Life often feels like its going faster and faster, with more responsibilities in our work, university, family and social lives, and seemingly less time to fulfil them all. As 2010 drew to a close a one-day conference on the theme “Evaluating the equilibrium” was held in Milton Keynes by the Council of European Jamaat (COEJ). Young Muslims men and women from several cities travelled early on the bank holiday morning of 27th December to explore a series of topics related to implementing our Islamic values in our everyday life.

The group of delegates was a healthy mixture of young professionals, and students and the opening address by Mudassar Ahmad on our identity set the tone for the rest of the day with a key observation: that in the 21st century it seems much of our identity as Muslims, Asians, young people or any other social grouping is often being defined externally by the global media, rather than  by our communities as it should be.

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