and Wales with the highest percentage of Muslims in 2021 were: London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 39.9% (123,912) Blackburn with Darwen: 35.0% (54,146) London Borough of Newham: 34.8% (122,146) Luton: 32.9% (74,191) London Borough of Redbridge: 31.3% (97,068) City of Bradford: 30.5% (166,846) Birmingham: 29.9% (341,811) Slough: 29.4% (46,661) Pendle: 26.0% (24,900) Metropolitan Borough of Oldham: 24.4% (59,031) Leicester: 23.5% (86,443) Manchester: 22.3% (122,962) London Borough of Waltham Forest: 21.6% (60,157) London Borough of Brent: 21.4% (72,574) City of Westminster: 20.0% (40,873) Bolton: 19.9% (58,997) London Borough of Ealing: 18.8% (68,907) Rochdale: 18.8% (42,121) London Borough of Enfield: 18.6% (61,477) Kirklees: 18.5% (80,046) Camden: 16.1% (33,830) Harrow: 15.9% (41,503) Sandwell: 13.4% (45,763) London Borough of Hackney: 13.3% (34,578) London Borough of Haringey: 12.6% (33,295) Several large cities have one area that is a majority Muslim even if the rest of the city has a fairly small Muslim population. In addition, it is possible to find small areas that are almost entirely Muslim: for example, Savile Town in Dewsbury. Initial limited mosque availability meant that prayers were conducted in small rooms of council flats until the 1980s when more and larger facilities became available. Some synagogues and community buildings were turned into mosques and existing mosques began to expand their buildings. This process has continued down to the present day with the East London Mosque recently expanding into a large former car park where the London Muslim Centre is now used for prayers, recreational facilities and housing. Most people regard themselves as part of the , and their identity is based on their religion rather than their ethnic group. The 2001 census recorded that there were 179,733 Muslims who described themselves as 'white'. 65% of white Muslims described themselves as "other white", and would likely have originated from locations such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Adygea, Chechnya, Albania, Turkey, Bulgaria, the region of East Macedonia and Thrace in Northern Greece, and North Macedonia. The remainder of white Muslims are converts and mostly identified themselves as White British and White Irish. Islam is the third-largest religious group of British Indian people, after Hinduism and Sikhism. 8% of UK Muslims are of Indian descent, principally those whose origins are in Gujarat, West Bengal, Telangana and Kerala. Gujarati Muslims from the Surat and Bharuch districts started to arrive from the 1940s when India was under British colonial rule, settling in the towns of Dewsbury