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Re  would ask you to provide your sources    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx the ones that also make for interesting reading are found  among these items:-      The Muslim population has grown from 1.65 million to 2.87 million since 2001, say researchers. What does this mean for liberal Britain?       Telegraph leader: The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life estimates that there are 2,869,000 Muslims in Britain, an increase of 74 per cent on its previous figure of 1,647,000, which was based on the 2001 census. No demographic statistics are reliable in an era of open borders, but such an expansion is unprecedented.The figure of 2.87 million was first published by Pew in a little-noticed press release last September, announcing a report on Muslim Networks and Movements in Western Europe. The Pew Centre, based in Washington DC, is one of the most respected demographic research bodies in the world; its methodology is scrupulous and its approach non-partisan. The new total for British Muslims means that, so far as this country as concerned, Pew's major 2009 report Mapping the Global Muslim Population is already spectacularly out of date. Here's a map showing the updated distribution of the Muslim population in Europe:        (That was as of 2009, so 3 years later the figure must be well over 3 million)    and :-          The Guardian, June 17, 2002, �British Muslims� series - A map of Muslim Britain  Muslim population 1.8 million (3% of total British population) The Muslim population of London � 1 million (total 7.2 million);      ( so by the fact  from roughly the same stating dates 2001 and 2002, the number of Muslims has more or less doubled, logically those in London would be in the order of 2 million. From our own experience in Ealing for example, the number of veiled or scarfed  females 10 years ago was next to none whereas now, very prominent )      And let's not forget, the above relate to KNOWN persons and there are supposedly 1 million illegals in the UK, most of whom would gravitate to London  for various reasons and of whom a good proportion would be Muslim, so maybe in reality we are dealing with well over 2 million in London?

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      Ken Livingstone: I will make London a beacon of Islam – Telegraph Blogs :- Extracts    Tuesday 20 March 2012 | Blog Feed | All feedsBlogs Home » News » Politics » Andrew GilliganAndrew GilliganI'm the Telegraph's London Editor. This is where I blog about London politics and particularly this year's London election. If you don't approve, other listings magazines are available... Look on the main Telegraph site for my day job, my work for our newspapers. Got a tip or a story? Email me at andrew.gilligan@telegraph.co.uk Ken Livingstone: I will make London a beacon of Islam By Andrew Gilligan Politics Last updated: March 19th, 2012469 Comments Comment on this article Here is the full version of a story which appears in the print edition of today's Daily Telegraph:Ken Livingstone has promised to turn London into a “beacon” for the words of the Prophet Mohammed in a sermon at one of the capital’s most controversial mosques.Mr Livingstone, Labour’s candidate for mayor of London, pledged to “educate the mass of Londoners” in Islam, saying:  “That will help to cement our city as a beacon that demonstrates the meaning of the words of the Prophet.” Mr Livingstone described Mohammed’s words in his last sermon as “an agenda for all humanity.”He praised the Prophet’s last sermon, telling his audience: “I want to spend the next four years making sure that every non-Muslim in London knows and understands [its] words and message.” He also promised to “make your life a bit easier financially.”Mr Livingstone was speaking at last Friday’s Jummah prayer at the North London Central Mosque, also known as Finsbury Park Mosque, formerly controlled by the terrorist recruiter Abu Hamza.Hamza was removed in 2003 but the mosque is now controlled by an Islamist organisation, the Muslim Association of Britain, which has been linked to the banned terror group, Hamas. A man who has acted as spokesman for the current leadership, Azzam Tamimi, is on record as supporting suicide bombings. One of the mosque’s current directors, Mohammed Sawalha, is described by the BBC as a former senior figure in Hamas who “is said to have masterminded much of Hamas’s political and military strategy” from his post in London.In 2009 Mr Sawalha also signed the Istanbul Declaration which calls for attacks against the allies of Israel, which include the UK. The British Government interpreted it as calling for attacks on British troops.In 2010, the Labour MP Khalid Mahmood, a Muslim moderate, resigned from the mosque’s board of trustees and reported it to the Charity Commission, accusing the mosque of forging his signature on key legal documents.Mr Livingstone has been dogged by allegations of links to Islamic fundamentalism. In 2010, in the London borough of Tower Hamlets, he campaigned against his own party’s candidate to back a controversial independent politician, Lutfur Rahman, sacked by Labour for his links to a Muslim extremist group, the Islamic Forum of Europe (IFE).During his mayoralty, Mr Livingstone’s London Development Agency channelled hundreds of thousands of pounds to the East London Mosque in Tower Hamlets, controlled by the IFE, even though senior LDA managers strongly opposed the grant. In return, IFE activists campaigned strongly for him at the 2008 mayoral elections, boasting that they "got out the vote" for Mr Livingstone and achieving dramatic swings to him in their east London heartland.Mr Livingstone also gave thousands of pounds of public money to the Muslim Welfare House, a charity closely associated with the Finsbury Park Mosque, which signed an open letter backing his re-election campaign in 2008.    End of extracts.            xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx      So he is pandering to the Muslim inhabitants of London, between 1.6  and 2 million, enough to swing  the  overall vote  his way. NB, no mention of honour killings, women inferior to men, stoning to death , death for apostasy, husbands allowed to beat wives, death for homosexuals, and no doubt, equality for Sharia Courts and " justice ". I don't think London wants any more of this, thank you Ken. In fact, hopefully it may  rebound on him as it could put a lot of Muslims off voting for him, as the vote is secret and  the Muslims I know are more for Western ideals.

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Re               xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx      no, have a good search but see:-    " Foreign Nationals: ChildbirthNicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) number and (b) proportion of births was where one or both parents were foreign-born in (i) London and (ii) each London borough within Greater London in the most recent year for which figures are available. [94680]Mr Hurd: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Cabinet Office.The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated February 2012: As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on what the (a) number and (b) proportion of births was where one or both parents were foreign-born in (i) London and (ii) each London Borough within Greater London in the most recent year for which figures are available (94680).Figures for live births where one or both parents are non-UK born have been compiled from birth registration data. The table below shows the number and proportion of live births in 2010 in the areas requested, according to registration data. Information on country of birth of parents is provided by the informant at registration.Number and proportion of live births in London, where one or both parents are non-UK born, 2010  Area of usual residence of mother  Number of births where one or both parents are foreign born  Proportion of births where one or both parents are foreign -born  London 86,111 64.7       Inner London 38,224 70.0 Camden 2,135 69.8 Hackney plus City of London 3,227 69.0 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,819 65.6 Haringey 3,242 72.8 Islington 1,757 59.5 Kensington and Chelsea 1,757 79.1 Lambeth 3,221 65.3 Lewisham 3,067 61.6 Newham 5,266 84.1 Southwark 3,498 68.2 Tower Hamlets 3,571 78.2 Wandsworth 3,179 57.3 Westminster 2,485 81.2       Outer London 47,887 61.0 20 Feb 2012 : Column 511W Barking and Dagenham 2,414 64.7 Barnet 3,559 64.2 Bexley 1,009 33.7 Brent 4,294 81.9 Bromley 1,355 33.3 Croydon 3,081 55.7 Ealing 4,526 77.2 Enfield 3,414 66.7 Greenwich 2,850 61.0 Harrow 2,640 75.4 Havering 687 24.4 Hillingdon 2,487 59.3 Hounslow 3,121 70.4 Kingston upon Thames 1,139 49.3 Merton 2,268 64.4 Redbridge 3,101 69.5 Richmond upon Thames 1,385 46.3 Sutton 1,066 39.9 Waltham Forest 3,491 72.4

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