11 March 2013

UCL gender segregation

A debate, 'Islam or Atheism: Which Makes More Sense?' took place this Saturday night at UCL, hosted by the Islamic Education and Research Academy (iERA). Lawrence Krauss, for the atheists, was lined up to debate against Islamic lecturer Hamza Andreas Tzortzis. Richard Dawkins takes up the story:

A few days ago, I had received a tip-off from somebody who had made an inquiry about tickets: ‘We contacted the organizers today and learnt that "as for seating, it is according to when the ticket was booked and gender”.’

“Gender”? Seating at a public event in UCL organized by gender? [Mick Hartley] Read more