''Traditions''

[Khumar]

Re: ‘‘Traditions’’

@BarbieCue

MashaAllah but may be that is more relevant to the UK/US. I haven’t seen any major changes in Ireland.

That may be because of the population size of Muslims in Ireland, as well as how long they have been in Ireland as a whole. Once enough influx of Muslims is there, and they have been living there long enough, rest assured, they will follow the same pattern.

@BarbieCue

Exactly. It may seem like people are more attached to their religion in the UK/US where there’s so much controversy about the religion but really, looking at the bigger picture, the present generation is nowhere near as close to Islam as the previous generations might have been.

I disagree. The previous generations were not that Islamic either. If they were, it was something they followed blindly, not really understanding it. Take for example recitation of Quran. The older generation will recite it in an Urdu accent, which is completely wrong. The newer generation realizes that that is wrong, and either re-learns or teaches their children to recite in Arabic, not read it in Urdu. Similarly, the newer generation understands what is being taught to them, vs just doing it because they’re parents had told them to do so.

@stoppit

Ahh.. Pakistan. I would like to hypothesise that is because it values tradition and culture over religion. Second and third generation Pakistani’s outside of Pakistan are realising that their main identity is Islam, with being British, American or Pakistani secondary. So we are seeing a re-emergence of Islamic traditions.

I have my own theories about that, but that just might be another thread topic.