99 Quotes by Munira Mirza

The emergence of a strong Muslim identity in Britain is, in part, a result of multicultural policies implemented since the 1980s, which have emphasized difference at the expense of shared national identity.

A major step towards the universalist approach would be to dismantle the countless diversity policies that encourage people to see everything through the prism of racial difference.

Most Muslims are well integrated, want to live under British law and prefer to send their children to mixed schools. They do not live in bleak ghettoes cut off from society. Their religion is not a barrier to integration and is very often perfectly reconciled with being - and feeling - British.

Islamist groups have gained influence at local and national level by playing the politics of identity and demanding for Muslims the 'right to be different.'

Culture is the glue that really binds, especially in cities with fast-growing populations.

We give money to the E.U. and they give it back according to the priorities they choose, with an unelected group of people choosing those priorities.

There's a lot of concern that London is changing and artists are being forced to move to new areas.

We want artists to stay in London. It's very important culturally and economically, but there are lots of challenges in terms of finding space.

Often, when art from the canon is brought in to fine art classes, it is used as a prop to inspire art-making projects but more rarely as something to study in-depth for itself.