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Islam in Wales (Welsh: Islam yng Nghymru, Arabic: الإسلام في ويلز) is a minority faith followed by 2.1% of the population of Wales, making Islam the second most practiced religion in the country after Christianity.

Wales is also home to the oldest Muslim communities in the British Isles, established during the early nineteenth century by Muslim seafarers in the industrial ports of South Wales.

History

Early history

Records of contact between Wales and the Muslim world dates back to the early 12th Century. Wales has been home to a Muslim population since at least the mid 1800s when Muslim workers, especially Somali and Yemeni seafarers settled in the new Welsh ports, most notably in the Butetown area of Cardiff.^[1]^[2]

The first purpose built mosque in Wales, the Peel Street Mosque was completed in 1947 in Cardiff. The original structure was a traditional domed structure with minarets, but was redeveloped in 1988 as a brick building.^[3]

In the 21st century

Three Mosques converted from former Welsh dissenter chapels. Bilal Mosque, Cardiff, Shah Jalal Mosque in Canton, Cardiff and Swansea Mosque.

New Muslim Network Wales was established in the later part of 2001 to provide support and advice to converts to Islam and their non-Muslim family. The group also provides advice to mosques and other Islamic organisations on dawah work and community relations.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, the Muslim Council of Wales was established with affiliates across Wales to represent the Muslim community in the public sphere.

In 2006, the first scout group for Muslims was launched in Cardiff with over 100 members.^[4]

The first university in the UK to be awarded by FOSIS (Federation of Students Islamic Societies, UK & Éire) for the best mosque facility on campus was a Welsh University – Swansea, which received the accolade in 2007.

In 2008, plans were announced to build an Islamic Centre in Carmarthen.^[5] A college for training Muslim clerics has been established in Llanybydder in Carmarthenshire.^[6]

In the 2010s^[when?] , the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has announced plans to construct the first Ahmadi mosque in Wales.^{[citation needed]}

Demography

The 2021 United Kingdom census recorded around 64,000 Welsh Muslims, up around 50% from the 46,000 adherents recorded in the 2011 Census. More than half of all Welsh Muslims (33,650) live in Cardiff.^[7]^[8]

Newport and Swansea are the second and third largest centers of Islam in Wales after Cardiff, with 11,280 Muslims in Newport and 7,694 in Swansea according to the 2021 Census. As such more than 80% of all Welsh Muslims live in the three largest cities. Outside of these cities, Wrexham is home to the largest Muslim population (1,540), but almost all other areas of Wales are home to a small but increasing Muslim population, with only Ceredigion and Gwynedd reporting a drop in adherents in the 2021 Census.^[9]

Of the 57 mosques in Wales, most are to be found in Cardiff, with seven in Newport,^[10] and four in Swansea.^[11] There are also Mosques in most large towns across the nation such as those at Aberystwyth, Bangor, Barry, Haverfordwest, Lampeter, Neath, Port Talbot and Wrexham.^[12]

Bibliography

Gilliat-Ray, S. and Mellor, J. (2010) ‘Bilad al-Welsh (Land of the Welsh): Muslims in Cardiff, South Wales – past, present, and future’, The Muslim World, 100 (4): 452-475
Gilliat-Ray, S (2010) ‘The First Registered Mosque in the UK, Cardiff, 1860’: the evolution of a myth. Contemporary Islam, 4 (2): 179-193
Mellor, J. and Gilliat-Ray, S. (forthcoming) ‘The early history of migration and settlement of Yemenis in Cardiff, 1939 to 1970: Religion and ethnicity as social capital’, Ethnic and Racial Studies.

