The Trojan Horse Affair Serial

Islam is still such a contentious topic in regular coverage - it’s so important to have investigations like this to hold a mirror up to our biases. The podcast really did highlight for me how readily our systems default to Islamophobia. Definitely a good one for anyone with the slightest inclination to nerd out on politics!

Also it’s cute to listen to their broship form 👨‍❤️‍👨

I just wish the approach was more honest on the fact that religions are a breeding ground for sexism and homophobia. I think the fact that the whole investigation is conducted by minds keen to accept that the idiosyncrasy of a religion is an argument to respect any sort of abuse, led them to try to deny that sexism is a constant behaviour in almost all religions. I am not wrong in saying that catholicism is in fact dictatorial, sexist and homophobic. Of course that does not mean that all catholics are, I’m not that simple. I am not wrong in saying either that Islam is too. So, I felt as if they were going now to try to prove that girls were not treated as inferiors in that school when a simple honest view must acknowledge that even if girls didn’t feel oppressed, the whole thing of no having a male tennis teacher is ridiculous to begin with, and most likely demeaning toward the independence of women and it is a decision primarily made on religious grounds. Same thing with women that don’t feel discriminated against in Catholicism but they can’t, by rule, do the same things as men. Sorry to break down things to you as simple as it is, well, you are being discriminated against, and yes within your own community and yes me saying it is culture supremacy. It is how it is. And I think it is clear that there was a conspiracy, no doubt and that is very simple to break down too: Islamophobia and bigotry towards the community. But this can be well explained and at the same time don’t deny that Islam, as well as other religions, is in fact a breeding ground for sexism and homophobia. I wonder how could I have survived in that school portrait as liberal, respectful, led by openminded and non radical Muslims being a hell of an homosexual as I am. Don’t get me wrong, the work of investigation is amazing and enlightening and I was angry at listening how they did this awful and unfair conspiracy probably to cut the natural and fair growth and success of the community. It only threw me off in the benevolent perspective of religions. That school could have gotten so farther and grow so much more with the same good people and with no religious ground at all whatsoever.