Islam And The West

London’s female Muslim population feels under threat. Attacks against Muslims have increased considerably over the last few years and now the stereotypically timid, brow beaten and chained to the kitchen sink Muslim women are learning to defend themselves from attacks:

“Anyone tempted to pick on a headscarf-wearing Muslim woman better hope they don’t run into a Ninjabi.

Every week around 30 Muslim women, most wearing veils, gather in a community centre in east London to learn how to block, knee and punch would-be attackers or lecherous men targeting passive-looking victims.

The organizers, who named the classes after Japanese Ninja warriors and women who wear the hijab, say Muslim women are looking to fight back against unwanted advances and a rising number of anti-Muslim attacks.

One of the attendees, 31-year-old mother Mahmuda Mazid, said she took up the classes after a gang of youths tried to rob her teenage brother while she was with him in a local park.

“There was this sheer feeling of helplessness that I couldn’t help myself or my brother… and there was absolute rage,” she said. “I knew I had to do something to equip myself.

“In the classes I saw protection and self defense. That’s what I needed.”

In the dilapidated area where the classes are held, Muslim women said their biggest worry was harassment from “pervy men” and the violent anti-social behavior of teenagers from urban low-income communities, popularly called “hoodies” and “chavs”….

In other areas of London, Muslim women said growing hostility towards Muslims….since London’s July 7th bombings in 2005 was a big fear.

Attacks on Muslims in London nearly quadrupled in the days after the July attacks. Figures collated by London’s Metropolitan Police, and presented in a report by the Muslim Safety Forum, showed 303 attacks in July 2005, up from 82 in the previous month.

Azad Ali, chairman of the forum, said the attacks ranged from verbal abuse and vandalism of mosques to physical attacks. But because of limitations in the way attacks are reported, the real number is likely to be far higher, he added.

Official figures cite London as having the largest proportion of Muslims in the UK at 3.8 percent. The Ninjabi classes are held in the Newham area of the capital, where Muslims make up 24 percent of local inhabitants.

The organizers said the classes were a response to overwhelming demand from Muslim women…...

….The organizers say although similar self-defense classes are common the light-hearted approach which respects the women’s faith has made the Ninjabi classes massively popular.” (Source: “Al-Reuters“)

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