Life continues to fly past at record speed these days. It seems like just yesterday it was December, and now it’s March and I’ve not written again in almost 3 months. Since my last post, we visited Egypt (my first time back in 14 years) and we’ve had 2 more InterConnections events and this weekend […]
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Tuesday, 5 March 2019
If we reject gender discrimination in every other arena, why do we accept it in religion? | Beatrice Alba
Young women and girls deserve better than what mainstream religion offers them
Cardinal Pell’s recent child sexual abuse conviction has been the catalyst for criticisms of women’s lack of authority in the Catholic church. But why has it taken a crime of this magnitude for criticism of the church patriarchy to gain traction?
Perhaps it’s partly timing – with the rise of online activism and in the wake of the #metoo movement, many feminist causes are gaining mainstream support.
Related: Lucía, 11, was raped. Then Argentina’s church conspired to deny her an abortion | Claudia Piñeiro
Teaching girls that they are equal and deserve full participation in public life is inherently at odds with many religions
Related: God is a Woman: Ariana Grande taps into a long herstory of a female lord
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Tories suspend 14 members over alleged Islamophobia
Party responds to collection of abusive comments found on social media
The Conservative party has suspended 14 members for allegedly making Islamophobic comments after a string of abusive posts were uncovered on social media.
The party was responding to a collection of racist and abusive remarks, discovered online by the @matesjacob Twitter account, made by people who had said or indicated they were members of the party.
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Pupils shouldn’t be denied LGBT lessons – whatever their parents say | Benali Hamdache
Growing up gay and Muslim, I know I would have benefited. Parkfield school should continue its ‘No Outsiders’ programme
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Parkfield community school in Birmingham has found itself in the headlines once again after protests against its No Outsiders lessons. The protests by the school’s largely Muslim parent body garnered a lot of coverage and raised a fundamental question: how can inclusive education reach every child when many households of faith remain deeply opposed?
No Outsiders is a teaching package designed for primary school children. The lessons cover gender, sexual orientation and the idea that discrimination is wrong. Andrew Moffat, the author of the package and assistant headteacher of Parkfield, had been trialling the resource at the school when the controversy erupted.
Related: Birmingham school stops LGBT lessons after parents protest
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