Muslims have been in the United Kingdom since its formation in 1707. Though Islam was not legalized until the Trinitarian Act in 1812, Muslims were present prior to this according to ‘Wikipedia’. Today Islam is the second largest religion in all four countries of the UK with recent estimates suggesting a total Muslim population as high as 2.4 million, mostly due to considerable immigration from former colonies from the 1950s.
According to the 2001 UK census, Christianity remains the major religion, followed by Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism and Buddhism in terms of number of adherents.
The growing numbers of Muslims has resulted in the establishment of more than 1500 Masjids.
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