qualifications compared to the Scotland average of 27.1%. 21.4% of Muslims in Scotland had no qualifications, slightly lower than the 22.9% average for Scotland. Only 4.5% of Muslims in Scotland had poor English language skills. Muslims in Scotland in 2011 were less likely to be employed full-time (31%) than the general population (51%). Contributing factors for this include Muslims being more likely to be students (19%) than the general population (6%), and 25% of Muslim women 'looking after the home or family', in comparison to 5.6% of women from the overall population. 8.7% of Scottish Muslims were unemployed, whereas 6.3% of the general population were unemployed. Approximately a third of Scottish Muslims working full-time are self-employed, compared with 12% of the general population. Mosques Some important mosques in the major cities of Scotland are Glasgow Central Mosque, Edinburgh Central Mosque, Aberdeen Mosque and Islamic Centre, and Dundee Central Mosque. Notable Scottish Muslims Aamer Anwar, Leading Lawyer & Campaigner Ali Abbasi, Gaelic television presenter. Bashir Ahmad - first Asian Member of the Scottish Parliament (2007–09) Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh - politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Ochil and South Perthshire, 2015-2017, Scottish National Party Trade and Investment spokesperson, Deputy Shadow Leader of the House in the House of Commons, and the SNP's National Women's and Equalities Convener. Abdal-Qadir As-Sufi (Ian Dallas) Bashir Mann, former Labour councillor Misbah Iram Ahmed Rana (Molly Campbell) Humza Yousaf MSP Anas Sarwar MSP - Leader of the Scottish Labour Party Mohammad Sarwar MP - First Muslim MP at Westminster from 1997 to 2010. His son Anas Sarwar held the same seat from 2010 to 2015 and has been an MSP since 2016. Mona Siddiqui - is a British Muslim academic, currently is a University of Edinburgh's Professor of Islam and Interreligious studies, as well a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4, The Times, Scotsman, The Guardian, The Herald Kaukab Stewart - the first female of Pakistani descent to be elected as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) in 2021 Viscount Reidhaven, eldest son of the Earl of Seafield. Osama Saeed, chief executive of the Scottish-Islamic Foundation & Former Head of Al-Jazeera Global PR & Marketing Mushtaq Ahmad, lord lieutenant of Lanarkshire. Zara Mohammed, First female and youngest ever Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Britain See also Islam by country Islam in the United Kingdom Muslim Council of Scotland The Muslim Weekly Scottish