British ‘ethnic minority’ communities are internally diverse and not segregated ghettos

Evidence

In the United Kingdom, recent census data showed that approximately 2.7 million people (or 4.8 percent of the total population) define themselves as “Muslim.” This would make Muslims the second largest religious group in Great Britain after Christians (who represent 59.3 percent of the population). To break down the Muslim population a little further, a survey taken right after 9/11 showed that those of Pakistani origin made up 42.5 percent of the British Muslim population; Bangladeshis, 16.8 percent; Indians, 8.5 percent; and “other white” Muslims represented 7.5 percent of the population. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 535 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Given evidence of a specific ‘Muslim penalty’ across different sectors, and the diversity of the Muslim population, using existing census group ethnicity categories cannot capture the experience of Muslims in the public and private sectors. This should be part of wider efforts of public services and employers to improve their data collection, including response rates, on ethnic monitoring. Historically, Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic group categories were used as proxies for Muslim; these groups currently account for just over half (55%) of British Muslims. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 59 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: British Muslims are a diverse minority diaspora, not a monolith — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 535; The unifying 1970s category of black suppressed internal differences among nonwhite Britons.; British Muslims are less residentially segregated than other religious groups. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 462 (+5 more)

Related

• Census ethnicity categories poorly capture British Muslim experience as proxies (similarity 0.87)
• The ethnic makeup of Muslims varies widely by region in England. (similarity 0.87)
• Ethnic categories fail to capture the distinct experience of British Muslims. (similarity 0.87)
• Existing census ethnicity categories fail to capture Muslim experience as a distinct category. (similarity 0.86)
• Ethnic data categories cannot capture the Muslim penalty in British institutions (similarity 0.86)
• British Muslims are a diverse minority diaspora, not a monolith (similarity 0.84)
• Religious and ethnic disadvantages in Britain must be separated analytically to explain Muslim outcomes. (similarity 0.84)
• British Muslims are less residentially segregated than other religious groups. (similarity 0.84)
• Muslims in England are concentrated in London and major industrial regions. (similarity 0.83)
• Lack of religious census categories hid Muslims within ethnic and birth-country data (similarity 0.83)
• British Muslims form one of Europe’s most ethnically and birth-origin-diverse populations. (similarity 0.82)
• Muslim organizations won religion’s inclusion in the UK census. (similarity 0.81)
• British ethnic minority communities are less segregated than US nonwhite minorities (similarity 0.80)
• Aggregate housing statistics mask sharp variation among different Muslim groups. (similarity 0.80)
• British Muslims were ethnicized before being recognized as a faith group (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• British Muslims are a diverse minority diaspora, not a monolith #corroborates (0.92) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 535
• The unifying 1970s category of black suppressed internal differences among nonwhite Britons. #expands (0.85)
• Ethnic categories fail to capture the distinct experience of British Muslims. #corroborates (0.85) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 59
• British Muslims are less residentially segregated than other religious groups. #qualifies (0.80) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 462
• The ethnic makeup of Muslims varies widely by region in England. #expands (0.80) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 226
• Ethnic minority residential clustering actually protects physical and mental health #complicates (0.75) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 338
• Census ethnicity categories poorly capture British Muslim experience as proxies #corroborates (0.72) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 112
• Ethnic data categories cannot capture the Muslim penalty in British institutions #corroborates (0.70) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 54