If the only discrimination faced by women in any religion was that they were not allowed to become priests or whatever the world would be a wonderful place, but I know that is not the case.

Some religions treat women as less than second class.

I wasn't actually making the claim that women can't be Rabbis, it was more the point that women in all faiths and of all creeds face discrimination and intolerance... I am just unsure as to why it's just Islam that is being targeted by a handful of posters on here... as it always is.

All women are treated equally by British law, in theory. Which is to say that there is no Muslim "law" in the UK, there is one law, the law of the land - but there is a religious system, and we covered that way back in the thread.

All that some people are objecting to is your sweeping generalizations about "Muslims". Clearly not all "Muslims" practice the faith to the letter and certainly only some are brutal, just as not all Christians force their wives to obey them and beat them as the Bible indicates. Equally, there is a vast amount of oppression and violence inflicted on women daily all over the world by those who claim no religion at all, so it is not a valid argument to simply draw a line around oppression afflicted by "Muslims" and then say "Muslims oppress women", and does a disservice to the rights of women as a whole.

Maybe because the thread is about a Muslim school? You're telling people to stay on thread, maybe that's what they are doing?

The thread is " Titled " British standards, NOT, what do you thnk about the scholol in question.
As such it covers a myriad of subjects.

That's it, revert to quoting the bible! Well of all the underhand tactics
It sort of puts a damper on my theories

Good post though

Have I been reading this correctly?
Is someone actually trying to compare the womans rights in Islam to that of Christian countries???? I would suggest it´s a theory so genious that it´s beyond the grasp of most

That's because you are a normal person

Ahh, thanks J2

You have indeed been reading it correctly, laughable innit?

..well it would be if it was funny! It´s just so very sad in it´s ignorance

No I wasn't actually, I am one of the few people who actively encourages thread drift, it's how normal conversations work and the best way to get a thread lasting longer... what I do object to is the way things have to get so personal all the time. That's what kills threads.

Do you not see the irony in what you´re saying?

"... and back to the subject at hand..... Free schools....."

No, you didn't make any claim about women/rabbis - it actually was about Christian Orthodox.
Hopefully all i have done is broaden the matter a little, as CO and Islam will not allow women priests or teachers of the faith.

But then who would have thought that Henry VIII would have started the Church of England - truely heresy back in those days, for which he was excommunicated IIRC.
However that is how religion evolves, albeit more slowly than the Instant Communications of today's busy world. Similar happened later in the UK with the Wesley brothers in the 1700's who founded Methodism, which then was picked up by the American black's and became the basis of their religion.

I am sure many would not be happy to realise how much the UK has been an influence in the spread of religion and fostering the splinter groups that provide religion to many.

So far as i am concerned if religion is what floats your boat, keeps you on the straight and narrow, provides you with the support you feel you need, then it doesn't matter what its name is.

However, it could be the time for Islam to stop using certain horrific means of keeping the people down - this went out of fashion with the Spanish Inquisition.

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