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Muslims in Britain

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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