Straw fans flames by insisting he wants women to stop wearing ... - Independent

Straw fans flames by insisting he wants women to stop wearing veils altogether By Nigel Morris, Home Affairs Correspondent Jack Straw has inflamed the controversy over Muslim women wearing veils by saying that he would prefer them to stop wearing the garments altogether. The former Foreign Secretary provoked widespread anger, both among Muslim groups and in his Blackburn constituency, when he disclosed that he asked female constituents to uncover their faces in meetings. Undaunted by a wave of ...