Tackling child poverty is a core lever for improving Muslim integration.
Evidence
The government should reintroduce a target to reduce child poverty, and develop a wider anti-poverty strategy. Given that over half of Bangladeshi and Pakistani children live in poverty (DWP 2017), and given that the rates of poverty among Muslims generally are much higher than the average, tackling poverty would greatly improve British Muslims’ opportunities and outcomes. Preventing poverty is especially important for children not just morally but because it is a good preventive strategy for reducing inequalities in later life and for improving integration. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 119
Categorization
- SEED: The claim that integration is downstream of poverty — not culture or religiosity — is a strong counter-angle for a piece arguing that integration policy has fixated on identity while ignoring class.
- XREF: connects to: Preventing child poverty improves long-term integration for British Muslims. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 60