References

^ Mellor, Jody (9 October 2012). "Somali Seafarers in Wales". Black presence.co.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ "Immigration and Emigration, South East Wales, Somali Community". BBC. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
^ "Peel Street Mosque; Noor El Islam Mosque, Maria Street, Cardiff;Maria Street Mosque". Coflein. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ First Muslim scout group in Wales BBC News, 27 March 2006
^ Islamic centre planned for town BBC News, 25 November 2008
^ "Multicultural Wales". BBC. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
^ "Religion, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
^ "2011 Census: KS209EW Religion, local authorities in England and Wales". ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
^ Munnik, Michael (6 December 2022). "Abdul-Azim Ahmed – Muslims in Wales after the 2021 Census". Cardiff.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
^ "Mosques in Newport". New Muslim Network. Archived from the original on 29 June 2006. Retrieved 27 August 2006.
^ "New mosque 'would benefit all'". BBC News. 23 December 2004.
^ Aberystwyth Mosque Archived 2017-09-06 at the Wayback Machine salaam.co.uk, accessed 19 January 2009

External links

[1] Mellor, Jody (9 October 2012). "Somali Seafarers in Wales". Black presence.co.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2024.

[2] "Immigration and Emigration, South East Wales, Somali Community". BBC. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

[3] "Peel Street Mosque; Noor El Islam Mosque, Maria Street, Cardiff;Maria Street Mosque". Coflein. Retrieved 23 September 2024.

[4] First Muslim scout group in Wales BBC News, 27 March 2006

[5] Islamic centre planned for town BBC News, 25 November 2008

[6] "Multicultural Wales". BBC. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

[7] "Religion, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-30.

[ks2011-8] "2011 Census: KS209EW Religion, local authorities in England and Wales". ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2012.

[9] Munnik, Michael (6 December 2022). "Abdul-Azim Ahmed – Muslims in Wales after the 2021 Census". Cardiff.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

[10] "Mosques in Newport". New Muslim Network. Archived from the original on 29 June 2006. Retrieved 27 August 2006.

[11] "New mosque 'would benefit all'". BBC News. 23 December 2004.

[12] Aberystwyth Mosque Archived 2017-09-06 at the Wayback Machine salaam.co.uk, accessed 19 January 2009

