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Year 2 Issue 22 Thursday, 13.12.12
Whites outnumbered in the new London
A DECADE of surging immigration has left white Britons as a minority in London for the first time, census figures reveal. Britain’s diversity is highlighted by figures showing that the proportion
of England and Wales that is white has fallen below 90 per cent for the first time. The results, published yesterday, also show that the number of mixed-race people has doubled to top a million for the first time.
Asian people in Britain has risen by two thirds, from 2.5m people to 4.2m People who identified themselves as Muslim in 2011 numbered 2.7 million, up from 1.55 million in 2001. Muslims now make up 5% of the population, compared with 3% in 2001. The change came as the number of Christians of all denominations fell 12% – a drop of 4.1 million. ‘International city’ The London statistics include 102,000 mixed white and Asian people; 119,000 mixed white and black Caribbean; 119,000 other mixed, 542,000 British Indian; 224,000 British Pakistani and 222,000 British Bangladeshi . There are 399,000 other Asians, 574,000 British Africans and 345,000 British Caribbeans in the capital, along with 170,000 other black people; 106,000 Arabs and 175,000 from other ethnic groups. White ethnic Britons no longer make up the majority of people in London for the first time, according to the latest census data which pointed to Continued on page 2 >>
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Jatinderpal Singh Bhullar Sikh Soldier becomes first guardsman to parade in a turban
A Sikh soldier has become the first guardsman to parade outside Buckingham Palace wearing a turban instead of the famous bearskin. Jatenderpal Singh
being the first Sikh to mount guard in a turban would be the “best thing in his life”. “Conducting public duties while being a
Bhullar, who is 25, is the first guardsman in 180 years to choose to wear his turban on the famous forecourt. The Scots Guardsman previously said
practising Sikh and wearing my turban is a great honour for me. I am very proud to be a member of the Continued on page 2 >>
Sharia4Belgium: Fouad Belkacem (Abu Imran) 18 months in prison for inciting hatred Belgium has convicted and sentenced deamoniser of Islam Mi6 asset Anjem Choudary en absentia
The spokesman for the disbanded Sharia4Belgium was sentenced Friday morning to six months in prison for inciting hatred after the clashes occurred in Molebeek-Saint-Jean, in May. He has almost
finished his sentence. He is in custody since early June, but still must serve two more sentences of six months imprisonment each. Fouad Belkacem will remain in prison for some time. His lawyer said Friday from
the prison that chances for possible parole within 25 days. On November 30, he received six months jail. If he appeals against his conviction that can be examined from 26 December 2012.”
According to news site Gazet van Antwerpen Fouad Belkacem’s co-defendant, Anjem Choudary (pictured left), the British hate preacher and leader of Sharia4 UK in Continued on page 29 >>