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August 13, 2018
Michael Nazir-Ali, the Pakistan-born former Bishop of Rochester, has weighed into the controversy around the burqa to call for a near-total ban on full face veils, supported by former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey.
The senior clergyman told the Mail on Sunday that, while a small minority of women might be choosing to cover their faces voluntarily, that there was no doubt “the burqa or niqab is being weaponised by Islamists to impose what they consider to be ‘Islamic’ character on communities, neighbourhoods and even nations.”
He added: “In Britain, this has serious implications for the freedom of women, but it also has implications for integration and social cohesion. Where there is widespread use of the face veil, there will be greater isolation from one another and a sense of segregation will grow.”
Nazir-Ali, who hails from the small Christian community in Pakistan which faces brutal persecution from both the state and the wider Muslim-majority public, also highlighted the security risks posed by full face veils, observing: “We have all seen how even male terrorists have escaped arrest by donning a burqa and making an effective getaway.
This article was posted: Monday, August 13, 2018 at 6:33 am
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