Why I, as a British Muslim woman, want the burkha banned from our streets

by Saira Khan
Daily Mail
June 24, 2009

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1837/why-i-as-a-british-muslim-woman-want-the-burkha

Excerpt:

Shopping in Harrods last week, I came across a group of women wearing black burkhas, browsing the latest designs in the fashion department.

The irony of the situation was almost laughable. Here was a group of affluent women window shopping for designs that they would never once be able to wear in public.

Yet it's a sight that's becoming more and more commonplace. In hardline Muslim communities right across Britain, the burkha and hijab - the Muslim headscarf - are becoming the norm.

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