Should jummuah khutbas be in English?

Shaykh Amer Jamil will recommend this week that the talk preceding the Friday sermon needs to be relevant to the issues facing youth and delivered in English (since the youth are the majority of the community and their needs should take priority).

But some think this can go further so that the khutba itself is delivered in English. What do you think? Vote here

Indian and Chinese kids doing very well. What’s wrong with the Pakistanis?

The Scottish Government recently published a report on SQA attainment and school leaver qualifications in Scotland. The headline was that ethnic minorities, specifically Asians, were doing better than the national average.

Delving into the figures however, the familiar pattern of the last few years emerged. The figures show that the average tariff scores for Pakistanis and Bengalis read 174 & 182 respectively, whereas the Indians and Chinese reached 198 and 219.

Young Indians and Chinese were indeed doing very well, leaving Pakistanis and Bangladeshis trailing in their wake. For Pakistanis and Bangladeshis, read Muslims. Continue reading »

We’ll be exploring the above and other issues in this week’s ‘Our Youth, Our Future’ tour with Shaykh Amer Jamil, one of Scotland’s top Islamic scholars.

He’ll be launching his latest Reminder publication at the events on the topic of Muslim youth. It will reach some thought provoking conclusions on the measures that need to be taken by young people themselves, and the community as a whole.

GLASGOW
Friday 5th June 7pm
Ethnic Minority Enterprise Centre, 423 Paisley Road West

We hope you’ll be able to join us for the discussion.