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Voice of Salam (Voice of Peace) is a global platform to raise awareness of a range of social, political, human rights and interfaith issues and give advice about campaigning.
There’s a lot of talk of refugees in the media at present but rather than presenting facts, what the tabloids present is predominantly anti-refugee rhetoric, scaremongering and racist/Islamophobic discourse. As a result, many people are worried about the effect of refugees on their local communities and on a wider international scale. The following statements represent typical “concerns” of certain sections of British/European society fed by the media: Embrace diversity, protect human rights and welcome your global brothers and sisters!
A staggering 22. 5 million people worldwide are living as refugees
So, earlier in the year I was informed during a conversation that women are “fragile” and as such cannot do things such as live abroad on their own… Well anyone that knows me, can be sure that that is 100% false! First of all, what is fragile?! We’re talking about mental and psychological fragility here I presume?! Well, no one can be defined as “weak”, “fragile”, strong or whatever it may be on the basis of their gender. Men and women are not two magical separate species! Firstly, I take great offence at this as no one should be stigmatised and judged as “weak” and “fragile” as opposed to “strong”
In recent years, there’s been a significant rise in homophobic hate crime in the UK. According to the latest figures in fact, one in four members of the LGBTQI community have been victim to hate crime as a result of their sexual orientation