Muslims are barely represented in UK armed forces despite diversity efforts

Evidence

If job sectors are exposed as having condoned discrimination for many years, it can take a generation of reform to recognize whether institutions have indeed improved. The Ministry of Defence, for example, has made concerted efforts to increase diversity in the armed forces. According to biannual diversity statistics in 2017, Muslims only make up 0.4% of the UK regular forces, compared with just under 5% of wider British society. — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 291

Categorization

• SHARE: The 0.4%-vs-5% armed-forces figure is a narrow, concrete stat worth sending to anyone tracking UK institutional diversity or securitization effects on Muslim civic participation.
• XREF: connects to: Prevent is discriminatory in operation and alienates the Muslims it aims to engage — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 385; Perceived or actual discrimination deters Muslims from pursuing careers in security and uniformed services. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 294

Related

• Perceived or actual discrimination deters Muslims from pursuing careers in security and uniformed services. (similarity 0.90)
• Prevent alienates the Muslim communities it claims to engage. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Perceived or actual discrimination deters Muslims from pursuing careers in security and uniformed services. #expands (0.88) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 294
• Prevent is discriminatory in operation and alienates the Muslims it aims to engage #complicates (0.75) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 385