gloomyandy wrote:I'd say that English is the main language with Gaelic being used by some of the older and (increasingly) younger people, it seems to be making a bit of a come back. It's hard to be sure though as the people there have always incredibly polite and will use English if a non Gaelic speaker is around. A few years ago I attended a Church service (well worth doing, very different to a service in a typical English Church). I was easily spotted (!) and they preacher announced that as they had a guest in the congregation today's service would be in English! All a little embarrassing and I apologised to him and few others after the service, they wouldn't hear any of it an insisted that it made the service more interesting for them!
The Guardian reports that a mosque is to be built in Stornoway, a handful of Muslim families live there
+1 for diversity & religious tolerance