Warsi, who previously supported faith schools, said she was “not convinced bringing up kids in a single-faith school is good for them.”
Source/Credit: The Express Tribune
By News Desk | May 31, 2017
Britain’s first Muslim member of the Cabinet, on Monday, said she hoped Muslim women should soon do away with ‘burqa’ themselves but emphasised that the change should come from within the community than on government’s dictation.
“I want British Muslims to lead that charge … but I don’t want it to be done with a government diktat of what women can or can’t wear, because at what point do you start to draw the lines?” said Sayeeda Warsi, adding that she thought the head-to-toe garment was “not the best manifestation of British Islam.”
“What else will offend us that we don’t want people to go around wearing? There are people in conservative societies across this country who would be offended at what certain girls are wearing out on a Friday night. What are we going to do, ban that next because we’re offended by it?”
During her speech at the Hay literary festival, Lady Warsi also criticised the British government’s policy to tackle homegrown ‘radicalisation’. “We cannot afford to have sloppy, lazy, ideologically driven decision-making in this area of policy. It is about our national security,” she stressed.
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