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 ReligiousRacialGenderCultural issues concern the engagement with and treatment of people of all different ethnic backgrounds in society. The UK is a  multiparousmultifacetedmulticulturalmultifaith society which contains many different people whose ethnicities stem from all parts of the world. It is something to be celebrated, as differences have enriched and enhanced the definition of what it means to be British. Unfortunately, issues of racial relations are present both in history and in modern-day interaction. One example of large-scale racial prejudice is the  playerblack marketcardsslave trade, in which people from the continent of Africa were taken to be sold to work as slaves in Western countries such as the UK and the US. This resulted in a huge amount of suffering for those sold into slavery, who were not permitted to live freely. While slavery has now been abolished, many African American people still experience modern forms of  struggleslaverypersecutionsadness such as police violence. For example, there are  blackJewishwhiteMuslim supremacist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan that still exist, who view people who are not Caucasian as being of less value.

In Islam, there is a strong belief that all human beings are created by Allah and that Muslims have to respect individual rights. There are specific examples of historical figures in the Islamic community who have stood against racial injustices, including  MichaelMalcolmStephenJonathan X, a leader of the Nation of Islam and champion of black rights during the civil rights movement. This was a religious black rights movement which did not rule out the use of  letter-writingviolencespeakingshouting as a method of protest; however, they also emphasised the importance of improving the lives of African Americans who were being subjugated under unjust laws. They did this by funding self-improvement programmes, offering the opportunity to learn new skills.