Talking of the veil, and the need for "moderate Muslims" to speak out, let's hear it for Taj Hargey:
The Muslim face veil is branded an “archaic tribal rag” today by a prominent imam who says that Britain should follow France’s example and ban it.
Taj Hargey praised the European Court of Human Rights for upholding a French law that requires people to show their faces in public.
Dr Hargey’s attack on the full-face veil is the strongest so far by a British Muslim leader. In a letter to The Times, he puts himself at odds with the London-based civil liberties group Liberty, which urged Strasbourg to allow women to wear the veil. [Mick Hartley] Read more
