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Thursday, 20 December 2018

Boris Johnson cleared over burqa comments

Former foreign secretary was ‘respectful and tolerant’, according to independent panel

Boris Johnson has been cleared of breaking the Conservative party’s code of conduct over his comments about veiled Muslim women.

An independent panel investigated the former foreign secretary’s comments after he used his Daily Telegraph column to suggest women wearing the burqa looked like letter boxes or bank robbers.

Related: Equality watchdog attacks Boris Johnson's 'inflammatory' remarks

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from Islam | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2rOUCnO

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