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BBC News - Africa Eye, Somalia, Sexism and Me
Working Somali women battle daily against prejudice. Africa Eye asks, can things change?
BBC Africa Eye documentary: Somalia, Sexism and Me
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They ain’t talking about Islam but backward cultural practices in Somalia.
Such as a qabiil taking cash payments to settle rape cases instead of justice for the victims.
Or about how a woman who wears a hijab instead of a jilbaab will get abused in the streets of nearly every Somali city.
Don’t make this about Islam or attempt to insert your political biases into a piece of journalism @AMusee
Absolutely disgusting.
Such as a qabiil taking cash payments to settle rape cases instead of justice for the victims.
Or about how a woman who wears a hijab instead of a jilbaab will get abused in the streets of nearly every Somali city.
Don’t make this about Islam or attempt to insert your political biases into a piece of journalism @AMusee
Absolutely disgusting.
This is 100% the result of Wahhabi /Salafi Islam.
Your Somali sisters are suffering, of course the brain dead Abdi's are more enraged by the truth of sexism coming out than the actual abuse of women!
MT Foxtrot
Anti-qabil
Why do online Islamists pretend every organic social justice movement is a nefarious Western plot to upend Islamic culture?
Because it's their only way of painting a big bad bogeyman (the west) instead of actually talking about the backwards ideas of which some have got nothing to do with the deen. It's such a cop out. Instead of improving lives just point to scriptures some of which have no place in modern society and shout haraaaaaaaam.
I think did documentary is better than usual .
Stop being backwards apes if you don't wanna be portrayed negatively
codewebsduh
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Because it probably is
This is probably why sexism against women in Eastern countries will always be an issue. Any woman or people that talk about it will be accused of feminism or Westernization. Its incredibly disingenuous and dehumanising.
Anyone with eyes and ears can see that misogyny is rife in Somali culture. It is obviously not as bad as Afghanistan ect, but we still have issues like any poor Eastern country.
Definitely the BBC and a lot of Western journalists have an agenda and I used to be the first to point it out. Howevever, now I don't care whatsoever. If Somalis and other Muslims really valued their rep or the so called 'agenda' they wouldn't have foreign gaals noticing how badly their women are mistreated.
The status of women is only discussed when a damming documentary or article comes out. Other times, the men seem perfectly content, so why should we Muslim women even care anymore? Also, as Muslims why should we care what they think anyway? Surely, the situations which are unfortunately common should take precedent.
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Negroes at it again
