Speaking as somebody with three sisters and a very largely female Musl…

Salman Rushdie
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Speaking as somebody with three sisters and a very largely female Muslim family, there is not a single woman I know in my family or in their friends who would have accepted the wearing of a veil. ✨ Rushdie backs Straw in row over Muslim veils by Riazat Butt, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2006.
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Speaking as somebody with three sisters and a very largely female Muslim family, there is not a single woman I know in my family or in their friends who would have accepted the wearing of a veil. ✨ Rushdie backs Straw in row over Muslim veils by Riazat Butt, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2006.

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