Chair of UK’s largest Muslim women’s group says inquiries looking into sharia courts must ensure female voices are heardMuslim women are being used as a political football in the debate about sharia courts,the head of the UK’s largest Muslim women’s group has said.
Writing in an open letter before a assembly of the domestic affairs select committee inquiry into sharia courts, Shaista Gohir, and the chair of Muslim Women’s Network UK,argued that while some anti-faith activists conflate “misogyny and patriarchy with extremism”, devout conservatives falsely claim that discrimination does not take place within the sharia court system. Related: Listening to Muslim women on sharia divorce could change it for the better | Shaista Gohir Related: MPs launch inquiry into sharia courts in UK Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com