24 March 2010

MP investigated by police after criticising Muslim veils in Parliament

Philip Hollobone had described the face coverings worn by some devout Muslim women as the “religious equivalent of going around with a paper bag over your head with two holes for the eyes”.

He defended his comments in a local newspaper and then found that he had been reported to the police for inciting racial hatred, by the head of a taxpayer-funded equality group. [telegraph.co.uk] Read more