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  • Cameron warns politicians to stop 'piling in' on veil debate

    10/20/2006 7:28:14 AM PDT · by Mrs Ivan · 2 replies · 287+ views
    Daily Mail ^ | 20th October 2006 | LAURA CLARK and JAMES TOZER
    David Cameron has joined the debate over Muslim women who wear a veil, warning that the number of politicians 'piling in' to the debate could cause the Muslim community to feel 'targeted'. He also backed the decision to uphold the suspension of Aishah Azmi, who refused to remove her veil in class. Mr Cameron said it should be up to the school and local authority to make their own judgment. "I am not sure we can have some national veils policy," he said in an ITV interview, last night. "Looking at the case, I have great sympathy with the school...
  • MP tells veil woman 'let it go'

    10/20/2006 3:00:40 AM PDT · by Mrs Ivan · 6 replies · 535+ views
    BBC ^ | Friday, 20 October 2006
    A Muslim teaching assistant suspended for wearing a full-face veil has been urged by her MP to give up her fight. Aishah Azmi lost her employment tribunal case for discrimination and harassment, but was awarded damages for victimisation by Kirklees Council. Her legal representative said they will take the case to "a higher court". But Dewsbury Labour MP Shahid Malik told the BBC: "I would appeal to Mrs Azmi now just to let this thing go. There is no real support for it." It comes as Conservative leader David Cameron warned politicians to consider the effects before "piling" into the...