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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Culture of trivialisation encourages rape
In the British town of Derby several members of an Asian gang have been found guilty of stalking, drugging and raping young white girls. Such crimes are also committed by white men, but among Asian men the reasons are often of a cultural nature, writes the Pakistani Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in the liberal daily The Independent: "Most Asian men do not go around raping young white girls and women; many have happy and equal relationships with white partners. However, an alarming number of Asian individuals, families and communities do believe that white females have no morals, are free and available, deserving of no respect or protection. ... The double standards enable the Asian rapists to feel good, and that makes it doubly bad. Convenient myths of uprightness help hide the rape within their families too - which is why barely anyone ever reports it."
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Burka harmful to society
France, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands have all spoken out recently against Muslim women wearing full-body veils, the burka or the niqab. The UK wants to appear more liberal than its European neighbours, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown writes with concern in the liberal daily The Independent: "It's about the right to choose, say the apologists. Oh yes? Then why are these campaigners not championing the rights of Muslim and non-Muslim women in the West and East not to cover up? The truth is that they aspire to be separatists, and blackmail our nervous nation to stop them if it dares. For me, the overwhelming argument against the burka (and various coverings for children, another growing abomination) is that there is such a thing as society. Community fetishes cannot override social communication, connection, obligations, equality, duties and understanding. Security and safety-measures too require facial identification. Politicians need to get assertive and argue that they believe in non-racist, universal human development."
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More from the press review on the subject » Public Culture, » Religion, » Integration, » Social affairs, » Gender equality, » United Kingdom, » Europe
Is the BBC increasingly right-wing ?
Columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown deplores how the BBC is swinging to the right. "The unique Dateline London (News 24 and BBC World), on which highly respected international journalists discuss world events, a programme watched by 78 million people, is to be axed. This act of vandalism was followed by an announcement of a season of programmes on the 'besieged' white working classes. Nick Griffin of the BNP [the far-right British National Party] could well be their consultant. ... Public-service broadcasters must make uncomfortable programmes on any group or on immigration – and there are excellent examples of responsible, critical journalism. But a whole series propagandising against multiracial Briton? To validate the race hate that sloshes all over our isles, from playgrounds to football pitches? ... The BBC we knew and trusted is no more."
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