South asian community

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The main religions are Islam, Hinduism and Sikhism. The Indian community is Hindu, Sikh and Muslim. The Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities are each predominantly Muslim. There are also Jains and Buddhists. Most of the community comes from three areas of the subcontinent: the Punjab Pakistan and India , Gujarat India and north-east Bengal Bangladesh. The majority of South Asians live in the major cities and large towns throughout the UK. There are significant differences between the various South Asian communities, and there have been clashes between them.

This paper discusses the findings of an exploratory study of South Asian community attitudes towards individuals with a disfigurement. In the UK, people of South Asian descent i. This is a heterogeneous group that includes people of diverse cultural heritage, who have different religious beliefs, speak different languages and possess varying levels of literacy.

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