To call for this charity to be sued under UK equality act ?!

[Sickleg]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kwk1204jno.amp

They’ve got millions . Make them pay some of those millions to a women’s charity.

BBC STORY:

A charity run organised by the East London Mosque Trust has excluded women and girls aged 13 and over from taking part.
The Muslim Charity Run, which was held in Victoria Park in Tower Hamlets on Sunday, said on its website: "Our inclusive atmosphere ensures that every individual, from the youngest to the oldest, can take part and make a difference."
It added: "This is open to men, boys of all ages and girls under 12, but everyone is welcome at the park to cheer on the runners."

I don't care for the angle that this group should be sued. My rights as a woman are unaffected by the fun run. And if Muslim women disagree with it then they should change it.

As far as I can see the event was not restricted to muslims only.

Open to everyone: runners, walkers, and children (girls under 12 and boys of any age), plus family and friends as spectators or volunteers. Whether you’re taking part in the 5 km run or cheering from the sidelines, you’re welcome!

12 years is commonly used as the cut off for children. Flights, hotels, restaurants, cinemas, event tickets etc., children are classed as those 12 and under.

Yes to this and @Boohoo76post on people ok with it.

Muslim women have been objecting to this as well - they’ve just been ignored so far.

You may note that if Muslim women really didn’t want to participate in this publicly funded ‘family’ event, it wouldn’t have been necessary to for the organisers to explicitly exclude them?

Out of interest do you generally support unnecessary discrimination against people as long as you can’t hear them objecting ?

Presumably a Muslim woman who thought that excluding Muslim women from certain things is unacceptable would likely not be practicing her faith.

That's the opposite scenario - allowing prepubescent male children into what is otherwise a female only space. The reasons for allowing this are quite obvious, namely the fact that if it wasn't allowed, children would not be able to do things like go swimming unless they were with a parent of the same sex.

It's not at all like excluding all teenage girls and adult women from a race for no good reason.

So why haven’t one of the angry posters on this thread done it?

why are they waiting for someone else to do it?

The same Muslim women that run the risk of being excommunicated or even murdered if they don’t play by the rules?

They may be the lucky ones that are allowed to speak up without repercussions but it’s not a given.

So following your twisty logic of 12 being the cut off, why were boys over 12 not excluded too?

But those women are practicing their faith, which they have a right to do so. Or are you assuming that all those women have been dragged there kicking and screaming to stand on the sidelines rather than being fine with the rules? because that would be quite the racist take.
There are many things in various religions that I don’t agree with, but I also accept that people practicing those faiths have every right to do so.

A big problem with this event seems to be that it doesn’t claim to be ‘a run for men that children under a certain age can take part in’ It advertises itself as an inclusive event, and then excludes a huge part of the population.

They can practise their faith however they want “under UK Equality law”.

"Our inclusive atmosphere ensures that every individual, from the youngest to the oldest, can take part and make a difference."

There might be valid reasons within the framework of the Muslim faith to exclude women, but calling it an 'inclusive event' where 'every individual can take part' is simply not accurate.

It didn’t take long for the ‘racist’ card to be played. Muslim is not a ‘race’ fyi.

People living in the UK are subject to UK law.

We should not allow any group to be exempt from UK law as that leads to serious harm and issues in our society.

Please quote the exact part of the Equality Act 2010 that says they have broken the law then I will stand corrected.

What's distressing about this race is that the organisers claim that it's an inclusive event, when it's openly excluding a specific group of people. If it were men only, or women only, that would be ok provided they didn't call it inclusive. By saying that females over the age of 12 can't run, they're making it clear that they feel there is something wrong with adolescent girls and women running. I'd love to hear them say openly what those reasons are.

I want the government and charity commission to bring the lawsuit. I wouldn’t know where to start tbh and I don’t have the money to do it or the time. So I’m starting by creating awareness on public forum.

It's not twisty logic FFS. It's standard practice in the UK to define children as under 12s, I didn't make that up

Me too. It’s about “modesty”

I don't think the EA works like that.
The general rule is all services are available to everyone by default, but certain exceptions can be applied where needed.

But regardless of the intricacies of the law, single sex sports usually exist to allow women fair and equal opportunities, this is the opposite, so legal or not, it's unethical.

Yes this is it, the whole thread is a waste of time if the OP can't do this

YANBU we have come too far in this country on equal rights to put up with this shit!

There is a sentence on p20 of the EA doc that says
“In certain circumstances, a religion or belief organisation can discriminate because of religion or belief or sexual orientation in the way they operate”
I’m sure they would argue that this is what they have done.

www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/equalityguidance-criminal-civiljustice-2015-final.pdf

The question is the reason.