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MPACUK DIR: Political Department Print E-mail
Thursday, 26 July 2007

346207_houses_of_parliament.jpg All mosques should have a relationship with politics and should actively aim in developing a knowledge and understanding of government and society. The interaction of people, ideas and institutions provides the focus for understanding how values are allocated and resources distributed. And therefore an analyses of who gets what, when, how, why and where are central, as are concepts of power, justice, order, conflict, legitimacy, accountability, obligation, sovereignty and decision-making. A mosque should directly be involved in the politics that concern them in the country they reside in as this is a good way for mosques to be involved in life. Simple ways of doing this is by a weekly Current Events Bulletin. This would aim to inform the Mosque congregation is Layman's terms about the technical details of local and national current affairs and how it affects them on a regular basis, for example making a simple announcement on a Friday, before Jummah about current affairs that affect Muslims around the world and in the UK.

Every Mosque should have a ‘politically savvy’ team of individuals that will educate all levels of the congregation about the political landscape and moreover raise awareness of the fact that the need to participate in the political process affects Muslims. This inadvertently will help Muslims vote their elected representative that they feel represent their political orientation best.

A human rights programme should include providing support for individuals in the congregation who have been deprived of basic human rights. Men, women and children should all feel they are able to approach appointed person/persons in the mosque whom they can approach and will receive help and support with confidentiality.

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