Topics: Immigration and Low Skilled Jobs in the UK
Producer: Ataul-Qudoos Mateen
Presenters: Usman Khan, Ataul-Qudoos Mateen and Irfan Sami
Guest Callers: TBC
Show recording: Live
Programme Synopsis
● On Saturday 29 February 2020, we will be looking at the (a) Current News and then the topic of b) immigration and low skilled jobs in the UK
A) 6/7 News Headlines discussed in short
A brief outline of what will be discussed is as follows:
Background:
● Britain is to close its borders to unskilled workers and those who can’t speak English as part of a fundamental overhaul of immigration laws that will end the era of cheap EU labour in factories, warehouses, hotels and restaurants.
● Unveiling its Australian-style points system on Wednesday, the government will say it is grasping a unique opportunity to take “full control” of British borders “for the first time in decades” and eliminate the “distortion” caused by EU freedom of movement.
● What does this mean to the UK and its workforce
● How does that impact UK Businesses
● Is Immigration a problem in the UK or a blessing in disguise
● For example the Government has announced: There will be no route for self-employed people coming into the UK, spelling the end to, for example, Polish plumbers or Romanian builders arriving without a job.
Islamic view:
● On Saturday, 8 September 2018, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered a landmark address about the world’s immigration crisis and the subsequent rise of the far-right in the Western world
● Referring to the costs of resettlement of asylum seekers, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said:“People who have lived their lives and paid their taxes in a country, are justified to ask whether it is fair that their contributions to the State are spent on resettling foreign immigrants, as opposed to funding projects that are beneficial to existing citizens.”
● Speaking of the allegation that Islam permits force and compulsion, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said: “In chapter 10, verse 100 of the Holy Quran, whilst addressing the Holy Prophet of Islam (peace and blessings be upon him), Allah the Almighty states that if He desired He could have enforced His will and compelled everyone to accept Islam. However, instead, Allah the Almighty preferred free will to prevail.”
● is Holiness referenced chapter 18 verse 30as another verse which emphasises the freedom of religion, and states:
● “Let him who will, believe and let him who will, disbelieve.”
● Concluding his address, the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community said that all avenues in search of peace had been travelled except one. True peace required a belief that all humanity was united as part of the Creation of God Almighty.
