muslims in the United Kingdom adhere to Sunni Islam , while smaller numbers are associated with Shia Islam . During the Middle Ages , there was some general cultural exchange between Christendom and the Islamic world . Nonetheless, there were no Muslims in the British Isles ; however,
3710-470: The late 1940s. Immigration from Mirpur in Pakistan grew from the late 1950s, accompanied by immigration from other parts of Pakistan especially from Punjab , particularly from the surrounding Punjab villages of Faisalabad , Sahiwal , Sialkot , Jhelum , Gujar Khan and Gujarat , in addition to from the north-west Punjab including the chhachhi Pathans and Pashtuns from Attock District , and some from villages of Ghazi , Nowshera and Peshawar . There
3780-404: The majority of British Turks are Turkish Cypriots who migrated from the island of Cyprus from the British colonial period onwards. The second largest Turkish community descend from Turkey. There has also been ethnic Turkish migration waves from Arabic-speaking countries (such as Iraq and Syria ) as well as the Balkans (including Bulgaria , Greece , and Romania ). A report published by
3850-430: The mid-18th century onwards. In the 19th century, Victorian Orientalism spurred an interest in Islam and some British people, including aristocrats, converted to Islam. Marmaduke Pickthall , an English writer and novelist, and a convert to Islam, provided the first complete English-language translation of the Qur'an by a British Muslim in 1930. Under the British Indian Army , a significant number of Muslims fought for
3920-446: The other which is a movement within Sunni Islam is the Salafi – who view the teachings of the first generations after Muhammed as the correct teachings, and appeals to younger Muslims as a way to differentiate themselves towards their elders. All these groups work to stimulate Islamic identity among local Bengalis or Muslims and particularly focus on the younger members of the communities. The British Bangladeshi community has held
3990-450: The population, with the highest number of Muslims recorded in Belfast at 5,487, or 1.59% of the population. The equivalent census was conducted a year later in Scotland and recorded a population of 119,872, or 2.2% of the population. In Scotland, Glasgow recorded the highest number of Muslims at 48,766, or 7.86% of the population. The top 25 local authorities in the United Kingdom with the highest percentage of Muslims in 2021 were: In
4060-634: The present day with the East London Mosque recently expanding into a large former car park where the London Muslim Centre is now used for prayers, recreational facilities and housing. Most people regard themselves as part of the ummah , and their identity is based on their religion rather than their ethnic group . The 2001 census recorded that there were 179,733 Muslims who described themselves as 'white'. 65% of white Muslims described themselves as "other white", and would likely have originated from locations such as Bosnia and Herzegovina , Kosovo , Adygea , Chechnya , Albania , Turkey , Bulgaria ,
4130-410: The presenter, actor and voiceover artist Inayat Kanji. The celebration was welcomed over 400 guests. The awards also raised money for the National Zakat Foundation. British Muslim Islam is the second-largest religion in the United Kingdom , with results from the 2021 Census recording just under four million Muslims, or 6.0% of the total population in the United Kingdom. London has
4200-418: The recent growth to "recent immigration, the higher than average birth rate, some conversion to Islam". In 2017, Pew Research Center projected the population of Muslims in the United Kingdom to grow to 6.56 million (12.7% of the population) by 2050 under a zero migration scenario, or to 13.48 million (17.2%) under a high migration scenario. Several large cities have one area that is a majority Muslim even if
4270-457: The region of East Macedonia and Thrace in Northern Greece , and North Macedonia . The remainder of white Muslims are converts and mostly identified themselves as White British and White Irish. Islam is the third-largest religious group of British Indian people, after Hinduism and Sikhism . 8% of UK Muslims are of Indian descent, principally those whose origins are in Gujarat , West Bengal , Telangana and Kerala . Gujarati Muslims from
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#17328589905974340-403: The religion outside of courtly life, the majority of the Muslim population in the Subcontinent, too were more focused on their regional and lingual cultural identities-whether that be Bengali, Punjabi, Sindhi, or Gujarati. The first group of Muslims to come to Great Britain in significant numbers, in the 18th century, were lascars (sailors) recruited from the Indian subcontinent , largely from
4410-508: The rest of the city has a fairly small Muslim population. In addition, it is possible to find small areas that are almost entirely Muslim: for example, Savile Town in Dewsbury . Initial limited mosque availability meant that prayers were conducted in small rooms of council flats until the 1980s when more and larger facilities became available. Some synagogues and community buildings were turned into mosques and existing mosques began to expand their buildings. This process has continued down to
4480-423: The same districts from their homeland tend to congregate in the same quarters in the UK. The majority live in capital city of London, particularly in Hackney , Haringey , Enfield , Lewisham , Lambeth , Southwark , Croydon , Islington , Kensington , Waltham Forest , and Wood Green . Outside London there are smaller Turkish communities in Birmingham , Hertfordshire , Luton , Manchester , Sheffield and
4550-406: The same year, Abdullah Quilliam installed a mosque in a terrace in Liverpool , which became the Liverpool Muslim Institute . The first mosque in London was the Fazl Mosque , established in 1924, commonly called the London mosque. Quran translators Yusuf Ali and Marmaduke Pickthall , who authored The Meaning of the Glorious Koran : An Explanatory Translation in 1930, were both trustees of
4620-453: The stricken regions of the world. On 4 December 2014, the finalists were announced for 22 awards. On 27 January 2015, the third annual awards event presented by Al Rayan Bank (formerly known as Islamic Bank of Britain) was held at the Chateau Impney Hotel in Worcestershire. Over 400 people attended the ceremony, which was presented by award-winning TV chef, Ajmal Mushtaq. The event raised £1500 for The Well Foundation. On 28 January 2016,
4690-484: The top ten most common countries of birth for Muslims residing in England and Wales. 59.7% of Muslims identified as either Pakistani / Bangladeshi / Indian , 6.2% were of other Asian heritage , 10.8% identified as Black , 7.2% identified as Arab , 5.9% were White , 3.7% were of Mixed heritage , and the remaining 6.6% identified with other ethnic groups. The Muslim population of England and Wales has grown consistently since World War II. Sophie Gilliat-Ray attributes
4760-419: The utility and legitimacy of these labels themselves. Problems with these labels range from the connotations coupled with the word 'medieval' to the implications related to labelling the colonial era as "modern". The term medieval itself is quite controversial. Historians writing in journals relating to the time period have asked whether the term is a "tyrannous construct" or an "alien conceptual hegemony". This
4830-423: Was annexed by the East India Company from the quasi-independent Nawabs of Bengal following the Battle of Plassey in 1757. The manufactured goods produced in Bengal directly contributed to the Industrial Revolution in Britain, with the textiles produced in Bengal being used to support British industries such as textile manufacturing , aided by the invention of devices such as the spinning jenny . With
4900-761: Was attended by 600 people. The event also raised money for Mosaic , the largest multi-cause charitable enterprise in the United Kingdom. Founded by Prince Charles in 2007, Mosaic's mentoring programmes create opportunities for young people growing up in the most deprived communities. On 14 January 2014, the finalists were announced. The second awards event was held on 31 January 2014 at the Salford City Stadium . The awards were presented by Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh OBE of Hamilton Burns WS and welcomed over 400 attendees. The event also raised money for The Well Foundation. Set up in 2008, The Well Foundation aims to raise money to build wells, install hand pumps and establish health and sanitation programs to provide accessible clean water to
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