Source: The Guardian
A Ukip leadership candidate is calling for a ban on Muslim women wearing a veil in public buildings, shopping centres and on buses and trains.
Lisa Duffy will also demand the closure of Islamic faith schools until the problem of Islamist terrorism is dealt with, as well as a “complete and comprehensive ban” on sharia courts in the UK.
In a speech in London, Duffy will say her proposals are designed to foster integration, arguing: “Muslims who were born in this country … are as British as I am and I simply want them to feel as British as I do.”
But a rival in the race to succeed Nigel Farage will warn Ukip against focusing its efforts on issues such as Islam, warning it risks being seen as “small-minded” if it chases “the bigot vote”.
Launching his own leadership campaign in Manchester, the Ukip MEP Bill Etheridge will say: “I am proposing that as a party we focus on our policies, cementing libertarianism into our DNA.
“That means not focusing on small issues like Islam which makes us look small-minded – I’m not chasing the bigot vote.”
Duffy – who is backed by Suzanne Evans, the former Ukip spokeswoman – will say she wants to create a “path of opportunity” for young Muslim women who were told by men what they should wear, what leisure activities they should pursue and who they should marry.
“Why should I, as a white, Christian woman, effectively enjoy greater civil and human rights and freedoms than others?” the Huntingdonshire district councillor will ask. “My ambition is that everyone, from every community, should be able to enjoy the same rights and have the same independent control over their lives and their bodies as I do.”
Categories: Europe, Hijab, Islam, The Muslim Times, UK
To: Lisa Duffy:: Bill Etheridge:: Suzanne Evans:: The answer is making the contents known, due to living in ignorance of the contents the people have become backward, illiterate, with diminished responsibility. (The same applies to the Christians).