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-[[File:Mosque, Severn Rd, Cardiff - geograph.org.uk - 938300.jpg|thumb|266x266px|Bilal Mosque, Cardiff]]
 [[File:Muslim Community- Everyday Life in Butetown, Cardiff, Wales, UK, 1943 D15318.jpg|thumb|Muslim boys listen to the Quran being read in the old mosque in [[Butetown]], Cardiff, in 1943]]
+{{Religion in Wales|sidebar=yes}}
-'''[[Islam]]''' is the largest non-Christian faith '''in [[Wales]]''', with about 46,000 adherents recorded in the country in the 2011 Census.<ref name=ks2011>{{cite web|title=2011 Census: KS209EW Religion, local authorities in England and Wales |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-286262|publisher=ons.gov.uk|access-date=15 December 2012}}</ref> The earliest recorded connections between Wales and the Muslim world dates back to the early 12th Century.<ref name="Muslims in Wales: A brief history">[http://www.muslims.plaidcymru.org/content.php?nID=839;lID=1 Muslims in Wales: A brief history]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> There has been a [[Somali people|Somali]] and [[Demographics of Yemen|Yemeni]] Islamic community in Cardiff since the mid-19th century, founded by seafarers to [[Cardiff Docks]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Somali Seafarers in Wales|url=http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/somali-seafarers-in-wales/|website=The Black Presence in Britain - Black British History Website|access-date=25 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Immigration and Emigration, South East Wales, Somali Community|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/immig_emig/wales/w_se/article_1.shtml|publisher=BBC|access-date=25 June 2014}}</ref> The first purpose-built mosque was erected in [[Cardiff]] in 1947.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peel Street Mosque; Noor el Islam Mosque, Maria Street, Cardiff; Maria Street Mosque|url=http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/11800/details/PEEL+STREET+MOSQUE%3B+NOOR+EL+ISLAM+MOSQUE,+MARIA+STREET,+CARDIFF%3BMARIA+STREET+MOSQUE/|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monument of Wales|access-date=25 June 2014}}</ref>
+'''[[Islam]] in Wales''' ({{langx|cy|Islam yng Nghymru}}, {{langx|ar|الإسلام في ويلز}}) is a minority faith followed by 2.1% of the population of [[Wales]], making Islam the second most practiced religion in the country after Christianity.
+Wales is also home to the oldest Muslim communities in the British Isles, established during the early nineteenth century by Muslim seafarers in the industrial ports of South Wales.
-Today, Wales has about 40 mosques, most of which are in Cardiff, with others in [[Aberystwyth]],<ref>[http://www.salaam.co.uk/mosques/searchmosque.php?orgcode=635 Aberystwyth Mosque] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906035902/http://www.salaam.co.uk/mosques/searchmosque.php?orgcode=635 |date=2017-09-06 }} salaam.co.uk, accessed 19 January 2009</ref> [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]], [[Barry, Vale of Glamorgan|Barry]], [[Haverfordwest]], [[Lampeter]], [[Neath]], [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], [[Port Talbot]], [[Swansea]] and [[Wrexham]].
-==2001 -  present  ==
+== History ==
+=== Early history ===
-New Muslim Network Wales was established in the later part of 2001 to provide support and advice to converts to Islam and their non-Muslim family. The group also provides advice to mosques and other Islamic organisations on ''[[dawah]]'' work and community relations.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}
+Records of contact between Wales and the Muslim world dates back to the early 12th Century. Wales has been home to a Muslim population since at least the mid 1800s when Muslim workers, especially [[Somali people|Somali]] and [[Yemenis|Yemeni]] seafarers settled in the new Welsh ports, most notably in the [[Butetown]] area of Cardiff.<ref>{{cite web |title=Somali Seafarers in Wales |last1=Mellor |first1=Jody |url=https://blackpresence.co.uk/somali-seafarers-in-wales/ |website=Black presence.co.uk |access-date=23 September 2024 |date=9 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Immigration and Emigration, South East Wales, Somali Community|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/immig_emig/wales/w_se/article_1.shtml|publisher=BBC|access-date=25 June 2014}}</ref>
+The first purpose built mosque in Wales, the Peel Street Mosque was completed in 1947 in Cardiff. The original structure was a traditional domed structure with minarets, but was redeveloped in 1988 as a brick building.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peel Street Mosque; Noor El Islam Mosque, Maria Street, Cardiff;Maria Street Mosque |url=https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/11800/ |website=Coflein |access-date=23 September 2024}}</ref>
-In 2003, the [[Muslim Council of Wales]] was established with affiliates across Wales to represent the Muslim community in the public sphere.
+=== In the 21st century ===
-The first university in the UK to be awarded by FOSIS (Federation of Students Islamic Societies, UK & Éire) for the best mosque facility on campus was a Welsh University – Swansea, which received the accolade in 2007.<ref name="Muslims in Wales: A brief history"/>
+{{multiple image
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+ |image1 = Mosque, Severn Rd, Cardiff - geograph.org.uk - 938300.jpg
+ |image2 = Mosque in Crwys Road - geograph.org.uk - 625292.jpg
+ |image3 = Swansea mosque aerial.jpg
+ |footer = Three Mosques converted from former [[Nonconformity in Wales|Welsh dissenter]] chapels. Bilal Mosque, Cardiff, [[Shah Jalal Mosque, Cardiff|Shah Jalal Mosque]] in Canton, Cardiff and [[Swansea Mosque]].
+ |footer_align = left
