ABSTRACT
Islam is part of the triumvirate of Abrahamic religions and the youngest of this group, which includes Judaism and Christianity. Admittedly the Islamic concept of Ummah, the community of the Muslim faithful, acts to form a sense of common principles of belief and common identity. Discrimination arises in part through the assumption of the existence of an essentialised Muslim identity, immutable and alien, which is encapsulated in the concept of 'Islamophobia'. Regarding professional services and Muslim communities, the secularisation of social work as enacted in Britain and other countries has been challenged as insufficiently responsive. Parenting in Britain and many other countries of the West is no longer assumed to be a dependable domain of personal expertise. In response to the so-called threat of global terrorism, 'Prevent' strategy is an important plank in CONTEST, the British government's counter-terrorist strategy. Prevent is aimed at tackling the radicalisation of Muslim youth and works across a wide range of community and statutory provisions.
