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Youth survey - December 2001
What is the best aspect of living in Britain? (Muslim Girls' responses)
-Education. most non-Muslims are tolerant of us.
-Education is very good here.
-You can be educated
-Getting good education
-Good education, good jobs, no poverty
-Muslim communities and schools
-The people are more open-minded, and the media is more fairer than in other places.
-Very multi-cultural society.
-It is a mixed nation living together - no one tells us to get out
-Multi-ethnic community
-Different people to discuss things with
-People can start to accept Islam because it is a multicultural country
-Freedom to worship.
-Freedom to practice Islam (relatively, until now).
-Freedom of speech, education, facilities (internet, tv etc) people from different nations
-Being free and treated like other people
-Freedom to be the person you want to be
-More freedom towards women
-A better government than the country I came from
-You get to make new friends with different beliefs, which makes you understand more
-We can tell people about Islam
-To be able to tell those with wrong knowledge of Islam about the right things and aspects
-Your friends are not against you
-Some people really making the effort to make you fit in
-You can get more security
-Living in a cleaner area
-We have food and water
-There isn't much fighting
-We have better health care
-Halal food is quite accessible from most places in UK.
-It is OK
-Lots of my family live here and it is the only place I have ever lived.
-The potential for positive input into society and being active islamically talking.
-Talking to people about Islam and learning more about it in Islamic circles
-Being around other Muslims
-Seeing how Muslim families live together
-There are other mosques and Muslims here
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