{"id":373297,"date":"2018-08-14T08:04:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T07:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-british-pakistani-bishop-calls-for-burqa-ban\/"},"modified":"2018-08-14T08:04:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T07:04:19","slug":"prison-planet-com-british-pakistani-bishop-calls-for-burqa-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-british-pakistani-bishop-calls-for-burqa-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb British-Pakistani Bishop Calls for Burqa Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/london\/2018\/08\/13\/british-pakistani-bishop-calls-for-burqa-ban\/\"><strong>Breitbart<\/strong><\/a><br \/>August 13, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The senior clergyman <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-6050977\/Pakistani-born-Church-England-cleric-voices-support-outlawing-veil-public.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">told<\/a> the <em>Mail on Sunday<\/em> that, while a small minority of women might be choosing to cover their faces voluntarily, that there was no doubt \u201cthe burqa or niqab is being weaponised by Islamists to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/london\/2017\/07\/09\/gangs-chechen-morality-police-violence-intimidation-shariah-law-germany\/\">impose<\/a> what they consider to be \u2018Islamic\u2019 character on communities, neighbourhoods and even nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cIn 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 <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-42766211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">sense of segregation<\/a> will grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nazir-Ali, who hails from the small Christian community in Pakistan which faces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/london\/2017\/09\/12\/pakistani-christian-beaten-death-muslim-classmates-teacher-read-newspaper\/\">brutal persecution<\/a> from both the state and the wider Muslim-majority public, also highlighted the security risks posed by full face veils, observing: \u201cWe have all seen how even male terrorists have escaped arrest by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/london\/2018\/08\/09\/burqas-as-security-threats-criminals-terrorists-use-islamic-face-veil\/\">donning a burqa<\/a> and making an effective getaway.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/london\/2018\/08\/13\/british-pakistani-bishop-calls-for-burqa-ban\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Monday, August 13, 2018  at  6:33 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/british-pakistani-bishop-calls-for-burqa-ban.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/british-pakistani-bishop-calls-for-burqa-ban.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BreitbartAugust 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. 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