[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

This is a little off topic but following on from Kirks post.

From my own experience (I spent some years working within Muslim communities), I would say that the older generation of Muslims do the talking and rarely give the younger generation a platform to air their own views. Young Muslims in Britain often feel challenged between the strict rules within their parental community and a more evolved life outside of that community. Outside they are treated as equals and have more opportunities but this is so often not the case within their family/community environment.

Yes, we can take random instances because there will always be exceptions but to understand the general discontentment, we need to look at the law of averages.

I believe there is a significant minority of discontent and frustration from young Muslims living here in the west because of the multi-identity issues. If they become more westernised they are stigmatized by their elders and if they abide by the rules of their elders, they don't progress or have the same opportunities.

If we go into some of the British ex-pat communities in Spain, we can find young adults within that community that don't identify as being Spanish, even though they were born and raised their. Its exactly the same here for many young British Muslims that were born British but raised with expectations that they are not British.

I can see that to a point but it only addresses the issue from the perspective that the crux of the problem lies within communities, yet the action is to address the 45% increase in violence against Muslims from outside their own communities.