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+New Muslim Network Wales was established in the later part of 2001 to provide support and advice to converts to Islam and their non-Muslim family. The group also provides advice to mosques and other Islamic organisations on ''[[dawah]]'' work and community relations.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}
+In 2003, the Muslim Council of Wales was established with affiliates across Wales to represent the Muslim community in the public sphere.
 In 2006, the first [[Scouts|scout]] group for Muslims was launched in Cardiff with over 100 members.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/4847286.stm First Muslim scout group in Wales] BBC News, 27 March 2006</ref>
+The first university in the UK to be awarded by FOSIS (Federation of Students Islamic Societies, UK & Éire) for the best mosque facility on campus was a Welsh University – Swansea, which received the accolade in 2007.
 In 2008, plans were announced to build an Islamic Centre in Carmarthen.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/7735533.stm Islamic centre planned for town] BBC News, 25 November 2008</ref> A college for training Muslim clerics has been established in [[Llanybydder]] in Carmarthenshire.<ref>{{cite web|title=Multicultural Wales|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/sites/themes/religion/religion_multicultural_wales.shtml|publisher=BBC|access-date=25 June 2014}}</ref>
 In the 2010s{{when|date=July 2015}} , the [[Ahmadiyya|Ahmadiyya Muslim Community]] has announced plans to construct the first Ahmadi mosque in Wales.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}
+==Demography==
+{{islam by country}}
+The [[2021 United Kingdom census]] recorded around 64,000 Welsh Muslims, up around 50% from the 46,000 adherents recorded in the 2011 Census. More than half of all Welsh Muslims (33,650) live in Cardiff.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Religion, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/bulletins/religionenglandandwales/census2021 |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref><ref name=ks2011>{{cite web|title=2011 Census: KS209EW Religion, local authorities in England and Wales |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-286262|publisher=ons.gov.uk|access-date=15 December 2012}}</ref>
+[[Newport, Wales|Newport]] and [[Swansea]] are the second and third largest centers of Islam in Wales after Cardiff, with 11,280 Muslims in Newport and 7,694 in Swansea according to the 2021 Census. As such more than 80% of all Welsh Muslims live in the three largest cities. Outside of these cities, [[Wrexham]] is home to the largest Muslim population (1,540), but almost all other areas of Wales are home to a small but increasing Muslim population, with only [[Ceredigion]] and [[Gwynedd]] reporting a drop in adherents in the 2021 Census.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Munnik |first1=Michael |title=Abdul-Azim Ahmed – Muslims in Wales after the 2021 Census |url=https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/islamukcentre/abdul-azim-ahmed-muslims-in-wales-after-the-2021-census/ |website=Cardiff.ac.uk |access-date=1 October 2024 |date=6 December 2022}}</ref>
+Of the 57 mosques in Wales, most are to be found in Cardiff, with seven in Newport,<ref>{{cite web |publisher=New Muslim Network |url=http://www.nmnwales.org.uk/pages/mosques.php#newport |title=Mosques in Newport |access-date=27 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629114827/http://nmnwales.org.uk/pages/mosques.php#newport |archive-date=29 June 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and four in Swansea.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 December 2004 |title=New mosque 'would benefit all' |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/4118901.stm}}</ref> There are also Mosques in most large towns across the nation such as those at [[Aberystwyth]], [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]], [[Barry, Vale of Glamorgan|Barry]], [[Haverfordwest]], [[Lampeter]], [[Neath]], [[Port Talbot]] and [[Wrexham]].<ref>[http://www.salaam.co.uk/mosques/searchmosque.php?orgcode=635 Aberystwyth Mosque] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906035902/http://www.salaam.co.uk/mosques/searchmosque.php?orgcode=635 |date=2017-09-06 }} salaam.co.uk, accessed 19 January 2009</ref>
+==Bibliography==
+*Gilliat-Ray, S. and Mellor, J. (2010) ‘Bilad al-Welsh (Land of the Welsh): Muslims in Cardiff, South Wales – past, present, and future’, The Muslim World, 100 (4): 452-475
+*Gilliat-Ray, S (2010) ‘The First Registered Mosque in the UK, Cardiff, 1860’: the evolution of a myth. Contemporary Islam, 4 (2): 179-193
+*Mellor, J. and Gilliat-Ray, S. (forthcoming) ‘The early history of migration and settlement of Yemenis in Cardiff, 1939 to 1970: Religion and ethnicity as social capital’, Ethnic and Racial Studies.
 ==See also==
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 ==External links==
+{{commons category}}
 * [http://www.IslamWales.com IslamWales.com - Wales Premium Muslim Community Portal]
 * [http://www.swanseamosque.org Swansea Mosque & Islamic Community Centre]
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 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080509070351/http://www.muslimcouncilwales.org/index.php Muslim Council of Wales]
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100519114756/http://www.muslims.plaidcymru.org/ Muslims for Plaid]
-* [http://www.nwis.org.uk/ North Wales Islamic Societies]
+* [http://www.nwis.org.uk/ North Wales Islamic Societies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426214603/http://www.nwis.org.uk/ |date=2013-04-26 }}
+{{Religion in Wales}}
 {{Islam in Europe}}
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Islam In Wales}}
 [[Category:Islam in Wales| ]]

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