[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Hugh

And, as has been pointed out repeatedly before, the numbers you are positing don’t add up - the Pew Report stated that even with medium migration (which is unlikely, as recent Governments have restricted immigration), Muslims will not exceed 16% of the U.K. population by 2050.

You ignore the fact that 2nd Generation immigrants have smaller families than 1st generation, so the growth rate you fear isn’t likely to happen.

I'm not basing my postulation on immigration. I start with those that are here and their birth rate.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/dat...e-times-census

Selective quote:

Almost a tenth of babies and toddlers in England and Wales are Muslim, declared the Times on its front page on Friday, indicating what it describes as a "startling shift" in the demographic trend in England and Wales. So where did the figures come from and are they as revealing as claimed?

The numbers originate from a 2011 census release first published by the Office for National Statistics in May 2013 and in more detail in November as a specially commissioned ad hoc table.

The figures do not calculate birthrate as such, but show that almost a tenth of babies and toddlers (under-fives) in England and Wales are Muslim. Of 3.5 million children up to the age of four in England and Wales recorded in the 2011 census, 317,952 (or 9.1%) were Muslim.

The Times report also states "the percentage of Muslims among the under-fives is almost twice as high as in the general population". That is correct. According to the census figures, 4.8% of the 56.1 million resident population of England and Wales in 2011 were Muslim, and as stated above 9.1% of all under-fives in the population were Muslim.