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Muslims in Britain

Texts and Summaries

• A problem of perception: Muslims are well-integrated in Britain – but no one seems to believe it
• Problematic issues between British Muslims and the "Christian" majority:

Muslims: fast-growing, disadvantaged part of population

Government and population

Situation: are quickly judged as spies, terrorists are bullied at school disproportionally often in jail and high unemployment rate  want to be more accepted oppressed by gov. and police (racial profiling)   Attitude: do not like radical muslims feel/think unlike those extremists Britons, who happen to be Muslims embarrassed about radical Islamists came to Britain to find a better life Fanatics: want an islamic rule and division of Muslims from Christians don't want muslims to join the police and the army want every muslim prisoner to be set free rejection of the British democracy

Attitude: do not trust them judge all Muslims as dangerous scared of them, prejudice fear of being outnumbered (immigration, high birthrate) massive growth of Islam in Britian ==> afraid of loss of christian lifestyle   Treatment: abuse their power to oppress muslims often deny "ethnic profiling" call for less immigration and more integration fight against extremism spreading at schools, universities, mosques Reasons: 9/11, London bombing and other acts of terror fundamentalist groups (Islam to rule Britain) do not want islamic Britain want to prevent radical Islamist views from being taught atschool/universities

Statistics
Statistics on muslims' education and emplyment!

If you are not sure how to work with statistics, see here!

• What effects does this have on the muslims' situation, attitudes and integration?

Concepts of Intergration and Assimilation

Multiculturalism - positive ethnic diversity

• descriptive approach: assessment of fact of cultural diversity
• normative approach: ideologies or policies that embrace and promote this diversity - multiculturalism as a society “at ease with the rich tapestry of human life and the desire amongst people to express their own identity in the manner they see fit.”

• focus on interaction and communication between different cultures
• focus on diversity and cultural uniqueness
• common aspect : no specific ethnic, religious, or cultural community values presented as central.

 

Cultural assimilation

Process by which a person or a group's language or culture come to resemble those of another group.

• Full assimilation: new members of a society become indistinguishable from members of the other group.

• quick or gradual change?
• desirable for an immigrant group?

• Immigrant assimilation:

• complex process in which immigrants fully integrate themselves into a new country.
• four primary benchmarks for immigrant assimilation:

• socioeconomic status (education, occupation, income)
• geographic distribution
• second language attainment
• intermarriage

Why do young muslims turn extremists?

• Reflections of a Former Islamist Extremist

Read from beginning to "And it's a very powerful grip on one's mind. And in my case it took years to shed that influence." (third box)

Reasons for Extremism:

• crucial event: death of thousands of European muslims in war in Bosnia in 90s! West just watches and doesn't help the muslims there. (Parallels to wars in Iraq .... muslims are being killed and no-one cares)
• Islam is cleverly presented as way of looking at history: like in Marxism it is always a struggle, them against us, bad against good, everybody against the muslims (idea of Western/Jewish conspiracy against Islam/muslims)
• at school/in university young muslims become part of an active, organized, outspoken movement ⇒ proud to be an active muslim, feeling of power, feeling of belonging to group and of changing the world.

Two Generations of British Muslims

• Answers to book, p. 86/87 q. 5 + 6: Two generations of British muslims