Will this cheer me up or depress me?
The former, I'd think. Goodness knows it's been a difficult time for young Muslims, not least in the weeks since Cartoongate. But what we have here is a concise report on a project run by the charity Peace Direct that gave young British Muslims an opportunity to come together and talk about how they are forging their identities and what they want from their own communities and from wider society. There are plenty of constructive ideas for making things better.
So what do young Muslims think?
Loads of different things, that's the point. They don't like being perceived as a homogenous mass, and they are uneasy if the "young Muslim" tag is used to deny the complexity of their individual personalities.
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