Is it difficult for a Muslim male to practice his religion in Britain?

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Is it difficult for a Muslim male to practice his religion in Britain?

        Being a male Muslim living in Britain can be like an obstacle course making the course to Allah full of problems. If one lives in a Muslim community, then these obstacles will be made less of an obstacle, but they become a big problem if he does not live within a Muslim community. My answer to the question is yes and no. it is difficult on the surface, but there is a lot of things he can do to make his life a lot easier.

        It is required of a Muslim to find halal meat since eating haram meat (meat from animals which have not had their jugular vein cut) is forbidden. This is not always easy to obtain since it can be difficult to access or find time to travel to a halal butcher. This can be a problem and used to be a huge problem about ten to twenty years ago, but nowadays in Britain, it is easier than it was to find a halal butcher. They usually locate in the cities where there is a significant Muslim population. This may require the man to live in a Muslim community or to travel to the shop and buy meat on a regular basis. However, if he lives quite a distance from a Muslim community, it may be very difficult to be able to travel down there regularly and buy meat. Usually, the solution is to move somewhere nearer to a Muslim community.

“Allah has forbidden for you what dies of itself, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that over which any other name than that of Allah has been invoked. But whoever is driven by necessity, without willful disobedience nor transgressing due limits, then he is guiltless. Surely Allah is forgiving, merciful.” (2:173)

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        Praying five times a day is probably the most difficult task a Muslim male may face of all. Some employers do not allow Muslim workers to have a little break and say their prayers and there also may be no place to wash or clean place to pray. However, prayer times are quite flexible and they occur during the normal breaks off the day. A main problem is finding somewhere quiet to pray. Also, he should go to the mosque during Friday lunchtimes for prayer. The employer may not give the worker enough time for him to do this ...

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