Source: Qantara

Open any newspaper in the UK today and the two topics that govern any discussion on Muslims are women and extremism. Unsurprisingly, writes Sara Khan, Muslim women feel these topics are inadequately addressed by Muslims themselves. Two British organisations recently decided that the time had come to take action

Time and again, extremists – claiming to speak in the name of God – successfully dominate the discourse on British Muslims without any effective opposition. Whether after the London bombings or surrounding the recent royal wedding, when an extremist group threatened to disrupt the event, the opportunistic tactics of a small minority of extremists are continuously working to sow the seeds of discord in our society.

Meanwhile, little is being done to redress the wrongs facing many British Muslim women. With the worst health and as the most economically inactive group compared to men and women of other faiths, according to the Office of National Statistics, British Muslim women experience serious challenges.

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