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  • Davis in 'UK apartheid' warning

    10/16/2006 4:49:31 PM PDT · by kiriath_jearim · 4 replies · 258+ views
    BBC ^ | 10/15/06 | n/a
    The row over Muslim women wearing veils shows how Britain risks creating a system of "voluntary apartheid", shadow home secretary David Davis has warned. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Davis questioned whether there was a "series of closed societies" in the UK. [Mr Davis is worried that Britain is becoming a divided society] And he said there was a growing feeling the Muslim community was "excessively sensitive to criticism" and "unwilling to engage in substantive debate". Last week Commons leader Jack Straw said the veils caused "separateness". Government 'confused' Mr Davis, the Conservative MP for Haltemprice and Howden, said...