Afghans in The United Kingdom - Demography - Ethnicity and Religion

Ethnicity and Religion

One study of Afghan Muslims in England suggests that the majority are of Pashtun ancestry. Overall, there are thought to be up to 100,000 Pashtuns in the UK, forming the largest community of Pashtuns in the West, though not all are of Afghan origin.

There are language divisions between these different ethnic groups, as most Pashtuns speak Pashto while Tajiks and Hazaras speak Persian and uzbek and Turkmens speak Turkish. Afghans in the UK are mainly Muslim, most of which are Sunni although there is a significant number of Shi'a. There are also close to 1,200 Afghan Hindu and Sikh families who maintain a Gurudwara and a Hindu Temple in the South Hall area of Greater London. (Hinduism in Afghanistan) There is also a small afghan Jewish community in London with a persian synagogue in London which has members who are of Iranian and Afghan persian decent.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Afghanistan