Muslim charity run

[Thomasina79]

Has banned women and girls over the age of 12 from participating. Thoughts?

There isn't.

That’s a very small sample taken from a very specific location. It is only representative of pupils at your North London school. That is not the entirety of the South Asian population of the UK.

Check out the projected demographics for the years to come and see what await the women of this country.
And be AFRAID!

Me too!

What exactly is her community? What do you know about it?

It's certainly not the case where I teach.

What’s that got to do with it? This event isn’t related to whether the men are ‘observant’ or not does it? Of course a group which has an overriding interest of some type may participate less in sport. The only relevant comparison here is men v women.

I don’t understand why you can have a Muslim charity run full stop. Does that mean you could have a non Muslim charity run as well. How is this meant to encourage integration. The sexism is just on another level.

Agreed. It’s fucking disgraceful & should not be allowed to happen.

Yes it is. Do you know anything about most major religions? Woman are segregated on a daily basis and stopped from doing what the men do.
I absolutely detest that teenage girls and women have been banned from this event but let’s not pretend it’s just Muslim men doing this or that this charity run is comparable to how women are treated in Afghanistan. It’s an insult to those women.

You’re really desperate to pretend not to see the issue - I’m embarrassed for you.

Had it been called a Father and primary school children's race. Would it still have the same issue?
Still only men and girls under 12 allowed, but just renamed.

Is there anything to stop a group of women, Muslim or other, from going for a run on the same day in the same area/park? Perhaps this is what is needed.

From what I can see 45% of sikh women have a degree compared to 25% of muslim women around the same time. It’s hard to find more up to date data.

https://britishsikhreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/British-Sikh-Report-2017-Online.pdf

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/apr/02/muslim-women-men-degrees-jobs-market-british-universities

A lot must have changed in 4 years to see a reversal in those numbers 🙄

Would it be wrong for women , Muslim or not, to crash this event and run alongside ?! Who’s going to stop us?! Police? I don’t think so! We can staple a number to the front of our t shirt and a sign of protest on the back. “Equality for women!”
Absolute disgrace this is being allowed in UK.

I've still got a few pears at the top of my tree that I can't reach even with my picker fully extended and while standing on a stepladder.

Do you think you could come round and get them for me? With that desperate reach there, I think you could do it.

They aren’t courts and WE do not use what you’re referring to as courts. So no WE are not being subjected to sharia law.

You’re missing the point completely

Demographic trends and sectarian politics means there's going to be a lot more of this coming down the line.

And the government's working on a definition of 'Islamophobia' so discussing it won't be possible.

But, hey, enrichment and all that.

Which limited exemptions cover the banning of a certain cohort of females, while at the same time allowing others to take part ? And given that it’s the overall aim that counts, what would be the aim of banning adult females but allowing female children ? We all know what this is about, so why are we trying to excuse it ?

No I'm not. People can make their points sound much more credible without posting crap like this.

There are plenty of Christian charity events of various types. Some of these may be questionable.

I don’t think any org which isn’t compliant with basic equality laws should be eligible for overall charitable status and financial benefits from the tax payer. If the organisation provides some truly charitable services then those activities could get support. Some Buddhist groups ethically manage their finances on this basis.

If their definition of Islamophobia goes further than for any other religion, then we really need to mobilise and I will be joining all protests.

The religious Muslim girls at the dcs’ school did not do Games/PE. In fact one girl in DD’s year was excused in yr 6 at primary school and she began to be fully covered.

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