Interracial relations are governed according to the social priorities and structure of the said culture. Both the Arab world and Europe have been exposed to different cultural and racial interaction and have both shown a hospitability and hostility to such relationships.
It needn’t be said that Europe has in the past shown some of the worst sides of humanity in history, in relation to how it has treated different ethnic minorities, such as the Jewish Genocide by Nazi Germany, whilst the Arab world has welcomed waves of Armenians, Circassians and Jews. However, Europe has revised its past horrors and now become home to people of different creeds, races, sexual and political beliefs, many of who fled persecution in their own countries. Different races are completely entwined, with the common belief in European values of humility and tolerance. It’s common to see mixed race relationships, people of all backgrounds cheer on their mixed-race football teams.
Despite its current unfavourable media-image, the Middle East shares a common principle of hospitality, although one unseen undercurrent is a fear of interracial and inter-sectarian relations, in the non-platonic sense. Although it’s quite acceptable for men to marry between religions and races, women are almost entirely exempt from such an option. Women who defy this often face social-ostracization, or worse, maybe a way of maintaining Arab-male dominance in society. The whole fabric of society is based on keeping this equilibrium, and the emancipation of women in certain areas of legal and political entities has largely failed to create a balance between male and female equality. Women are fully entitled to work, and many do, but the main leaders of industry and commerce remain male. Women may become MPs, but still there are no prominent women Ministers. Women may become lawyers, but there lies a real lack of women in powerful positions in the legal system.
It would be argued that although not perfect, Europe, due to feminism, Liberalism and Socialism, sees such a position to be inconceivable for Western women and abhorrent to Western values. It would be inconceivable for individuals in Europe to agree with seclusion of women or deny them the right who is their partner, except amongst certain sectors of society and the insane. The whole idea for the liberation of woman, and for them to be well and truly integrated into society is for a country to rid itself of outdated traditions and ideas. A central is the matter of marriage, and too many woman are forced into marriage to husbands who treat them like animals. A person who loses the right to choose their life and partner cedes to appear human, but as a sheep, of whom they have full control of.
Banish this idea, force through a law which states that couples choosing to marry must have independent witnesses who testify of a unity based purely on love and we have the start of the emancipation of women. Then in careers women will be judged on their brains rather than their breasts, girls will walk the streets without being hounded by slobbering wolves and women can live a life which is true to themselves rather than believe in continue an existence based on deception and lies.
