...London School of Economics crunched data to show that British-born Pakistanis, or those who immigrated as children, are more likely to have foreign spouses than those who came to Britain as adults.
This startling fact may help to explain why Pakistanis (and Bangladeshis, who have similar marital habits) are failing to close the gap with other ethnic groups on female employment. Only a quarter of ethnic Pakistani women work, compared with 64% of Indians, for example. Mr Manning thinks something has to give: British women have greater earning power than their Pakistani husbands, which makes traditional roles in the home less plausible. In some cases, extremism may stem in part from male frustration that the old order is being subverted...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Porous British-Pakistani Border Causes Concern
The highly porous British-Pakistani border seems to be arousing concern, because of the unbounded traffic between them, and its implications on militancy.
2 comments:
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M. Patil said...
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San,
Hard to feel sympathy for the Limeys. They encouraged Islamism as long as it is against Indians, Russians and the Serbians. Now, they are suffering from blowback.
Let them live under the fear of terrorism, who cares?
Besides, let them spend billions on terrorism prevention.
M.Patil -
4/21/2009 9:20 PM
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Communal said...
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UNDIE TV antiques
http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/were_women_killed_in_kashmir_encounters_terrorists.php
See how NDTV undermines our own armed forces.
“After women were killed in two encounters in Kashmir between security forces and militants, much was being made of how the Lashkar was now using women operatives, something that was new in the Valley.
But now NDTV has learned that the two women killed were not connected to the Lashkar at all nor were they militants but simply, were involved with the militants on a personal level. “ -
4/22/2009 1:31 AM
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The British-Pakistani border is so extremely porous, that there might as well not be a border between the two, for all the difference it makes.
This whole Af-Pak-UK problem is getting out of hand, and may require a new approach. Bradford has declared itself independent and under Islamic rule. I'd recommend Predator strikes across the Atlantic.