Has Multicultualism Worked In The Uk?

[anotheoldgit]

Since the dawn of time multiculturalism has not worked in any country, how can Britain be any different?

[mushroom25]

//some very powerful words, and a deal of truth in them. //

(waits for Allen to condemn the gatestone institute as second only to the beano in the "islamophobic press" league......)

[emmie]

mushroom
i don't much care for him or his opinions.

[Samjenko]

Sour grapes,,,,,,again?

[New Judge]

"They [women] are subjugated, dehumanized, terrorized, tortured, raped and beaten on a daily basis by the practitioners of radical Islam and the religious laws of sharia, which are at the core of that fundamentalism."

As far as subjugation goes, Togo, it’s not only the “practitioners of radical Islam” that are cause for concern. Plenty of “moderate peace loving” Muslim men are quite fond of relegating their womenfolk to second class citizens. They do this in a number of ways but the support provided by Sharia Law is key. This is a system devised by Muslim men, for Muslim men and administered by Muslim men and which denies Muslim women the right of proper legal redress afforded to all other women in the UK. The notion that Muslim women have a “choice” whether to accept Sharia decisions or to pursue redress via the conventional legal system is laughable. Most Muslim women do not have access to the UK legal system and their lifestyle and culture does not encourage them to seek that access.

I'm really not that fussed about the plight of Muslim women. But women in the UK (and most of Europe) made considerable sacrifices in the pursuit of equality and basic rights. Yet here we see a sizeable portion of the female population in this country being denied those hard-won rights and many of them have been relegated to simply child-bearing chattels. The danger is that such a pernicious influence will spread to non-Muslim institutions. It took 800 years to expel the Moors from southern Europe. It will take a lot longer to expel their descendants from across Europe now.

[dannyk13]

Depends how you interpret it:--
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3600791.stm

[emmie]

it would seem a case of a little too late..

[emmie]

PROFESSOR SIR BERNARD CRICK
Chair of the 'Life in the UK' report which led to the new citizenship tests

Sir Bernard Crick
I see no incompatibility between multiculturalism and Britishness. Britishness must be part of multiculturalism.

oh really ?

[fender62]

New Judge, well said

[jourdain2]

Well said, NJ! My generation of women have had to fight very hard for the rights our daughters and granddaughters have today (just had a long lunch with mine as they can't get here for Mothering Sunday). I will oppose to the last breath in my body anyone or any system which would take these equalities away.

[emmie]

Jourdain, sadly many women get roped into this pernicious religion and get short changed. and its drip feeding across to mainstream society, i.e universities who allow separate areas for Muslim men, women, mosques separate for men and women, faith schools where girls are already second class citizens.

[jourdain2]

I know, emmie, I taught in comprehensives in Bradford and Halifax.

[fender62]

ah segregation because it offends men of a certain religion, well let's accommodate them..infact make it law..as not to offend them anymore
let's bend over backward, forget about all the past won freedoms..as muslims need protecting, mmm

[redvanman]

Simple answer NO and never will religion is the barrier

[Khandro]

There is no such thing, cultures do not amalgamate - or they would stop being cultures.
What we have is a multi-racial society.

[redvanman]

News this morning 25.000 possible terrorist in this country if I had a say as they leave the country their passports would be canceled and strip of their citizen ship and not allowed back into the country LONG LIVE ENGLAND