An Article written by Dr.Umar Al-Qadri Published today on The Irish Times.
Shaykh Dr Umar al-Qadri is the chairman of the Irish Muslim Peace & Integration Council and head imam at the Islamic Centre of Ireland, Blanchardstown
Shaykh Dr Umar al-Qadri is the chairman of the Irish Muslim Peace & Integration Council and head imam at the Islamic Centre of Ireland, Blanchardstown
Article Highlights are:
- Once again it has taken a tragedy for us to see things clearly
- Ashling Murphy’s death has focused minds in a way goodwill alone could not.
- An Arabic proverb says that “hearing is not like seeing”. Despite the best efforts of activists and entire bodies of evidence-based policy, tragedy seems to be the only way we learn at times.
- Though the far-right shamelessly sought to make political capital of the fact that the arrested man was not born in Ireland, the truth is far more harrowing.
- We know that violence against women is a pandemic since time eternal but, unlike Covid-19, there are no daily case numbers on the news, no government apps to help women stay safe.
- Two Muslim women – Seema Banu and Zeinat Dashabsheh – represent 20 per cent of the women killed violently in the State in 2020 and 2021. For context, Muslims represented 1.3 per cent of our population at the time of the 2016 census and the best estimates place the current figure at about 3 per cent.
- Ireland has undergone countless social, economic and demographic changes over the last few decades.
Read the Full Article at The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/once-again-it-has-taken-a-tragedy-for-us-to-see-things-clearly-1.4780721
