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BBC Asian Network's Big Debate: Nomia Iqbal

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19/01/2017

Nomia Iqbal

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Nomia asks, is it right to expect a young child to wear religious head covering?

Nomia asks: Is it right to expect a young child to wear religious head coverings? Also, Mohammad Rashid, who has congenital blindness, talks about having had to fight to get a guide dog and how some in the Asian community are not accepting of dogs. Our Soch of the Week is freelance journalist Shaista Aziz, who thinks we need to re-think how we see women's human rights. Zubeda Limbara, director of charity Connect Futures, and former extremist Shahid Butt talk about what can be done to tackle extremism.

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