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My 20 minute talk to the students of the Oxford University Conservative Association summarised the progress the Conservative Party is making attracting Muslim voters.
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Delivered 7 February 2017. Posted 13 February 2017.
On 7 February 2017, I gave a talk to the Oxford University Conservative Association. I recorded it so the 20 minute talk can be listened to below.
Underneath the talk I have posted links to various items I refer to during the talk, and some demographic data regarding British Muslims.
My first presentation recording was done on the spur of the moment, just putting my iPhone 6 on the table and relying on its built in microphone. See my page Lecture: One Muslim’s Perspective on Religious Freedom.
Once I found recording presentations worthwhile, I purchased a high quality Sennheiser digital lapel microphone which plugs into the data socket of my iPhone 6. That produces a much better recording.
Milton Friedman's TV series "Free to Choose" on YouTube.
The Conservative Muslim Forum's website.
The ethnic make up of Britain's Muslims, as shown in 2011 census.
| Religion | Muslim |
| All categories: Ethnic group | 2,706,066 |
| White: Total | 210,620 |
| White: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British | 77,272 |
| White: Irish | 1,914 |
| White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller | 378 |
| White: Other White | 131,056 |
| Mixed/multiple ethnic group: Total | 102,582 |
| Mixed/multiple ethnic group: White and Black Caribbean | 5,384 |
| Mixed/multiple ethnic group: White and Black African | 15,681 |
| Mixed/multiple ethnic group: White and Asian | 49,689 |
| Mixed/multiple ethnic group: Other Mixed | 31,828 |
| Asian/Asian British: Total | 1,830,560 |
| Asian/Asian British: Indian | 197,161 |
| Asian/Asian British: Pakistani | 1,028,459 |
| Asian/Asian British: Bangladeshi | 402,428 |
| Asian/Asian British: Chinese | 8,027 |
| Asian/Asian British: Other Asian | 194,485 |
| Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: Total | 272,015 |
| Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: African | 207,201 |
| Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: Caribbean | 7,345 |
| Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: Other Black | 57,469 |
| Other ethnic group: Total | 290,289 |
| Other ethnic group: Arab | 178,195 |
| Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group | 112,094 |
British Muslims as a percentage of the population, by age group.
| Muslims as % of total age group | |
| Entire population | 4.8% |
| Age 0 to 4 | 9.1% |
| Age 5 to 7 | 9.2% |
| Age 8 to 9 | 8.9% |
| Age 10 to 14 | 7.5% |
| Age 15 | 6.8% |
| Age 16 to 17 | 6.4% |
| Age 18 to 19 | 6.0% |
| Age 20 to 24 | 6.3% |
| Age 25 to 29 | 7.1% |
| Age 30 to 34 | 7.3% |
| Age 35 to 39 | 6.1% |
| Age 40 to 44 | 4.4% |
| Age 45 to 49 | 2.9% |
| Age 50 to 54 | 2.7% |
| Age 55 to 59 | 2.4% |
| Age 60 to 64 | 1.4% |
| Age 65 to 69 | 1.3% |
| Age 70 to 74 | 1.5% |
| Age 75 to 79 | 1.3% |
| Age 80 to 84 | 0.8% |
| Age 85 and over | 0.4% |
The demographic shape of the Muslim and non-Muslim populations of England & Wales. Both sets of bars add up to 100%. Their relative heights show the shape of the two populations.
Muslims by constituency on the Conservative Muslim Forum website
"Degrees of Separation – Ethnic minority voters and the Conservative Party" by Lord Ashcroft
"The Conservative Party, racial equality and national identity" - my book chapter for Demos.
My article "The Conservative Party's need to exorcise Enoch Powell's ghost"
My article "UK political party differences in selecting BME Parliamentary candidates"
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