Why is Unity required?
Central to the work of our team, who have an intimate knowledge of the Muslim community and its problems, is the belief that the family unit is the most fundamental part of a healthy society. We believe it is the best option not only for the individual, but also for the fabric of society as a whole.
Broken families produce a broken society and family life is threatened as never before in Britain.
Furthermore, a recent and well-received UK policy review on family breakdown, found that nearly one in two couples who live together split up before their child’s fifth birthday. This compares to one in twelve married parents.
Finally, in 2006, an analysis of the latest data from the Millennium Cohort Study found that risk of family breakdown was 6% for married couples and 32% among unmarried couples. It also found that family breakdown resulted in higher levels of crime, anti-social behaviour, educational failure, and mental and emotional disturbance.
- More than 40% of marriages end in divorce, with over 150,000 in England and Wales in 2004. The majority of these couples had at least one child aged under 16.
- More than a quarter of children currently live in one-parent households.
- There were 250,000 more one-parent families in 2006 than in 1997.
Furthermore, a recent and well-received UK policy review on family breakdown, found that nearly one in two couples who live together split up before their child’s fifth birthday. This compares to one in twelve married parents.
Finally, in 2006, an analysis of the latest data from the Millennium Cohort Study found that risk of family breakdown was 6% for married couples and 32% among unmarried couples. It also found that family breakdown resulted in higher levels of crime, anti-social behaviour, educational failure, and mental and emotional disturbance.
The Impact
Experts on family breakdown from the UK and the US are increasingly finding that family breakdown leads to huge personal problems and affects the wider community in a way which is making it hard to keep families together.
The cost of family breakdown in Britain is now well over £20 billion pounds a year. The toll in human terms is even worse.
Those who have experienced a broken family are:
75% more likely to fail at school
70% more likely to have addiction issues
35% more likely to be unemployed
70% of young offenders come from lone-parent families.
The cost of family breakdown in Britain is now well over £20 billion pounds a year. The toll in human terms is even worse.
Those who have experienced a broken family are:
75% more likely to fail at school
70% more likely to have addiction issues
35% more likely to be unemployed
70% of young offenders come from lone-parent families.
We provide guidance for marriage and family issues respecting religious principles and practice.
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