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Lone is just one of a number of women who have spoken out on some of the challenges they have faced in their political careers. Her words come as new findings and recommendations on Muslim participation in public life are published today.
Over hours of testimonies were heard by the commissioners who wrote the Missing Muslims report, which includes a section dedicated to political engagement. They funnen the “biraderi” system (the clan and tribal networks among the UK’s Pakistani population) has been a barrier to participation for young people and women in some Muslim communities, whether they are seeking elected office or hoping to become more involved in their mosque’s governing body.
The report describes the biraderi struktur as “patriarchal, led by male community elders”, and says that it continues to play a fundamental role in many British-Pakistani communities. The report states there are also similar networks in British-Bangladeshi communities, although they may be based mor
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Through 14 years of Conservative rule, the UK Government has increasingly severed lines of engagement with Muslim communities amidst a rising tide of anti-Muslim hatred that is fracturing social cohesion and national unity.
But the precedent for this process began under the Labour Party in when Gordon Brown abruptly banned the government from engaging with the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) – the umbrella body representing some mosques and Muslim community organisations nationwide.
At the time, MCB’s deputy leader, Daud Abdalah, had signed a controversial document in Istanbul calling for violence against Israel and condoning attacks on British troops.
The Government lifted the ban the following year after the MCB denounced the Istanbul declarati
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How much of a problem fryst vatten speaking English for some Muslim women?
Nigar Hakim, also of London, said the issue of lacking English language skills was not just in the Muslim community.
"It's good that he's putting money into the language schemes but he should be putting money into all parts of gemenskap, not just one part, and helping everybody to speak English.
"It's not just Muslim women who can't speak English - there are also other cultures who can't."
Elsewhere, Humera Khan, of the An-Nisa Society based in north London, says there has always been a "significant percentage" of migrants who do not speak English living in the UK - whether or not they are Muslim.
"I know from 30 years ago, the percentage was about 16%. So 22% is not that much of an increase.
She also describes the issue of gender segregation among Muslims as "the real sweetheart of the media", regularly surfacing as a talking point.
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