Young Muslims want more than tick-box exercise from govt
Young Muslims want more than tick-box exercise from govt Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Phil Pennington for RNZ
Young people setting up the country s first national network for Muslim youth are looking to nationwide community meetings on the mosque attacks as a litmus test for the government.
They insist a concrete action plan to a set timeline must emerge or the hui will be a waste of time.
Adibah Khan, who is helping establish the first ever National Islamic Youth Association, went along to the first three of the 28 hui being held across the country to discuss the Royal Commission s report into the attacks.
Adibah Khan.
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They insist a concrete action plan to a set timeline must emerge or the hui will be a waste of time.
Adibah Khan, who is helping establish the first ever National Islamic Youth Association, went along to the first three of the 28 hui being held across the country to discuss the Royal Commission s report into the attacks.
She had some advice for two government ministers there, who began Sunday s meeting standing up the front. I told them at the women s one [hui], maybe it would be a bit nicer if, you know, we kind of had a talanoa approach, which is a way that Pacific people have discussions.