David Cameron recently attacked Muslim women. He apparently said the “traditional submissiveness of Muslim women” is a cause of terrorism. His answer was English language training – which his government has cut the funding for. More detail on Cameron’s latest racist efforts in our editorial.
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Nabeela Zahir @NabeelaZahir
British Muslim women responding to Cameron’s recent comments #TraditionallySubmissive (tweets are in English by the way)
Shelina Janmohamed@loveinheadscarf
My four-year-old girl asked me why @David_Cameron is closing libraries: “Doesn’t he know books make you clever?” She’s not #TraditionallySubmissive
Asmaa Malik @asmaam
My mom was so #TraditionallySubmissive she left home to go to med school in 1960s Pakistan. Thanks her, I’m a journalist and a professor
Jamilla @JamillaTweets
The University of Karueein (pic above), the oldest in the world. Founded by a Muslim woman. #TraditionallySubmissive
Sofia Ahmed @sofiaahmed1
My earliest memory as a child was watching my #TraditionallySubmissive mother protect us from getting beaten up by racists