26 November 2013

British universities shouldn't condone this kind of gender segregation

.... Muslim speakers demand segregation to make a very public point about their belief in women's "separate" role in the universe, one step behind a man, even in a place of learning.

After all, as Maryam Namazie, head of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, says, the speakers and the audience have all travelled there on trains and buses that are not segregated. Mosques and synagogues may hide women out of sight, but by agreeing not to "offend", the universities condone what they should confront.

[A COMMENT] You hit the nail on the head: “Muslim speakers demand segregation to make a very public point about their belief in women's "separate" role in the universe…” My family left the country of my birth to escape oppressive illiberalism only to find that it’s followed us here. [Guardian Cif] Read more