Muslims in Europe

Tariq Ramadan, a professor of Islamic Studies at Oxford University, says Western Muslims "have clear-cut alternatives faced with the new reality [in Western societies]: they can adopt the attitude of the aggrieved victim or they can confront their difficulties. Nothing will change until they accept full responsibility for themselves, become constructively critical, and self-critical; until they respond to the creeping 'evolution of fear' with a firmly grounded 'revolution of trust'." ... Instead of withdrawing into isolation, Muslims in Britain and other European countries must make themselves heard, step out of their religious and social ghettos. ... But all of us, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, have a duty to address the flawed discourse that perpetuates the notion of 'us' and 'them'. Our societies are awaiting the emergence of a new 'we'."

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