The British Humanist Association’s debate on Islam in a Secular Europe reminded me of yet another BBC* sponsored programme.
Every ‘Muslim’ on the panel claimed to represent ‘Muslims’ worldwide as if there are no differences of opinion amongst Muslims or those labelled as such. They had no trouble excusing and trivialising Sharia law, the burka, child veiling, sex apartheid [Maleiha Malik even spoke of fatwa shopping as if women’s desperation to secure justice is a joke].
They deemed universal rights and secularism western concepts and asked for people to mind their own business quoting Shirin Ebadi no less. [Maryam Namazie] Read more
