As a drive to get Muslim women to integrate into the mainstream British society, it is said that migrants who do not improve their English will not be able to remain in Britain.
Prime Minister, David Cameron, will announced this move as an attack on “passive tolerance” of discriminatory practices which are allegedly imposed on women from Britain's Muslim community.
A Government source stated, “The problems of young people being attracted by extremism will not be tackled without an element of cultural change within the community. At the moment, too many Muslim women are treated like second-class citizens who may speak only basic English at best, and have no jobs or independent financial standing. It means they are in no position to speak out against the influence of the radical imams, however strongly they feel.”
Furthermore, the Prime Minister has recently announced that Muslim women can be banned from wearing veils in courts, schools, as well as in other British institutions. Cameron stated that he will give his approval to public authorities that set “proper and sensible” rules to ban women from wearing face veils.
Additionally, as part of the plans, ministers will also pledge to make gender segregation in public buildings unlawful, due to concerns that some Muslim organisations are allegedly making women sit separately.
Liberal Democrats' leader, Tim Farron has a different opinion on this. He said, “Linking women in the Muslim community who struggle with the English language to home grown extremism only serves to isolate the very people Cameron says he is trying to help.”
The Prime Minister is also facing fury from the Muslim community who feel targeted by his comments. The chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation, Mohammed Shafiq said, “David Cameron is once again using British Muslims as a political football to score cheap points to appear tough. The Ramadhan Foundation has been clear for many years that we face an increased risk from terrorism and an ideology of hatred. The best way to confront it is to build support within Muslims and support the work done across the country, not lashing out and denigrating Muslims.”
