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    Segregation on Campus: Is it discrimination or inclusiveness?

    by  • May 23, 2013 • Discrimination and Xenophobia, Education and Schooling, Gender Issues and the Hijab/Burqa, Immigration and Integration, Issues in Politics, Muslim Advocacy and Organizations, Public Opinion and Islam in the Media, United Kingdom, Youth and Pop Culture

    The segregation by gender of Muslim students has been in the news this week, after a pressure group claimed the practice was widespread. Reyhana Patel, herself a Muslim, believes that gender segregation can actually be empowering for her and her sisters. A report published this week by the group Student Rights argued that student...

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    Imams to preach against grooming of girls for sex

    by  • May 23, 2013 • Discrimination and Xenophobia, Education and Schooling, Gender Issues and the Hijab/Burqa, Immigration and Integration, Interfaith and Multicultural Engagement, Islamic Practice and Jurisprudence, Issues in Politics, Mosques and Community Centers, Muslim Advocacy and Organizations, Public Opinion and Islam in the Media, United Kingdom, Youth and Pop Culture

    Imams across Britain will give simultaneous sermons condemning sexual grooming next month, as part of a grass-roots Muslim campaign to tackle the problem of abuse. The co-ordinated event on 28 June will follow a conference organised by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) to discuss ways of preventing further cases of abuse after seven...

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    Imams promote grooming rings, Muslim leader claims

    by  • May 23, 2013 • Discrimination and Xenophobia, Education and Schooling, Gender Issues and the Hijab/Burqa, Immigration and Integration, Interfaith and Multicultural Engagement, Issues in Politics, Mosques and Community Centers, Muslim Advocacy and Organizations, Public Opinion and Islam in the Media, United Kingdom, Youth and Pop Culture

    Dr Taj Hargey, imam of the Oxford Islamic Congregation, said race and religion were inextricably linked to the recent spate of grooming rings in which Muslim men have targeted under-age white girls. Earlier this week seven members of a child sex ring from Oxford were found guilty of forcing underage girls to commit acts...

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    Oxford sex abuse: ‘Victorian’ misogyny is evident in all cultures which emphasise female purity

    by  • May 23, 2013 • Discrimination and Xenophobia, Education and Schooling, Gender Issues and the Hijab/Burqa, Immigration and Integration, Interfaith and Multicultural Engagement, Issues in Politics, Mosques and Community Centers, Muslim Advocacy and Organizations, Public Opinion and Islam in the Media, United Kingdom, Youth and Pop Culture

    The distressing details of the Oxford child abuse case raise echoes of a similar case last year, involving the grooming of children for sex in Rochdale. In both, under-age white girls were the victims. All or most of the perpetrators were Asian men. The girls were from vulnerable backgrounds, including local authority care homes....

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