Post by muslimunity on Oct 29, 2004 0:17:15 GMT -5
asalaamu alaykum,
I recently had the opportunity to read through a report, published by the Center for international and Strategic Studies, about how the West can benefit from integrating Muslims and how to speed up the process. Below I've pasted their list of recommendations. Thought u might find it interesting.
Recommendation: How to advance the Goal of integration
In order to encourage the process of Muslim integration and to prevent any backsliding, the following measures were recommended. Most of these recommendations are addressed to Muslim communities.
1. More efforts should be made in the field of Muslim education, employment and the promotion of a culture of dialogue between Muslim communities and the majority societies;
Integrating Muslim Communities in Europe and the United States
2. Muslims should (not) accept money from Muslim governments or other extraneous sources;
3. Muslims should focus more on the issues facing them in the majority societies rather than on events occurring in their countries of origin;
4. Muslims should engage in open discussions of issues related to identity both within their own communities and with the majority societies;
5. Muslims should put emphasis on citizenship and avoid supporting extremist groups, which threaten, in one form or another, the security of the country of their citizenship or residence;
6. Muslims should educate the wider society about their faith and their communities, engage in philanthropy, and make Muslim communities relevant and important to the welfare of the rest of the society;
7. Muslims should invest more in social mobility and participate in the political process and find allies among the members of the majority societies;
8. Muslims should act with more self-confidence and in support of Muslim rights by setting up media watch groups and human rights watch groups;
9. Muslims should engage in inter-religious dialogue and other forms of constructive communications with the followers of other faiths. Other important results of the workshop were:
1) A greater appreciation of the fact that many aspects of Muslim presence in Europe and the United States need further study;
2) The importance of dialogue on various dimensions of Muslim integration between the Muslims on the one hand and European and U.S. societies on the other;
3) Regular interaction among scholars, members of Muslim communities, and representatives of governments across the Atlantic to discuss issues of common concern and develop new ways of addressing them, thus, helping advance the goal of more harmonious interreligious relations with the integration of Muslim communities and, hence, the overall social and political stability of Europe and the United States.
I recently had the opportunity to read through a report, published by the Center for international and Strategic Studies, about how the West can benefit from integrating Muslims and how to speed up the process. Below I've pasted their list of recommendations. Thought u might find it interesting.
Recommendation: How to advance the Goal of integration
In order to encourage the process of Muslim integration and to prevent any backsliding, the following measures were recommended. Most of these recommendations are addressed to Muslim communities.
1. More efforts should be made in the field of Muslim education, employment and the promotion of a culture of dialogue between Muslim communities and the majority societies;
Integrating Muslim Communities in Europe and the United States
2. Muslims should (not) accept money from Muslim governments or other extraneous sources;
3. Muslims should focus more on the issues facing them in the majority societies rather than on events occurring in their countries of origin;
4. Muslims should engage in open discussions of issues related to identity both within their own communities and with the majority societies;
5. Muslims should put emphasis on citizenship and avoid supporting extremist groups, which threaten, in one form or another, the security of the country of their citizenship or residence;
6. Muslims should educate the wider society about their faith and their communities, engage in philanthropy, and make Muslim communities relevant and important to the welfare of the rest of the society;
7. Muslims should invest more in social mobility and participate in the political process and find allies among the members of the majority societies;
8. Muslims should act with more self-confidence and in support of Muslim rights by setting up media watch groups and human rights watch groups;
9. Muslims should engage in inter-religious dialogue and other forms of constructive communications with the followers of other faiths. Other important results of the workshop were:
1) A greater appreciation of the fact that many aspects of Muslim presence in Europe and the United States need further study;
2) The importance of dialogue on various dimensions of Muslim integration between the Muslims on the one hand and European and U.S. societies on the other;
3) Regular interaction among scholars, members of Muslim communities, and representatives of governments across the Atlantic to discuss issues of common concern and develop new ways of addressing them, thus, helping advance the goal of more harmonious interreligious relations with the integration of Muslim communities and, hence, the overall social and political stability of Europe and the United States.