format_quote Originally Posted by
AHMED PATEL
why are u.k muslims and orgs obsessed by foreign affairs?
why are local concerns rarely addressed?
Sure I understand what you mean. In fact I go a step further and say that Muslims, in general, are too obsessed with politics, whether it be geopolitics or the domestic politics of their homelands.
We haven’t really made viable and strong communities in the host countries we are settled in. We are living in a mentality of “self-exile”. A strong and viable community can only exist when the elders of that community take charge in the leadership role. This is the Islamic spirit that elders are intimately involved in the affairs of a community. Regrettably, our elders are usually ignored and not given an opportunity to take the leadership position.
Another problem is that the leadership of Muslim communities in the West is usually in the hands of political organizations that are focused on foreign affairs. The pro-Palestine lobby is a huge example. They have somehow become representatives of the Muslim community, and we all know they have a single focus and agenda which is Palestine, and don’t care much for anything else.
There is also the so called “Islamist” groups which have also seized leadership of Muslim communities in the West. They too have a strong focus on geopolitics and the internal affairs of Muslim countries abroad.