I was brought up in a Sultanate...Not very secular if you ask me... ONLY moved to UK for MSc and job...
Being unmarried I envy them!
Nothing to do with Islam...Purely cultural so blame it on culture!
Rarely, few cases which media loves to make breaking news...But still happens as boys will be boys!
Knee problem is also caused by diet and the lady making it her own problem...Like I said Islam did not tell you to make yourself obese! So, I do not know how this can be blamed on Islam or anyone preaching it or practicing it?
I was born in a weird family...Typical intolerant family but because we lived outside PAKISTAN...STILL IN A MUSLIM SULTANATE (Though I do not support Sultanates but that is a different story) But I never went through all that...Maybe I was lucky not to see the PAKISTANI culture...But I would not let anyone degrade it either! I know it is not perfect...BUT it is better than alot of cultures!
Mind you, I am working in a foreign land and their culture is somewhat same...The majority of Italy for example is similar when it comes to male rubbish!
Of course when the TV shows you the historical places, the freely dressing and all..BUT do you know you will rarely find a mixed house share?! Girls will share with girls and vice versa...only occasionally, some black sheep show up!
In UK, it is mixed but their laws are horrible! You can end up in jail if a girl says something against you, not much proof is needed, her tears are enough...There was a law passed in some European country where women under hormonal influence were trialed differently! MEANING a woman who say chops her husband because she has some hormonal imbalance, or was feeling angry can somehow slip the system and get lesser charges while a similar man might not! The LAW dictates even who holds custody of the child...usually ends up with the mother who smokes weed WHO married a WEALTHY MAN and sued him for wanting to see his own child...Nope media will not show you any of that!
They will show you the nude beaches and make you happy!
Welcome to the women right's secular twisted system!