{"id":2350,"date":"2020-02-16T00:56:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T04:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=2350"},"modified":"2020-02-16T01:09:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T05:09:58","slug":"in-the-name-of-diversity-a-cibc-branch-in-moncton-is-promoting-the-sexualization-of-young-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/02\/16\/in-the-name-of-diversity-a-cibc-branch-in-moncton-is-promoting-the-sexualization-of-young-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"In the name of diversity, a CIBC branch in Moncton is promoting the sexualization of young girls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CIBCFinal.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2351\" width=\"482\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CIBCFinal.jpg 383w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CIBCFinal-300x118.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 482px) 85vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CIBC_Moncton-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CIBC_Moncton-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CIBC_Moncton-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CIBC_Moncton-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CIBC_Moncton-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A young adult woman or an older adult woman are absolutely free to decide to wear a hijab (head scarf) or not, if they feel like it. It is their choice and it is their call. Bravo to them if they find a more meaningful (or spiritual) life like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, a five-year old child (or a 6-9 year-old one)\nis by definition still a child. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is a child as young as the one in the picture above able\nto consent to medical care or to other adult-like-decisions, including the\nadherence to strict Islam? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is one of our Canadian federal banks promoting Islamism\nin children then? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is it normalizing the sexualization of the body of\na young girl (who is not even into puberty yet!)? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is it encouraging this sort of a barrier between\nher and the look of others on her (i.e., men)? Why are we contributing to\nmaking her feel as if something is wrong with her, just because she is a female,\nand she is just an innocent child?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acceptance and tolerance of others is one thing. That is\nnoble. However, the promotion of Islamist values is a totally different thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other parts of the world, and likely in some highly religiously conservative circles in our country, women are daily fighting hard against oppression and for their emancipation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can\u2019t we keep being the \u201ckind Canadians\u201d that we are whilst avoiding being too naive in our kindness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea here should be respect, tolerance, and even\nlove of Muslims. Period. We can do this without naively promoting Islamism in\nour society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just as a reminder: Islam is a religion. It is one of\nthree major monotheistic religions (along with Judaism and Christianity). Islamism\nis a political ideology. It is usually very radical (e.g., Wahabism, Shia Islamism,\nMuslim Brotherhood, ISIS, etc.). It is VERY far from being fair to women\u2026 as well\nas LGBTQ communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A young adult woman or an older adult woman are absolutely free to decide to wear a hijab (head scarf) or not, if they feel like it. 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