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Respect Sex Segregation

Gustav | 01.06.2004 18:54 | Analysis

George Galloway's Respect coalition has come into further criticism after this weekends meeting at the Leeds Islamic Centre. Although attendance at the meeting was high it was spoiled by Respect stewards insisting that muslim men and women sit on opposite sides of the room.

The respect website describes the meeting as a "wonderful event" -obviously E for equality in Respects title does not extend to muslim women.

This comes after last months public meeting where leading Respect candidates announced they would vote in favour of anti-abortion laws in the Euro-Parliment and would refuse to support legislation forcibly extending womens rights to the accession countries of europe.

In Birmingham Respect is embroiled in a further row after a homophobic leaflet was jointly published by Respect and BJP. The leaflet -which was hastily "withdrawn" after only a few hundred copies had been distributed- criticised Lib Dem councillors for voting to spend money on gay rights issues. Embarassingly Galloway was pictured shaking hands with the anti-gay authors of the leaflet.

Gustav

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well yes of course — LOLA
No actually — RG
The thing is Lola... — Poon
George Galloway eats babies shocker!! — Goliath
I'm with Goliath — LOLA
...and another thing — Goliath
excuse my ignorance, but... — thoughtyoushouldknow
With Goliath — r.e.s.p.e.c.t.
The SUN +sexist crap — Gustav
. — .
Ghost of Dr Verwoed — Brett Lock
makes me sick — Andrew
Respect??? Don't make us laugh — LoneStar
a womans opinion — a woman not a muslim
Interesting — ?
Iraq's on Fire - Let's attack Respect — Vote Respect on June 10th
what sort of absurd logic is that? — Andrew
not good enough — a woman
stop whining goliath — forfucksake
why not form an alliance with the pope as well? — feminist and proud of it
More of this discussion: — Tom
Latest SWP hypocrisy — Ian
Interesting? Really? — Brett Lock
Racism — respect
I Won't Vote for Respect — Miss Point
Racism? — rick
Um, um... amnesia — Brett Lock
Predictable as always — Andrew
by deception..... — What ever next ?
Huh? — Brett Lock
Respect, Muslims and sexism: questioning assumptions — reporter
ignore muslim invitation? like fxxk — red letter
Racist stereotypes? — Brett Lock
answer pleaseer — a woman
Hidden Agendas — Goliath
Evidence — Respect voter
Evidence? Of what? — Brett Lock
... — ...
Reply to Goliath — Gustav
fuck'n brilliant — another woman - and no fan of 'respect' (swp/george galloway's survival party)
Confusing race and religion — Brett Lock
... — ...
"Muslim" is not a race — Brett Lock
get real! — type
This is serious — Brett Lock
Diversion tactics — Andrew
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on the swp — Danny
Historic Election Results — Lindsay Bhurka

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