Asalaamu alaykum.
Did anyone watch the show? What were your views on it?
My opinion is that Jon Snow did a decent job - as far as middle-class White non-Muslim can convey the opinons of immigrant foreign working class Muslims anyway.
My three main criticisms of the show would be: -
1) Jon Snow states that the consensus of Muslims believing that there are limits on freedom of speech goes DIRECTLY against the British morals of undiluted 'freedom of speech'.
This is false. British morality and law holds limits to freedom of speech - incitement to racial hatred being an example, and the recent objection to showing a picture of Princess Diana before she was about to die is another example.
So this so called 'huge' class is really quite small and easy to solve - agree on what the limits of freedom of speech are between Muslims and non-Muslims.
For the mainpart, these restrictions are areas of taboo and common sense rather than legalities so its just understanding each other that will solve this.
2)Jon Snow seemed to convey the idea that the more a Muslim becomes isolated from non-Muslims, the more he/she will agree with 7/7 and other terrorist attacks.
Although I agree isolation isn't what Muslims need to be doing, I don't see the link this has with wanting to kill innocent people on buses :S.
3)He stated that intergration has stopped.
He stated himself that Muslims are so well intergrated (2nd/3rd and 4th gen) but also quite distanced from aspects of British culture and morality.
It is not a case that we have stopped intergrating, its more a case that Muslims are re-defining the British identity they hold into one that suits their religion.
I will accept parts of British culture I like or are not in contradiction with Islam (tea, understatements, dress etc...) and reject those which are in contradiction with Islam (binge drinking, fornication etc...).
Other smaller criticisms would be regarding the 'opinions' presented - I know plenty of non-Muslims who believe 9/11 was inside job - and plenty think Diana was assasinated (for different reasons than the Muslims stated but there are still plenty of conspiracy theories). I think this reflects British culture assimilated by Muslims.
Anyway, thats my rant over.
Did anyone watch the show? What were your views on it?
My opinion is that Jon Snow did a decent job - as far as middle-class White non-Muslim can convey the opinons of immigrant foreign working class Muslims anyway.
My three main criticisms of the show would be: -
1) Jon Snow states that the consensus of Muslims believing that there are limits on freedom of speech goes DIRECTLY against the British morals of undiluted 'freedom of speech'.
This is false. British morality and law holds limits to freedom of speech - incitement to racial hatred being an example, and the recent objection to showing a picture of Princess Diana before she was about to die is another example.
So this so called 'huge' class is really quite small and easy to solve - agree on what the limits of freedom of speech are between Muslims and non-Muslims.
For the mainpart, these restrictions are areas of taboo and common sense rather than legalities so its just understanding each other that will solve this.
2)Jon Snow seemed to convey the idea that the more a Muslim becomes isolated from non-Muslims, the more he/she will agree with 7/7 and other terrorist attacks.
Although I agree isolation isn't what Muslims need to be doing, I don't see the link this has with wanting to kill innocent people on buses :S.
3)He stated that intergration has stopped.
He stated himself that Muslims are so well intergrated (2nd/3rd and 4th gen) but also quite distanced from aspects of British culture and morality.
It is not a case that we have stopped intergrating, its more a case that Muslims are re-defining the British identity they hold into one that suits their religion.
I will accept parts of British culture I like or are not in contradiction with Islam (tea, understatements, dress etc...) and reject those which are in contradiction with Islam (binge drinking, fornication etc...).
Other smaller criticisms would be regarding the 'opinions' presented - I know plenty of non-Muslims who believe 9/11 was inside job - and plenty think Diana was assasinated (for different reasons than the Muslims stated but there are still plenty of conspiracy theories). I think this reflects British culture assimilated by Muslims.
Anyway, thats my rant over.
