Yes, we Muslims must be braver and do more to integrate says Labour MP

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  • Labour's Khalid Mahmood called for more Muslims to challenge attitudes
  • He said women's groups were doing so and urged more men to be 'brave'
  • It comes after ex-equalities watchdog Trevor Phillips issued a warning
  • He said Muslim communities could become 'a nation within a nation'
Urgent calls for Britain to adopt a more ‘muscular’ approach to integrating Muslims into society triggered a furious row last night. Former equalities watchdog Trevor Phillips urged Muslims to change their values and behaviour, saying the UK risks ‘sacrificing a generation of young British people’ if hardline Islamic values are not challenged. His call, in yesterday’s Daily Mail, was backed by MPs, although it also provoked a backlash from community groups who accused him of ‘stigmatising and scapegoating Muslims’.

Labour’s Khalid Mahmood, England’s first Muslim MP, said: ‘A lot of people are challenging unacceptable attitudes. 'There are women’s groups doing this. I only wish more men in some communities were able to be as brave.’ But he said successive governments going back to the 1980s had pursued policies which had led to the ‘ghetto-isation’ of Muslim communities. ‘Trevor Phillips is right in terms of saying we must get the community to integrate far more,’ he said. ‘But a lack of planning going back decades means they have not had a chance to move out of their areas.’

Keith Vaz, chairman of the Commons’ Home Affairs Select Committee which is investigating extremism, said: ‘There should be no no-go areas in the UK. The first generation of migrants came here because it was the most open and tolerant country in the world. ‘We should celebrate different cultures and religions. However, we are clearly not doing enough to challenge those who wish to undermine our values. 'It is these values that hold us together. We should be tirelessly promoting them.’

However, the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said it ‘did not recognise’ Mr Phillips’ analysis, which was based on a Channel 4 poll for a documentary tomorrow night. It also questioned the decision to survey some of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK with a disproportionately high number of people with a Pakistani or Bangladeshi ethnicity.

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It comes amid fears of a divide in society. Pictured is a muslim woman in a niqab selling ice cream to a child in Dewsbury (file picture)

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Former head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Trevor Phillips, pictured, said there was a growing chasm between British Muslims and non-Muslims over marriage, segregation and freedom of speech
 
But he said successive governments going back to the 1980s had pursued policies which had led to the ‘ghetto-isation’ of Muslim communities. ‘Trevor Phillips is right in terms of saying we must get the community to integrate far more,’ he said. ‘But a lack of planning going back decades means they have not had a chance to move out of their areas.’

Keith Vaz, chairman of the Commons’ Home Affairs Select Committee which is investigating extremism, said: ‘There should be no no-go areas in the UK. The first generation of migrants came here because it was the most open and tolerant country in the world. ‘We should celebrate different cultures and religions. However, we are clearly not doing enough to challenge those who wish to undermine our values. 'It is these values that hold us together. We should be tirelessly promoting them.’
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we don't have that degree of separation that Europe has and I've only seen a hijab (strike that) niqab one time in the USA.
I hope it never comes to that here, and I wish the Brits well with their multi-culturalism
 
anatta said:
we don't have that degree of separation that Europe has and I've only seen a hijab (strike that) niqab one time in the USA.
I hope it never comes to that here, and I wish the Brits well with their multi-culturalism
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You literally have only seen one here in the US? What sheltered all white suburb do you live in?
 
I Love America said:
You literally have only seen one here in the US? What sheltered all white suburb do you live in?
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Orlando Florida. I've seen plenty of hijabs - but only 1 ( or 2) niqab..maybe a very occasional burka.
Mostly I see a bunch of north/Midwestern tourists throwing away their money!
 
anatta said:
we don't have that degree of separation that Europe has and I've only seen a hijab (strike that) niqab one time in the USA.
I hope it never comes to that here, and I wish the Brits well with their multi-culturalism
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Multiculturalism is a fancy word for cultural suicide in Europe. If we were smart we'd learn from their mistakes, but that would be 'xenophobic' on our part.

So, I reckon we're doomed to suffer the same fate eventually. It's bloody insane.
 
any culture that insists women cover themselves because the men are too evil and will rape you if the get a stiffy because you look good needs to change


making women live as ghosts because your men are penis dogs with no self control shows how stupid religions can be
 
Darth Hussein Omar said:
Multiculturalism is a fancy word for cultural suicide in Europe. If we were smart we'd learn from their mistakes, but that would be 'xenophobic' on our part.

So, I reckon we're doomed to suffer the same fate eventually. It's bloody insane.
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NO stupid git,


its a way to combine the good things about every culture and TRASH the stupid evil shit like making women live as ghosts
 
evince said:
NO stupid git,


its a way to combine the good things about every culture and TRASH the stupid evil shit like making women live as ghosts
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You are confusing multiculturalism with multiethnicity, they are not the same thing. The former allows ethnic minorities to live separately in ghettoes without the need to integrate into the host nation. In the case of Muslims this has meant that they send their children to madrassas that preach hate to Jews and Kaffirs. They also perpetuate homophobia and profound misogyny. You would do well to read this from the BBC website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35959202
 
and when cultures meet they begin to understand each other and the resulting children Learn to have choices in how they see the world
 
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