Abstract
Nowadays, in the modern western countries, religion is becoming less and less important, and that includes Great-Britain. Since the end of Second World War, religion has lost its grip on peoples lives for many reasons. According to the many polls that have been conducted recently by a national organism, just over three-quarters of the United Kingdom population was reported having a religion. The main religion is still Christianity, with more than seven out of ten people. The second religion is Islam, with nearly 3 percent describing their religion as Muslim. The next largest religious groups are Hindus, followed by Sikhs, Jews, Buddhists, and people from Other religions. These groups each accounted for less than 1 percent and together accounted for a further 3 percent of the United Kingdom population. About 16 percent of the United Kingdom population stated that they had no religion. This category includes agnostics, atheists, heathens and those who wrote Jedi Knight. However, even if Christianity is still the main religion in Great Britain, people with no religion form the second largest group, which thus comprise 15 per cent of the population. These statistics are quite the same in all European countries, but, for French people, Britain can be considered as a more religious country, because of the principle of secularism. Indeed, in France, religion and the state are completely separated since 1905, to avoid interference from religion over domains such as education or politics. And thus, it seems odd to French people that religion has the opportunity to have influence in public domains.
