Organised by Islamic Courses and The Cordoba Foundation with the Al Manaar | The Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre
REPORT LAUNCH: BRITISH MUSLIMS IN NUMBERS: CENSUS SUMMARY REPORT 2025
Presentation by Dr Jamil Sherif [Muslim Council of Britain's Research & Documentation Committee (MCB ReDoc)]
Chair and respondant: Dr. Serena Hussain [Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University]
Date and time: Friday 2nd May 2025, 6pm - 8pm [Prompt start]
Venue: Al Manaar | The Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre, 244 Acklam Rd, London W10 5YG
Just recently released, this new report reveals how British Muslims are a kaleidoscope of communities, with an internal diversity that is microcosm of British society as a whole. The report highlights both progress and persistent challenges facing Muslim communities in the UK. Drawing on the 2021 census data provided by the Office of National Statistics for England & Wales and Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency which included a question on religious affiliation. In Scotland the census was conducted in 2022 with data published by the National Records for Scotland. It was the outcome of an extensive interfaith campaign in which the MCB played a prominent role. The effort has come to be fully justified, as demonstrated in this report, in providing the facts about the nation’s plurality and diversity. There are now 20-years of data to inform public policymaking and raise awareness within Muslim civil society of some social realities. The full report can be downloaded here: https://mcb.org.uk/resources/censussummary2025/
In this presentation, Dr Sherif will present the key findings and observations for both for those working within the Muslim community leadership and organisations and thinkers and those involved in policy making at various levels from community to Government.
About the speaker *Dr Jamil Sherif, a data analyst by profession, was the founding chair of the Muslim Council of Britain's Research & Documentation Committee (MCB ReDoc) and remains a member. During 1997-2000 he represented the MCB on the interfaith alliance campaigning and lobbying for the inclusion of the religion question in the 2001 Census. He has a research interest in British Muslim history and supported the East London Mosque and MCB in preserving their archive collections. His book 'Friendships in the Square, Muslim Activism in Historic London, 1880s to the 1940s' will be published later this year.
Chair and respondant: Dr. Serena Hussain is a Sociologist and Human Geographer. She currently works as a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University. Her previous roles include Principal Scientist on Multiculturalism and International Migration at Charles Darwin University in Australia; and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the School of Geography, University of Oxford, where she remained a Visiting Senior Research Associate till 2013. Before coming to Oxford in 2009 she completed an ESRC funded Research Fellowship at the University of Leeds, investigating the internal migration of ethnic groups in Britain. Serena completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Manchester, and her PhD in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Bristol. Her doctoral thesis, 'A Statistical Mapping of Muslims in Britain' (subsequently published as 'Muslims on the Map: A National Survey of Social Trends in Britain') was supervised by Professor Tariq Modood MBE and was the first PhD jointly funded by the Muslim Council of Britain and the Economic and Social Research Council. Serena has worked as an expert consultant for a number of British government departments, with organisations such as Ipsos MORI and the BBC World Service; and INGOs, like Islamic Relief Worldwide. Her recent book, Society and Politics of Jammu and Kashmir, published by Palgrave was described as 'one of the most meaningful endeavors toward moving the conversation forward' by the High Representative to the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. For a full list of her publications please visit: https://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/researchers/dr-serena-hussain/
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