Does the British model of multiculturalism prioritise community rights at the expense of womens rights?
In some ways, yes, though people are beginning to catch on to that. To name just one example there is the awful habit of appealing to ‘leaders of the community’ who all too often turn out to be male heads of religious groups. Too often multiculturalism leads to thinking of putative communities as unified blocs, which can be represented by (self-appointed) ‘leaders’ who can tell the world what ‘the community’ thinks or wants. The BBC used to ask the Muslim Council of Britain, in the person of a male head or spokesman, for an opinion on anything affecting ‘the Muslim community’; this all by itself distorted news coverage and thus public perceptions. They’ve expanded their Rolodex a bit now though. Do you believe that scientific progress sounds the death knell for religion or is faith ultimately ineradicable? No, I don’t think scientific progress sounds the death knell or even the closing time bell for religion. I think science is a powerful rival to religion for many people, and that tec
