Straw draws criticism from Muslim groups
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Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Thursday he asks Muslim women visiting his office to remove their veils, drawing criticism from some Muslim groups.
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Islamic extremism in Britain has created communities that are "no-go areas" for non-Muslims, a Pakistani-born Church of England bishop said in The Sunday Telegraph. Michael Nazir-Ali, the bishop of Rochester, told the newspaper that Britain's policies of multiculturalism have created separate Muslim communities that fail to integrate into mainstream society. "There has been a worldwide resurgence of the ideology of Islamic extremism. One of the results of this has been to further alienate the young from the nation in which they were growing up and also to turn already separate communities into `no-go' areas where adherence to this ideology has become a mark of acceptability," said Nazir-Ali. Read more
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The Muslim Council of Britain criticises the new series of US drama 24 for its "unbalanced portrayal" of Muslims.
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A Muslim leader in the United Kingdom, Abu Hamza Al-Masri, was charged in a British court yesterday with a variety of crimes, including 10 counts of soliciting murder, specifically, of Jews and other non-Muslims, as well as racist incitement and terrorism
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The Tories criticise Jack Straw for asking Muslim women at his constituency surgeries to remove veils.
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By John Deane, Chief Political Correspondent, PA News, in Sudan. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will come face to face today with the misery of refugees in the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan.
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A Muslim leader blames Jack Straw's comments about veils for an attack on a woman in Liverpool.
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Muslim leaders around the world accused Pope Benedict XVI of dividing religions in comments he made Tuesday about Islam.
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A Muslim leader has criticized plans to honor late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury with a huge beach party this weekend.
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Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, flies to Sudan today to press the Khartoum government to rein in militias waging a campaign of terrorism in the western province of Darfur.
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Senior bishop who claimed parts of Britain are no-go areas for non-Muslims criticised
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The home secretary has warned Muslims to beware of their children being &quot;brainwashed&quot; by Islamist extremists, but his call was disrupted by protests against recent crackdowns on Muslims.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury is to address the General Synod after the row over his remarks on Muslim law.
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Relations with the Muslim community are made "more difficult" when women wear veils, Jack Straw says.
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Footage showing Sudanese security forces storming a refugee camp sparks condemnation from Jack Straw.
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As controversy surrounds the Blair Government&#39;s plans to extend the incitement laws to cover religious hatred, leader of the far-right British National Party (BNP) Nick Griffin was arrested and was questioned about alleged incitement offences.
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Government policy is driving Muslims in the UK into the arms of violent extremists, a report claims.