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Burqa comments like Boris Johnson’s are pushing Muslims to reassert their identity

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The former UK Foreign Minister, Boris Johnson's recent inflammatory comments about the niqab face covering that is adopted by a small minority of Muslim women were part of a strategy to further his political ambitions. However this type of narrative endangers the lives of Muslim women and commu...

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Published: 2018
Online Access: https://theconversation.com/burqa-comments-like-boris-johnsons-are-pushing-muslims-to-reassert-their-identity-101362
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