A disturbing story about the travails of a British GP here: “A GP has revealed he is planning to quit medicine over an investigation by the doctors watchdog into claims he ‘discriminated’ against a Muslim woman for asking her to remove her veil. “Dr Keith Wolverson said he ‘politely’ asked the woman to take off […]
UK: Police hunting for veiled woman with knife after teenager stabbed to death
It’s likely that what the ever-clueless Daily Mail, the worst paper in the Western world, means by “burka” is actually a niqab, as the latter are far more common in Britain and are often referred to as burkas by people who don’t know one from the other. In any case, the perpetrator’s face was covered, […]
UK: British police may allow burka-uniform
The UK is also competing for the gold medal in the Progressive Olympics. Taking it a step further than Canada, which is already allowing its “Mounties” to wear hijabs on duty, the West Midlands Police force is considering allowing female officers to wear the burka as part of their uniform. It is unclear whether the burka […]