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Muslims facing problems in Britain: Iranian student leader
Wednesday November 02, 2011 10:50:20 AM,
IANS
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London: Muslim students
in British university campuses suffer from many problems because
of issues associated with "Islamophobia", an Iranian woman student
leader has said.
Alaa' al-Samarrai, vice president for student affairs of the
Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS), told Iran's
Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) that lecturers were suffering
from pressure to spy on Muslim students and Islamic societies, and
a by-product of the pressure was that "by default students are
assumed to be the cause of the problem".
"One of the biggest challenges faced by Muslim students on
campuses today are the implications of the extremism agenda, and
the impact it is having on universities and the pressure on them
to act and scrutinise their students," she said.
There are an estimated 250,000 Muslim students in Britain.
"Muslims in general, face problems to practice their religion
openly on campus because of the type of (religious) speakers they
bring into the campuses," she said.
She said there were numerous examples of "Islamophobic attacks",
both physical and verbal, including a recent case of three Muslim
male students being stabbed on campus.
"Sisters wearing hijabs were attacked because they were visibly
Muslims," she said.
The student leader believed that it was up to the Muslims to speak
out and exercise their democratic rights by becoming involved with
their universities and student unions.
There were also "irrational fears" about the "Islamification" of
Europe, and like those linking immigration with economic problems.
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