.... We've had a look at the statistics - from the 2011 Census - and before you ask, they are accurate. But they could do with some contextualisation.
For one, you could say the Daily Mail has cherry-picked the councils which present a higher percentage of Muslims kids than Christian kids. In fact, there's only seven of these across England and Wales.
The Daily Mail doesn't seem as concerned about the fact that "traditional religious beliefs" are facing another threat: atheism!
There is indeed a growing proportion of families who say they have no religion, with 21 local authorities having a higher proportion of atheist children than children registered as Christian.
Don't get us wrong: the number of Muslims in the country is growing, from 3% of the population in 2001 to 4.8% in 2011.
But in the same period of time, the proportion of atheists rose from 14.8% to 25.1%. [Mirror Online] Read more
