Straw sparks row over Muslim veil comments
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Former foreign minister Jack Straw has triggered a row over his call for Muslim women to remove their veils when they visit him.
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MPs express concern about the "tone and timing" of the Afghan president's comments about the UK.
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ISTANBUL -- Turkey's top Islamic cleric asked Pope Benedict XVI yesterday to take back recent remarks he made about Islam and unleashed a string of counteraccusations against Christianity, raising tensions before the pontiff's November visit -- his first to a Muslim country.
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The UK's leading Christian leader has tried to damp down controversy surrounding comments he made suggesting that some aspects of Muslim Sharia law could become part of British law.
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The BBC News website looks at why the archbishop of Canterbury is advocating aspects of Sharia law in Britain.
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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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The archbishop of Canterbury on Thursday called for a limited application of Islamic law in Britain. Muslims praised the proposal but the government rejected it
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From Salman Rushdie to Monty Python, free speech even if offensive is worth protecting, Britain's interior minister said on Wednesday, defending a knighthood for Rushdie which has drawn protests from Muslims.
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One in three people in Britain would support a total ban on the wearing of the Muslim full-face veil in public, according to a survey by the BBC.
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British newspapers have backed a government minister embroiled in a political storm sparked by his views on the problems posed by Muslim women wearing a veil.
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Former foreign secretary Jack Straw has said he was concerned the veil was a &quot;visible demonstration of separateness&quot; as he defended his request that Muslim women remove it when they come to his constituency surgeries.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury is said to be overwhelmed by the "hostility of the response" to his Sharia law comments.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury faces widespread criticism after saying some Sharia law in the UK is "unavoidable".
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Former British foreign secretary Jack Straw's suggestion that Muslim women remove veils covering their faces, intended to promote communication and openness, has instead provoked division.
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LONDON, Feb. 11 -- The spiritual leader of the global Anglican church on Monday defended controversial remarks that Britain should consider formally recognizing aspects of Islamic law, but conceded that his choice of words in broaching the issue may have been misleading.
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GUJRAT: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Tuesday that Britain strongly supports the peace process between India and Pakistan, but warned that they might have to endure plenty of frustration before ...
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Muslim are angry at a police ban on women in Zanzibar driving whilst wearing veils, saying it is discriminatory.