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Guardian Unlimited: Why are so many of Britain's Muslim women unemployed?

A report from yesterday's Guardian on how women from ethnic minorities generally, but particularly those of Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin have low economic activity and high unemployment, not due to lack of qualifications or ambition but due to discrimination. Reasons include hostility to hijab, not being taken seriously due to height and colour, and refusal to take part in work "socials" at the pub. (More at the BBC here, via Pickled Politics.)

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A sister posted this to the New Muslim Project email forum. It is about how she and her husband was refused a cab to take them from a recent conference in London to the station so they could take a train back to Leicestershire. Note that this may well have been because of the couple's obviously Islamic appearance (he has a beard and his wife wears hijab); it may, however, also be because the cabbie could not be bothered to pull the ramp down so that the brother could get into the cab, as is his legal obligation.

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