Muslims in British Local Government

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The Left and Minority Representation: The Labour Party, Muslim Candidates, and Inclusion Tradeoffs

“…36 Tatari similarly finds that as the share of Muslim councilors in London boroughs rises, so does the number of cemeteries that accommodate Muslim burials; of Islamic schools; of officially licensed mosques; and the amount of grant money allocated to Muslim organizations. 37 In short, in the case of English Muslims, descriptive representation is often followed by substantive representation, in both the economic and the religious realms. …”