“Bishop calls for veil legislation,” from the BBC:
The Right Reverend Michael Nazir-Ali told the Sunday Telegraph that “an unprecedented security situation” called for such legislation.
He also said people were “too worried about offending
Muslims”.
Mr Nazir-Ali has previously said jobs like teaching could require Muslim women not to wear full-face veils.
His comments come after it was claimed that a murder suspect may have fled the UK in a Muslim veil.
Opposition MPs have called for an inquiry into the claim about Mustaf Jamma, wanted in connection with the murder of Bradford Pc Sharon Beshenivsky.
But the Home Office said the claim was unlikely to be true as women can be asked to lift veils in identity checks.
But how diligently are they actually checked?
‘Inappropriate’
Mr Nazir-Ali, an Anglican bishop born in Pakistan, told the Sunday Telegraph that the Muslim community must increase its efforts to integrate into British society.
“It is fine if they want to wear the veil in private,” he
said.
“But there are occasions in public life when it is inappropriate for them to wear it.”