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Multiculturalism in Wales                                                  Wales has about 40 mosques,


           All the world's major religions are                                                    most of which are in Cardiff


           present in this country, such as                                                       Hinduism has around 5,000


           Judaism, Islam, Buddhism,                                                              Welsh members, the same number

           Hinduism and Sikhism.                                                                  as Buddhism.



           The oldest non-Christian faith to


           be established was Judaism , with


           a presence in Swansea dating

           from around 1730.



           Around 1913, it is thought that


           the total number of Jews was

           around 4,000 to 5,000



           Which is Islam. In the 2001


           Census it had 22,000 members.
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