Tory peer Sayeeda Warsi confirmed for Question Time with BNP leader

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Greetings czgibson,

I completely agree with your assessment of this week's Question Time. :)

czgibson said:
On another point, I was very surprised to hear Sayeeda Warsi standing up for gay rights - I thought she was a Muslim?
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Well she has also attacked polygamy in the past. Plus, it's not like she wears the Hijaab or anything so she clearly doesn't tend to subscribe to orthodox Islamic teachings. Kudos to her for her defence of Islam on the show though.

Regards
 
Uthmān;1234289 said:
Greetings czgibson,

I completely agree with your assessment of this week's Question Time. :)

Well she has also attacked polygamy in the past. Plus, it's not like she wears the Hijaab or anything so she clearly doesn't tend to subscribe to orthodox Islamic teachings. Kudos to her for her defence of Islam on the show though.

Regards
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I can't help but think she really is just being put out there as a bit of a token by the Tories. And i don't think she's stupid enough not to know that; so all i can deduce from it is that she's positioning herself within the party rank and file, and putting herself out there in the media, possibly in the hunt for a bigger portfolio. I don't think she's going to be very satisfied with her current lot for too long.
 
nocturnal said:
I can't help but think she really is just being put out there as a bit of a token by the Tories. And i don't think she's stupid enough not to know that; so all i can deduce from it is that she's positioning herself within the party rank and file, and putting herself out there in the media, possibly in the hunt for a bigger portfolio. I don't think she's going to be very satisfied with her current lot for too long.
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Asslamu Aliakum.

This is why I believe Muslims in a non-Muslim country should try to avoid getting into politics. Our views will eventually clash.
 
Guestfellow said:
Asslamu Aliakum.

This is why I believe Muslims in a non-Muslim country should try to avoid getting into politics. Our views will eventually clash.
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Good point, but i think the problem with a total boycott on political participation, especially in a country as diverse as the UK is that you invariably have gaping voids in terms of the formulation of policies to promote community cohesion. So if there's a conspicuous absence of any Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, etc representation, you risk having the government press ahead unilaterally conceiving policies without adequate consultation with people from ethnic minorities in whose names, certain pieces of legislation are purported to be enacted.

Also, many Muslims, just like people from any other faith are ambitious too. I guess the problem arises, especially in politics, when you have to, or appear to have to, compromise on certain inviolable tenets and principles of your belief. Baroness Warsi had that foisted on her with respect to homosexuality.
 

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