It’s Official: Britain’s Muslim Population Doubled
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The national census for England and Wales has come out, and, as usual, this once-a-decade event has had all of its most significant points overlooked.
By any measure, what it reveals is a country undergoing seismic change. Over the course of a decade up to four million more people have entered the country to live. In the capital, London, people identifying themselves as “white British” have for the first time become a minority. Perhaps most strikingly, the national Muslim population has doubled.
This last fact is perhaps one of the least considered of the census so far. Doubled? Surely not. This has to be the claim of Mark Steyn or some other demographics-obsessed nut. Well no, it isn’t, and it is now official: between 2001 and 2011 the Muslim population of the UK rose from 1.5 million to 2.7 million. Otherwise put, that is an increase from 3 percent to 4.8 percent of the overall population.
If in 2001 the British Prime Minister had said to the British public that over the next decade he intended to double the number of Muslims in the country, he would most likely never have been returned to office. But of course he did not say that, any more than any of his successors or predecessors did.
For the last decade, every major politician has lied about this issue. While talking tough, about putting a cap on immigrant numbers, pushing people to assimilate and much else besides, they have done nearly nothing. For instance, ten years ago Home Secretary David Blunkett talked as tough as he thought he could, saying that migrants ought to learn English. His successor, Jacqui Smith, said the same thing five years later. As did immigration minister Phil Woolas a couple of years after that. Throughout the last decade the Labor government managed to do exactly what the Conservative and coalition governments before and after them have also managed to do: go as far as they thought they could in rhetoric while going wholly against what they said — and the wishes of the country — in actions.
Now we can see the fruits of their labors. The census reveals that three million people are now living in households where no adult speaks English as their primary language. As Labor’s Sadiq Khan has admitted, local councils have spent their money on translation services rather than language classes, thus actually dissuading people from learning the language. The result is communities with inter-generational language barriers. There are parts of London where a quarter of the people are in the same situation. They have created a society where many people can speak about each other but many cannot actually speak to each other. And all the while politicians and pundits are busy trying to pretend that this is all the most wonderful result imaginable.
The London Evening Standard welcomed the news that white British-born people had become a minority in their own city, and ran a lead opinion piece accusing anybody unhappy about the doubling of the number of Muslims of being “Islamophobes.” Since then, the comments have barely gotten more enlightened. The author Will Self declared on the BBC’s leading talk show Question Time that people unhappy about the direction Britain is going on are “racists.”
On the BBC’s Newsnight I sat alongside two very nice, wealthy, successful immigrants who explained how positive the census results were for Britain, showing a “diverse” and “multicultural” society. I was the only one of the four panelists to point out that this wave of immigration might have any negative effects. And the only one to point out that the strange thing about a “multicultural” society of this kind is that it can celebrate every imaginable culture other than the one which allows all these cultures to co-exist alongside each other. In other words, it is the center which is the only thing not being celebrated, and the center that is being consciously eroded. Worst of all is that this happened in defiance of the repeatedly expressed views – as tested time and again in nationwide polls – of the general public.
Of course much of this simply confirms what the last Labor government appears to have intended. Three years ago, in the Evening Standard, Andrew Neather, a former adviser to the Blair government, said that the huge upsurge in immigration over the last decade was in part due to a politically motivated attempt by Labor ministers radically to alter the country and “rub the Right’s nose in diversity.’”
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What was the point about this article , besides affirming and showing outright prejudice and Muslimphobia, would be a compliment to call the author of this article,, Hitler , worried about the mass increase of German Jews as well!! Now I know why the Torah observing Jews don't read the Jewish Press, this article is a disgrace to all the Jews in America as Hillel stated, " "Golden Rule": "That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow." Am sure England, doesn't need anyone's advice on how to run their immigration and citizens. one should worry about their own country and people. In the words of Micah, ‘Be just, love kindness and walk humbly with God.
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UK lioves muslims.
Dear Janet, it is not about "islamophobia" it is about dirty British politics. Why lies? Why circus maximus? We are not blind and stupid. And for your information, many of us have muslim friends, especialy in the balkans living together for centuries… So what is your point sweety?!
Dirty British politics!!, I have never been to Britain but have come across the sweetest and warm hearted Jews and Muslims, that were visiting in the United States. Josef, when one starts tallying people based on their religion believes its called discriminating, again, one should never confuse Politics and religion, since the beginning of time, the 2 can not mix but have to co exist!!! What is politically correct doesn't mean its kosher, at the same point it may be legal- shalom from Brooklyn, a place where many of the neighborhoods are predominately Jewish, there was a time and sadly even today , I have heard many state, " its not for the best interest to American. that the Jewish observant families have expanded and are taking over Brooklyn!!", I say Thank God, for. God said to Multiply, no need to fear, regardless if they are Jews, Muslim, devout christians or any other religion, people or race!!, for children are God's blessings and will bring forth Prosperity