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RachaelRoo
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 Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:26 am Post subject: Jack Straw suggests Muslim veil harms community relations |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5411954.stm
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Mr Straw explained the impact he thought veils could have in a society where watching facial expressions was important for contact between different people.
"Communities are bound together partly by informal chance relations between strangers - people being able to acknowledge each other in the street or being able pass the time of day," he said.
"That's made more difficult if people are wearing a veil. That's just a fact of life.
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The Islamic Human Rights Commission called Mr Straw's views "astonishing" and accused him of discrimination.
The Protect-Hijab organisation said the "appalling" comments showed "a deep lack of understanding".
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