It’s a culture guaranteed to cause a clash

Miranda Devine had an excellent piece in yesterday’s Sydney Morning Herald that is worth drawing attention to.  She comments on the recent calls by the PM for Muslims to ‘integrate’; arguing that it is difficult to expect Muslims to integrate with an increasingly sexualised culture that even many non-Muslims wish they could avoid.

…is it any wonder some Muslim families might want to segregate their daughters from the raunch culture that has engulfed the 21st-century West, in which a girl’s worth is measured by her “hotness”, 10-year-olds learn the art of “turkey slapping” from Big Brother, and schoolgirls have breast augmentation so they can look like Pamela Anderson.

Why would you want to integrate your eight-year-old daughter into a culture that seems to take its decadent cue from Paris Hilton, when your religion offers an apparent safe haven?

Better to dress little Fatima in a burqa and keep her away from the “infidel” girls at school in an attempt to preserve her innocence as long as you can. Better yet, send her to an Islamic school so she won’t be polluted by association.

Devine makes some very good points that I think will resonate with many Muslims.  It’s worth reading.