{"id":7706,"date":"2018-03-16T09:17:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T09:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=7706"},"modified":"2018-03-16T09:17:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T09:17:29","slug":"we-need-an-equal-integration-strategy-for-all-britons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/we-need-an-equal-integration-strategy-for-all-britons\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Need an Equal Integration Strategy for All Britons\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7708\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MCB.jpg\" alt=\"MCB\" width=\"289\" height=\"175\" \/>The Muslim Council of Britain has published a special report showcasing diverse voices on integration in the UK. The report sets out a number of expectations of the government approach to integration:<br \/>\nEQUAL INTEGRATION: calls for a vision for a nation for all its citizens as equal partners. This means a recognition that integration must truly be a \u201ctwo way street\u201d with no specific or special onus on Muslim communities.<br \/>\nREMOVE BARRIERS: Ensuring steps are taken to tackle the real challenges to integration as faced by Muslim communities as identified by Muslim communities.<br \/>\nCELEBRATE BRITISH INTEGRATION: Understand the diversity of Muslim communities and celebrate the successes of our integration model.<br \/>\nFAITH AIDS INTEGRATION: religiosity is not a barrier to integration. It helps communities come together.<br \/>\nDO NOT CONFLATE: Take care not to conflate extremism with integration.<br \/>\nEntitled \u2018Our Shared Future: Muslims and Integration in the UK\u2019 and being launched at Parliament on Wednesday 14 March, the report showcases a collection of over 30 diverse voices on integration in Britain. They come from scholars, activists, specialists and leaders who all bring unique perspectives, expertise and life experiences to this issue.<br \/>\nHarun Khan, Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain, will say: \u201cOur report brings together some important perspectives we hope will help inform government thinking on integration. We believe a positive collaborative approach is what is needed to create a vision for a united nation that will shape the future for us and the generations to come.\u201d<br \/>\nHe added: \u201cI am also grateful to Muslim Aid for their sponsorship of this report and its launch in Parliament. Their UK programmes including The Big Food Drive in partnership with Crisis to feed the homeless and Interfaith Projects are models for our society.\u201d<br \/>\nFormer government minister, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi said: \u201cOur Shared British Future presents some of these challenges but more importantly projects a positive vision of some of the everyday success stories from across the United Kingdom.\u201d Writing in the report, Baroness Warsi states: \u201cA community is best integrated when it feels it belongs and matters.\u201d<br \/>\nShadow Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Diane Abbott, stated: \u201cWe must stand up to those who wish to stir division and look to break up our communities, by spreading fear and hatred of the \u2018other\u2019. We must not merely tolerate difference and diversity, but respect and celebrate its impact on our nation.\u201d<br \/>\nContributors to the report include Baroness Warsi, Rt Hon. Dominic Grieve QC MP, Frances O\u2019Grady, Sir Peter Fahy, Professor Jonathan Portes, Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra, Aalimah Arzoo Ahmed and Dr Khadijah El-Shayyal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/we-need-an-equal-integration-strategy-for-all-britons\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Muslim Council of Britain has published a special report showcasing diverse voices on integration in the UK. 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