There is a dire need to take a firm stand against this mindset that aims to brand women as objects rather than human beings. The idea of veiling infants is nothing more than a bid by some parents to satiate their false sense of cultural superiority.
With the news of oppressed Saudi women gaining permission to drive, we seem to have drifted along on a wave of happiness, to the extent that we have lost sight of the fact that human rights abuses very similar to the ones for which we excoriate Saudi Arabia are presently taking place in modern Britain.
Despite the excitement, the news hardly baffled me. It did not come out of the blue but was an outcome of cumulative, persistent resistance by Saudi women who are still fighting against many appalling restrictions, including mandatory veiling and male guardianship imposed by the totalitarian Saudi regime.
However, British authorities and many on the British left seem to turn a blind eye to the plight of Muslim women and minors at home, which is causing irremediable damage to British Muslim youth.
The policy that started with Islamic schools of making the hijab a compulsory part of the school uniform has now taken root in British primary schools across the country. [Conatus News] Read more
