Last week, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced a plan that would require women immigrants to learn English within 30 months of arriving in Great Britain. The plan targets Muslim women joining their husbands already in Britain. Cameron said his plan would help Muslim women immigrants who spend most of their time at home. He said the plan would help them feel less socially isolated. A government source told the media that “David knows that the traditional submissiveness of Muslim women is a sensitive issue.” Submissiveness is a willingness to obey, or submit to, someone else. Some British Muslim women were offended by the comment. They responded on social media with humor and sarcasm. Sarcasm is the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say. Mashable.com reported that British author and activist Shelina Janmohamed created the hashtag #traditionallysubmissive. She tweeted sarcastic responses to Prime Minister Cameron.
Title: Muslim Women Tweet to British PM David Cameron
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/787/cam_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Muslim Women Tweet to British PM David Cameron' data-article-id='1187'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13750'>Last week, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced a plan that would require women immigrants to learn English within 30 months of arriving in Great Britain.</span> <span data-start-time='13750' data-end-time='20333'>The plan targets Muslim women joining their husbands already in Britain. </span> <span data-start-time='20333' data-end-time='27896'>Cameron said his plan would help Muslim women immigrants who spend most of their time at home. </span> <span data-start-time='27896' data-end-time='33000'>He said the plan would help them feel less socially isolated.</span> <span data-start-time='33000' data-end-time='44458'>A government source told the media that “David knows that the traditional submissiveness of Muslim women is a sensitive issue.” </span> <span data-start-time='44458' data-end-time='51479'>Submissiveness is a willingness to obey, or submit to, someone else. </span> <span data-start-time='51479' data-end-time='56375'>Some British Muslim women were offended by the comment. </span> <span data-start-time='56375' data-end-time='62063'>They responded on social media with humor and sarcasm. </span> <span data-start-time='62063' data-end-time='69208'>Sarcasm is the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say.</span> <span data-start-time='69208' data-end-time='80750'>Mashable.com reported that British author and activist Shelina Janmohamed created the hashtag #traditionallysubmissive. </span> <span data-start-time='80750' data-end-time='85938'>She tweeted sarcastic responses to Prime Minister Cameron.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/787/mus_image.png'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=5137 data-hint-location='27896' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/787/what_does_isolated_mean.m4a'>What does isolated mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='separate from others'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/787/successfully_done.m4a'><span>successfully done</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/787/to_become_upset.m4a'><span>to become upset</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/787/separate_from_others.m4a'><span>separate from others</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/787/the_willingness_to_obey_someone.m4a'><span>the willingness to obey someone</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' 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style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/787/british_muslim_women_were__blank__by_camerons_comment.m4a'>British Muslim women were <span class='blank'>offended</span> by Cameron's comment.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='offended'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/787/offended.m4a'><span>offended</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/787/applauded.m4a'><span>applauded</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/787/understanding.m4a'><span>understanding</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/787/comforted.m4a'><span>comforted</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button 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