If British and Islamic values are incompatible, why do you want to live there?

[Shak]

Re: If British and Islamic values are incompatible, why do you want to live there?

@Captain_Obvious

Although I’m in Canada and not the UK, I suppose my opinions/observations could still apply. I’ve had this discussion a couple of times with people from Canada (online). Among the topics that seem to trigger a discussion on Islamic values vs. Canadian/Western ones as I’ve observed are hijab/niqab as well as halal food. From what I’ve seen, I’ve observed the following:

1. Those who claim that Canadian/Western values are being undermined are not able to define what Canadian/Western values are when asked
2. Even among the non(recent) immigrants, there isn’t a common understanding on what exactly these values are.
3. This discussion on values seems more like something that is brought up by politicians (or for political reasons) than an actual issue that needs addressing.

Otherwise, my stance on this is that it seems more of an issue with norms than with actual values. In Western societies there will be norms that we don’t agree with or partake in due to our Islamic teachings/values and some of our practices may be contrary to those norms as well. However there is nothing wrong with that. We can be tolerant of the norms we won’t adopt without having to conform to them. Even supposedly Islamic societies will have elements that are part of their norms that conflict with Islamic values while there are many things we can find in Western society that are much more in line with Islamic values than what we might see in Muslim majority countries. As with any society/system I say we take the good and leave the bad.

Very good post :k: