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By Jason Burke
LONDON, NOV. 21. Pakistan's High Commissioner in London has pleaded with Britain's south Asian Muslim community to make greater efforts to integrate in the country — and with `broader society' to help them.
Media characterisation
While stressing the `huge contribution' made by the British Pakistani community, Maleeha Lodhi said a failure to integrate could play into the hands of extremists. "This is a very dynamic community that has been changing a huge amount over the past few decades," Ms. Lodhi said. "It is not in crisis, but there are challenges of modernity. There are certain media characterisations of Muslims in the West," Ms. Lodhi, a former newspaper editor who has represented her country in Washington, said. "I am saying, `Stand up. Don't let others define you or misdefine you'". Her call follows remarks she made last week to the Yorkshire Post newspaper, when she urged British Pakistanis to learn English and "be good British citizens". She also criticised conservative attitudes to marriage and the role of women among some sections of the British Pakistani community, saying that women should be treated as equal partners and not `hidden away' in the family home.
`Integrate with society'
"You can integrate without assimilating so you are part of British society," Ms. Lodhi said, adding she believed that `modern attitudes' would `beat the extremists' — both racists and Muslim radicals. — © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004
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