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Voices of Young Muslims

Our report, Voices of Young Muslims: Building a Society free of Islamophobia captures an important moment in the story of Muslims in Britain today. It is a story of discrimination, fear, identity and above all – resilience.

What did we find?

Our report presents a thematic analysis of qualitative data. This means we structured our report around common themes that emerged from our case studies and interviews. These include: Islamophobia, Muslim Women, Young Muslim Identity and Muslim Generational Changes.

Islamophobia is multi-layered, operating at several levels of society. It manifests indirectly through negative stereotyping and attitudes expressed towards Muslims. However, Islamophobia
also operates across British institutions. Formally recognising Islamophobia will help to provide security to a beleaguered and targeted Muslim community.

Muslim Women: Visibly Muslim women still struggle to find acceptance in society. Many Muslim women are actively changing their style to appear ‘less Muslim’ to avoid Islamophobia. Two of our female interviewees felt they needed to take off their headscarves altogether.

Young Muslim Identity: Muslim identities are complex, and young Muslims have multiple locations of belonging. ‘British Muslim’ discourse homogenises the diversity of Muslim identities. We are concerned that processes of racialisation will result in a new type of Muslim: one that is readily identifiable, easily governed, yet, unprotected against Islamophobia.

Muslim Generational Changes: Young Muslims perceive themselves as more willing to challenge Islamophobia and racism compared to their elders. Their ability to challenge discrimination is rooted in a sense that Britain is their home compared to their elders, who felt more insecure about their position in society.

We also found:

61% reported personal experiences of Islamophobia or knew someone who had experienced it.
60% of our participants reported feeling pressure to hide or downplay their Muslim identities. Mostly at work or at airports.
43% of our participants reported feeling conflicted in their identities. Acts of Muslim-perpetrated violence, wanting to fit in, feeling unwanted, and evolving relationships with Islam were the main sources of conflict.
55% said they identified at least partially as British.
19% said they did not feel part of any British identity.

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Pour télécharger le rapport : ▻http://jawaab.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Voices-of-young-Muslims-building-a-society-free-of-islamophobia-designed.

57 tube stations at high risk of flooding, says London Underground report
▻http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/apr/10/57-tube-stations-high-risk-flooding-london-underground-report

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Eighty-five sites on the London Underground are at high and rising risk of flooding, according to a report that says it is “only a matter of time” before serious flooding strikes.

Most threatened are some of the capital’s busiest stations, including Waterloo, King’s Cross and London Bridge, and the report warns of potential dangers to passengers. [...] The London tube network is one of the busiest in the world, with more than 3.5m passenger journeys a day between 270 stations across the city. As well as the risk to passengers, closures and delays result in multimillion-pound losses for the tube and the wider economy.

#climat #inondations

#uk esclavage durant le jubilé, ces bonnes vieilles valeurs monarchistes
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/04/jubilee-pageant-unemployed

A group of long-term unemployed jobseekers were bussed into London to work as unpaid stewards during the diamond jubilee celebrations and told to sleep under London Bridge before working on the river pageant.

Up to 30 jobseekers and another 50 people on apprentice wages were taken to London by coach from Bristol, Bath and Plymouth as part of the government’s Work Programme.

Two jobseekers, who did not want to be identified in case they lost their benefits, said they had to camp under London Bridge the night before the pageant. They told the Guardian they had to change into security gear in public, had no access to toilets for 24 hours, and were taken to a swampy campsite outside London after working a 14-hour shift in the pouring rain on the banks of the Thames on Sunday.

One young worker said she was on duty between London Bridge and Tower Bridge during the £12m river spectacle of a 1,000-boat flotilla and members of the Royal family sail by . She said that the security firm Close Protection UK, which won a stewarding contract for the jubilee events, gave her a plastic see-through poncho and a high-visibility jacket for protection against the rain.

#gerbe