Dear Muslim Students, is ‘voting’, allowed?

 

This video looks at democratic principles of representation – that is liberal democracy – the participants in the video debate these points. Perhaps, voting is only one aspect of being political – in other words you can vote and still be critical of British democracy (like to vote for the least worst option?).

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Vice News (2016) The Fight for the Muslim Vote: The British Election. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRsg5fnifdY&t=2s (16/04/202).