Interview with a professional social worker Ali Haider Ali - Essay Example

AHA: Also, growing up in inner city Delhi, I saw the disparity between the have's and the have-not's and somehow I felt that it was important to be involved in making a difference and making a change, so that there would be a greater degree of social justice for everyone involved. So that's actually when I first began some interested in it, although I'll tell you honestly, that I think that it's something that Allah has called me to because it seems to be a really natural fit for me. AHA: Yes, more specifically I want to do my paper on social work and Muslim youth, or the social concerns of the Muslim youth.

I want to do an ethnographic qualitative study that gives us a chance to hear from Muslim youth and what they see their experience of being Muslim in a secular country though demographically dominated by non-Muslims-specifically Hindu. I think some of the implications of this on social work, both Islamic social services or in the Muslim community and mainstream social services, would be how to better understand how to relate to Muslim youth, to identify areas of strength as well as areas of challenge that they face.

AHA: Also, sometimes Muslim youth experience different social problems family problems, identity problems, a variety of issues that the Muslim community is not well prepared for, nor do they develop sufficient prevention programs for it, nor is the mainstream social services community prepared.Interviewer: But is it not true for the Muslims living in so called first worldAHA: It is. Say, US or UK authorities should look into this, especially their social workers.Interviewer: However, coming back to India, should we get around to involving the rest of the community in social work, such as Imams, how should we train them What