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'''[[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|accessdate=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]</ref> There has been a [[Somali people|Somali]] Islamic community in Cardiff since the mid-1800s, 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|accessdate=25 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Immigration and Emigration, South East Wales, Somali Community|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/immig_emig/wales/w_se/article_1.shtml|publisher=BBC|accessdate=25 June 2014}}</ref> The first purpose-built mosque was erected in [[Cardiff]] in 1947.<ref name="wales religion and belief">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/religion/sites/timeline/pages/religion_in_wales_15.shtml wales religion and belief] bbc.co.uk accessed 13 December 2008</ref>
'''[[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|accessdate=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]</ref> There has been a [[Somali people|Somali]] and [[Demographics of Yemen|Yemeni]] Islamic community in Cardiff since the mid-1800s, 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|accessdate=25 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Immigration and Emigration, South East Wales, Somali Community|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/immig_emig/wales/w_se/article_1.shtml|publisher=BBC|accessdate=25 June 2014}}</ref> The first purpose-built mosque was erected in [[Cardiff]] in 1947.<ref name="wales religion and belief">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/religion/sites/timeline/pages/religion_in_wales_15.shtml wales religion and belief] bbc.co.uk accessed 13 December 2008</ref>


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] salaam.co.uk, accessed 19 January 2009</ref> [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]], [[Barry, Vale of Glamorgan|Barry]], [[Haverfordwest]], [[Lampeter]], [[Llanelli]], [[Neath]], [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], [[Port Talbot]], [[Swansea]] and [[Wrexham]].
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] salaam.co.uk, accessed 19 January 2009</ref> [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]], [[Barry, Vale of Glamorgan|Barry]], [[Haverfordwest]], [[Lampeter]], [[Llanelli]], [[Neath]], [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], [[Port Talbot]], [[Swansea]] and [[Wrexham]].

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Islam is the largest non-Christian faith in Wales, with about 46,000 adherents recorded in the country in the 2011 Census.[1] The earliest recorded connections between Wales and the Muslim world dates back to the early 12th Century.[2] There has been a Somali and Yemeni Islamic community in Cardiff since the mid-1800s, founded by seafarers to Cardiff Docks.[3][4] The first purpose-built mosque was erected in Cardiff in 1947.[5]

Today, Wales has about 40 mosques, most of which are in Cardiff, with others in Aberystwyth,[6] Bangor, Barry, Haverfordwest, Lampeter, Llanelli, Neath, Newport, Port Talbot, Swansea and Wrexham.

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.
  • In 2003, the Muslim Council of Wales was established with affiliates across Wales to represent the Muslim community in the public sphere.
  • 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.[2]
  • In 2006, the first scout group for Muslims was launched in Cardiff with over 100 members.[7]
  • In 2008, plans were announced to build an Islamic Centre in Carmarthen.[8] A college for training Muslim clerics has been established in Llanybydder in Carmarthenshire.[5]
  • In 2010s, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has announced plans to construct the first Ahmadi mosque in Wales.

See also

References

  1. ^ "2011 Census: KS209EW Religion, local authorities in England and Wales". ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b Muslims in Wales: A brief history
  3. ^ "Somali Seafarers in Wales". The Black Presence in Britain - Black British History Website. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Immigration and Emigration, South East Wales, Somali Community". BBC. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  5. ^ a b wales religion and belief bbc.co.uk accessed 13 December 2008
  6. ^ Aberystwyth Mosque salaam.co.uk, accessed 19 January 2009
  7. ^ First Muslim scout group in Wales BBC News, 27 March 2006
  8. ^ Islamic centre planned for town BBC News, 25 November 2008
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