The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #158007   Message #3735216
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
04-Sep-15 - 04:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: David Cameron is execrable
Subject: RE: BS: David Cameron is execrable
You are too doctrinaire PC to tackle the homophobic attitude coming out of some of the mosques.

The homophobic (and sexist) attitude coming out of some mosques is terrible. There are some Imams who are firmly in the 11th century and they need to come into the 21st.

There, will that do?

There are also many Imams and practising Muslims (of which I work with many) who ARE firmly in the 21st century and are as tolerant as anyone. More tolerant than some.

The issue is not about PC doctrine or age old attitudes. It is about stereotyping. When you stereotype any group you de-humanise them. It is a practice that I grew up with and I often have to force myself to break our of old habits, but I do and it is worth the effort. Branding whole swathes of society as this, that or the other because of their race, culture, creed or sexual preference is simply wrong. People are individuals and we should look at their individual merits and faults, not brand them because of how or where they were born.