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2011 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
The Religious Formation and Social Roles of Imams Serving the Pakistani Diaspora in the UK
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According to the 2001 census, there are some 1.6 million Muslims in Britain, or 2.7% of the UK population. About 1 million or 68% have roots in South Asia—43% were Pakistani, 16% Bangladeshi, 8% Indian.1 Outside London, it is Pakistanis who shape the public profile of Muslims in Britain. These communities have grown over a 50-year period from about 10,000 in 1951 to three quarters of a million in 2001.2 Seventy percent of “Pakistanis” have roots in Azad Kashmir, one of the least developed areas in Pakistan.3 Their traditionalism is kept alive by substantial exchanges: religious leaders, politicians, investment, and perhaps 50% per annum transcontinental marriages.4