Thursday, March 20, 2008

Immigration, faith and cohesion: Evidence from local areas with significant Muslim populations / Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 19 March 2008
PDF - http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2189-immigration-faith-cohesion.pdf
Hiranthi Jayaweera and Tufyal Choudhury
"This report examines the significance of different dimensions of cohesion – including social interaction, participation and belonging – on the lives of Muslims and people of other faiths or of no faith, both recent arrivals and established residents, living in the London borough of Newham, Birmingham and Bradford. It provides new insight into people’s experience of cohesion and community at a time when policy is focusing on community cohesion at the local level, particularly in relation to the arrival of significant numbers of new migrants in some areas."