British Official : Immigrants Import 'Barbaric And Medieval' Views About Women

Subject:	British Official : Immigrants Import 'Barbaric And Medieval' Views About Women
Date:	Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:50:37 -0500

As a life-long supporter of women's rights, I find this mistreatment of
women by these uncivilized vermin repugnant. A test in good manners should
be administered before allowing these people to immigrate.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1246851/Tory-MP-sparks-race-row-accusing-immigrants-importing-medieval-views-women.html

A Tory MP was plunged into a race row after he accused some ethnic
communities of importing 'barbaric and medieval' views about women into
Britain.

David Davies, a member of the Home Affairs select committee, was accused of
a 'crass misunderstanding' of the issues after his comments over a rape by
14-year-old Asian Balal Khan.

The MP for Monmouth told BBC Radio 5 Live: 'What is it about this young
man's upbringing... his community or his parental upbringing, that led him
to think that women are second-class people whose rights can be trampled
over like this?

'There are some sensitive issues here, but there do seem to be some people
in some communities who don't respect women's rights at all and who - if I
may say, without necessarily saying that this is the case on this occasion -
who have imported into this country barbaric and medieval views about
women.'

Khan admitted beating and raping a 20-year-old woman in front of his two
friends as she walked home in Stoke-on-Trent.

He was sentenced this week to just three years because of his age - and
because he said 'sorry'.

Mr Davies's comments came as he called for the Attorney General to review
the sentence.

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J Young
Jvisions@live.com