A Muslim scholar and jurist has waded into New Zealand's burqas-on-buses debate – saying the women should be made to remove their face veils.
The debate erupted in May when two Muslim women were refused entry to Auckland buses because they were wearing face veils or niqabs.
Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, who hit the headlines when he issued a fatwa against terrorism and suicide bombing, told the Sunday Star-Times "covering the face, according to the Koran, is not mandatory". [Stuff.co.nz] Read more [via National Secular Society]
