23 December 2011

Diversity – Islamic style

.... It’s true that the IDC rejects Islamist violence and rhetoric. On the other hand, try clicking through to the profiles of team members.

While there are photographs of the men, every woman is represented by an identical headshot showing a pair of eyes peeking out of a niqab.

This is seriously conservative Islam, in other words. Its courses aim to inform, not convert – but at weekends, IDC staff can be found proselytising vigorously on street corners. They run a New Muslim Support Centre “to meet the needs of the burgeoning numbers of Muslim converts in the North East”. Significantly, it also acts as a “Diversity and Equality Centre”. [telegraph.co.uk] Read more