Domestic Violence Is Never OK
The Times reports that Muslim children in conservative religious schools are being taught that women must be submissive to their husbands and that a husband is entitled to beat his wife, if she refuses to have sex.
Now if you ask me, it's everyone's interests that this kind of nonsense is challenged and stopped, as it would be if school pupils were being taught that a person's race or religion could justify similar behaviour.
Read the full article via the link to The Times below.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/it-s-ok-to-beat-your-wife-says-islamic-school-book-vll3jdjw7
It’s OK to beat your wife, says Islamic school book
By Rosemary Bennett and Rachel Sylvester - The Times
Amanda Spielman, head of Ofsted, has compiled a file of the worst examples of discrimination and sexism its inspectors encountered - BEN GURR/THE TIMES
Library books which urge women to be submissive to their husbands and never refuse sex are among a dossier of misogynistic material inspectors have found in Islamic schools.
Ofsted has compiled a file of the worst examples of discrimination and sexism its inspectors encountered. The material includes excerpts from library books and children’s marked work which sanction domestic violence.
Among the worst examples was a book discovered in a school library entitled, “Women who deserve to go to hell” which said that it was wrong for wives to show “ingratitude to their husband” or “have tall ambitions”.
Ofsted said the material it collected was out of step with mainstream Muslim thinking and came from maintained schools as well as independent faith schools and unregistered schools.
Amanda Spielman, the chief inspector, has made clear her determination to ensure that children at religious schools get a solid education that prepares them for life in modern Britain. Last month in court she successfully defended a decision to place the Al Hijrah Islamic school in Birmingham into special measures for segregating boys and girls from the age of nine.
Library books which urge women to be submissive to their husbands and never refuse sex are among a dossier of misogynistic material inspectors have found in Islamic schools.
Ofsted has compiled a file of the worst examples of discrimination and sexism its inspectors encountered. The material includes excerpts from library books and children’s marked work which sanction domestic violence.
Among the worst examples was a book discovered in a school library entitled, “Women who deserve to go to hell” which said that it was wrong for wives to show “ingratitude to their husband” or “have tall ambitions”.
Ofsted said the material it collected was out of step with mainstream Muslim thinking and came from maintained schools as well as independent faith schools and unregistered schools.
Amanda Spielman, the chief inspector, has made clear her determination to ensure that children at religious schools get a solid education that prepares them for life in modern Britain. Last month in court she successfully defended a decision to place the Al Hijrah Islamic school in Birmingham into special measures for segregating boys and girls from the age of nine.
