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The Muslims in Northern Ireland come from over 40 countries of origin, from Western Europe all the way through to the Far East. [5] The Belfast Islamic Centre was established in 1978 by a group of Muslims from the local community. The centre is located near Queens University in south Belfast. Today, the centre acts not only as a place of ...
The census also revealed that of the 31,779 Muslims resident in Ireland at the time of the census, 9,761 were Irish nationals, less than the number of Asians (10,649) although more than the 6,909 African nationals. The census of 2011 found there were 49,204 Muslims in Ireland, "a sharp rise on five years previously". [14]
Islam is the third largest religion in Ireland constituting only 1.62% of the country's population. [27] There are 83,300 [28] practising Muslims living in Ireland and approximately 50 mosques and prayer centres within the State. There is more than one mosque or prayer centre in each province. [27]
At the time of the 2011 Census there were 3,832 living in Northern Ireland, [16] although by the 2021 census, the Muslim population stood at 10,870 (or 0.57% of the population). The Belfast Islamic Centre states that roughly half of the Muslim population lives in Belfast alone. [17]
The number of Orthodox Christians in Northern Ireland is estimated at 3000 followers. [1] These figures based on the 2021 census at district level mask wide variations on smaller scales. [2] In the Belfast City Council and Derry and Strabane District Council areas, the figures at ward level vary from 99% Protestant to 92% Catholic.
The majority of the estimated 5,000 Muslims [241] and 200 Hindu families [242] living in Northern Ireland resided in the Greater Belfast area. In the 2021 census the percentage of the city's residents born outside the United Kingdom had risen to 9.8. [84]
A comprehensive list of discriminatory acts against American Muslims might be impossible, but The Huffington Post wants to document this deplorable wave of hate using news reports and firsthand accounts.
Ethnic demography of Belfast over time Percentage born outside the UK and Ireland in 2011. Belfast has become in recent decades an ethnically diverse city [clarification needed], although this ethnic diversity is not to the same scale as other cities across the United Kingdom. Previously, the city was exclusively white (categorised as a ...