First Person Column in Leicester Mercury Dec 13th 2012 The times they are a’changin’ As the new President of Leicester Secular Society my particular interest in the 2011 Census has been data relating to religion and belief in Leicester. These stats are quite different from the national averages, revealing a city that is more diverse than most other places and, notably, where the four main belief categories (Christian; Non-religious; Muslim and Hindu) are relatively evenly balanced, with a sizeable number of Sikhs too. The new figures show that the number of Christians (of ALL denominations) is now down to only 32% of Leicester’s population. Those without religion (atheists) are the second largest group with almost 23%, while Muslims check in at nearly 19% and Hindus at just over 15%. Sikhs are at about 4.5%. In other words no single belief group is anywhere near dominant. I believe this means that no spokesman for any single religion can be seen as a moral sp
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