A human rights activist has blamed the "Islamist motion in Britain" for "normalising" feminine oppression throughout the nation.
Delivering a scathing criticism of a London mosque which excluded girls from a charity enjoyable run, the campaigner took intention on the ban on the occasion which claimed to be "inclusive" and "household pleasant".
The occasion, organised by East London Mosque, is being held in Victoria Park in Tower Hamlets and can see no girls full the 5km circuit.
"It is a systemic oppression of girls within the UK that’s turning into normalised by the Islamist motion that's additionally going down within the UK," Lily Moo advised GB Information presenter Daybreak Neesom.
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"Now we have to keep in mind that in Islamic international locations like Iran, the place the Islamic Republic is ruling, girls aren’t allowed to participate in public sports activities," she added.
"So, even when we do see Iranian girls, feminine sportswomen within the Olympics participating, if, for instance, they don't observe the ruling of the Sharia legislation that’s in place, they’re dealing with extreme penalties even so far as execution in Iran."
The activist raged: "Why is it that women from the age of 12 and ladies are banned from participating on this charity run if the Muslim group within the UK is so assured of their inclusion of girls in society in all elements of energetic and open society of the UK?
"Why is it that their males can’t stand working subsequent to their girls within the streets of London?"
The GB Information visitor additional questioned that if bodily exercise is so fervently forbidden, why Islamist girls had been allowed to participate in public prayer within the streets of London – an exercise which is banned in Islam.
"Girls are to not be seen throughout a prayer. That's truly sin," the activist defined.
Namas – the prayer carried out in Islam – shouldn’t be accepted in public as a result of the girl has been seen by males who aren’t her relations.
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"That motion is taken into account, as you say, not very conservative to be seen by males who aren’t relations of the ladies who’re participating in our prayer," she mentioned.
"If that’s okay for furthering the agenda of the Islamist motion that's going down in London, why is it not okay to have the Muslim girls run subsequent to their males?"
The ban by East London Mosque has come amid growing issues concerning the rise of sharia values incorporating themselves into British society.
Throughout his state go to, US President Donald Trump hit out at London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, claiming the town needs "to go to sharia legislation".
On Saturday night, the Equality and Human Rights Commissions confirmed that it might look into the case after it was uncovered by the Mail on Sunday, whereas campaigners dubbed the transfer as "regressively sexist" and "plainly illegal".
An East London Mosque spokesman mentioned: "The suggestion that our occasion breaches the Equality Act is completely incorrect.
"Single-gender sporting occasions are lawful below Part 195 and Schedule 23 of the Act, and are frequent throughout the UK, together with the Girls's Run Collection, Nike Girls's 10K, and gender-segregated swimming classes at Orthodox Jewish amenities like Manchester Jewish Neighborhood Centre.
"The Muslim Charity Run operates below the identical authorized framework as these established occasions."
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