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Rochdale - an Asian man's viewpoint
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I'm not asking a question, but rather inviting responses to this very interesting article that someone has just sent me:
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I agree with most of the things that writer said. Being a Pakistani I would like to comment about the first comment made at the bottom of that link. Where I do agree that black sheep’s are everywhere, this person (Spinoza) has done what the other writer Anwar Akhtar talked about. Media imbalance when it comes to few people, few countries and one religion. He...
17:41 Wed 11th Jul 2012
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No joke, Katie. This topic has been covered numerous times in AB, but always with reference to the Daily Mail. I was really interested when I was sent this as it provided a different viewpoint, which many people here might not have encountered - hence I thought I would share it.
For what it's worth, I was sent this link by a friend who's an Anglican priest in Sheffield, who is heavily involved in interfaith work with a local imam. Now I'm neither Christian nor Muslim, so any religious aspect isn't really of that much relevance to me, but I do find it interesting to see an alternative viewpoint.
Thanks to everyone who has commented - what a diverse lot ABers are! And long may it be so. Wouldn't it be dull if we all thought the same?
For what it's worth, I was sent this link by a friend who's an Anglican priest in Sheffield, who is heavily involved in interfaith work with a local imam. Now I'm neither Christian nor Muslim, so any religious aspect isn't really of that much relevance to me, but I do find it interesting to see an alternative viewpoint.
Thanks to everyone who has commented - what a diverse lot ABers are! And long may it be so. Wouldn't it be dull if we all thought the same?
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From the linked article - “... there are questions to be asked about the misogyny of a small number of Muslims preachers in the UK, their deeply conservative and at times hostile attitudes to women, If Muslim women are second class citizens to them, what does that make non-Muslim, poor, easily exploitable, vulnerable young women?...”
He's hit the nail squarely on the head there. What is interesting is his use of the word 'conservative' when describing those who appear to consider women to be somehow lesser then men. In a rather circuitous way he is saying that a 'small number' of Muslim preachers are adhering to the literal teachings of their religion – a tacit admission that the Islamic faiths holds women in contempt.
He's hit the nail squarely on the head there. What is interesting is his use of the word 'conservative' when describing those who appear to consider women to be somehow lesser then men. In a rather circuitous way he is saying that a 'small number' of Muslim preachers are adhering to the literal teachings of their religion – a tacit admission that the Islamic faiths holds women in contempt.
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