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In UK Islam is the Future and Christianity is the Past
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RE: In UK Islam is the Future and Christianity is the Past
No it's not:

SEE: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/r...A77-286262 (2011 Census Data).

Compare: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2001 (2001 Census, no longer avaliable online unless you request it unfortunately).

SEE ALSO: http://ir2.flife.de/data/natcen-social-r...ligion.pdf

The biggest increasing demographic of religious adherence in the UK bar none is 'no religion' or 'atheism'. Using census data alone the increase has been (roughly) 14% to 20% within 10 years. The BSAS lists their respondants as 50% affiliating with no religious beliefs or personal faiths.

I'll agree, though, that in compairson to other religions Islam and black minority Christian sects are the quickest growing religions, but pale in comparison to no religious adherence.

Just sample figures from the 2011 census:

Christians (all major sects): 33,243,175
Islam (all major sects): 2,706,066
No religion: 14,097,229

Note this is just England and Wales. The figures for Northern Ireland would leave the majority espousing Christianity with very lttle espousing a sect of Islam. I have no idea about Scotland as I've never researched into it but I'd say the figures would be broardly the same as above.
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RE: In UK Islam is the Future and Christianity is the Past - by Fidel_Castronaut - June 5, 2013 at 6:46 am

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