British Muslims

Muslims in London face 'serious discrimination and prejudice'

Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, and Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari, Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain, today published a new report, 'Muslims in London'.

The report draws on a range of data to illustrate the diversity of London’s Muslim communities and barriers faced by Muslims in everyday life and comes ahead of the first ever Eid celebrations in Trafalgar Square, organised by the Muslim Council of Britain and the Mayor of London.

Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone said: “London's future success and prosperity as a global city depends on our ability to welcome and respect people from all over the world. One in twelve Londoners is Muslim and the London’s Muslim communities, in all their diversity, must play an essential part in the life of our city.

“However Muslims in London face serious discrimination and prejudice. London’s Muslims have the lowest rates of employment of all the faith groups. Only 15 per cent of Muslim women aged 25 and over work full time compared with 37 per cent of women in the general population. Muslims are disproportionately victims of religiously aggravated crime, more so than any other faith.

This is depressing but not suprising, considering how over these past few weeks there has been a steady stream of stories to do with British Muslims, which has led to paranoia and fear and creates a whole poisonous them vs. us atmosphere, which is so beloved of both sides who keep pushing for a 'clash of civilizations'.

This in turn taps into the British government's obsession with taking away our civli liberties bit by bit, scare the populace a lot and they will gladly hand over their freedoms, Muslims are just the latest fear tool used by governments to push their authoritarian agendas.

On a more lighter note as the above article mentioned, Eid ul-Fitr begins this week.

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