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Old 18-01-2010, 17:50   #14
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Re: Ban the burkha ?

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Originally Posted by danielf View Post
How many women in the UK actually wear a Bhurka or veil? According to the link posted it's 200,000. Wiki says there's around 2.4,000,000 Muslims in the UK, so that would mean 1 in 6 muslim women wear a bhurka or veil. Frankly, I find that hard to believe.

I mean, it's not as if women in Bhurkas are a common sight. Not around here anyway.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8464124.stm

According to the interview with nigel farage there are 200,000 and he got that number from 'experts', very convincing.
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