.... From behind the black cloth came, for the most part, accents indistinguishable from those of any other Londoner. Above all, they passionately insisted, nobody had forced them to wear the veil. It was their choice.
"I used to go clubbing, I used to drink, I used to wear skinny jeans," said Ms Jama, who is 28 and from Barking. "But I just got thinking it wasn't right. I had lots of men and I never got anything out of it. They would use me and then leave me. They would look at me like a piece of meat, and this [the niqab] stops all that.
"It is hard in other ways. I live near Essex, and people are sometimes hostile. But it's still better. It gives me confidence." [telegraph.co.uk] Read more
