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 Originally Posted by oskar
The link you posted says this...
The disadvantage is greater still for Muslim women: 65% ofeconomically inactive Muslims are women. We have found the reasons behind this to
be varied and complex. They include: discrimination and Islamophobia, stereotyping,
pressure from traditional families, a lack of tailored advice around higher education
choices, and insufficient role models across education and employment.
It does not mention anything about Muslim men not allowing their women to work. Or, if it does, it's well hidden deep in the text and not mentioned in the summary. I have no intention of reading it all.
If the Government are claiming that this is not a factor, they are outright lying.
For one, if a woman is forced to wear a burka, then this will limit their employability. I would have no problem employing a Muslim woman who wore a hijab, assuming she were fit for the job, but a burka is too much, especially if that job involves contact with non-Muslims.
They do touch on parental pressure. Not everyone can be a doctor or a lawyer, which are the two most common career choices parents impose on their children. Men who fail to achieve the required education to take on these jobs will often be taxi drivers, or they manage shops, run curry houses, general public facing roles. These are not roles that you see Islamic women taking on.
And when they say "parents", they actually mean "fathers".
Because of two reasons...
The obvious oppressive nature of Islam, and the fact I rarely see Islamic women working, while observing many Islamic men working.
And I don't doubt media contradicts this. They have an agenda, which is to promote Islam. Of course they won't tell us that Islamic men stop their women from working, that contradicts British values and would result in less tolerance from non-Islamic folk.
You can see that agenda because the British Government themselves are failing to acknowledge this as a problem.
Many Islamic women might well be employed... as teachers in Islamic schools, as childminders in Islamic creches... but they are not mixing with the general population. They are not being allowed to.
I don't know if you're trying to tell me Islam is not an oppressive religion, but you're certainly doing your best to make it seem that is the case. Even if I'm wrong about some aspects of my argument, you will not convince me that Islam is a tolerant religion that treats people as equals.
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