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BBC Asian Network's Big Debate: Nomia Iqbal

21/02/2018

Nomia Iqbal

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Does it matter if you can't speak your mother tongue?

It is International Mother Language Day, so Nomia asks how important it is to speak one's mother tongue.

It's International Mother Language Day, and UNESCO, which founded the event, says one language disappears every two weeks. Does it matter if you can't speak your mother tongue? Then we talk about "honour killings", ahead of a BBC documentary called "Murdered for Love?". It's been looking into the death of Samia Shahid, who was found dead during a visit to Pakistan with her family in 2016. Nomia speaks to Labour MP for Bradford Naz Shah who has been campaigning on the case. After this, our immigration guru Harjap Singh Bhangal drops in to answer all your queries. Plus, Nomia asks the co-founder of 'Open my Mosque' programme Anita Nayyar and imam Qari Asim if mosques need to do more to involve women. Some mosques still don't have areas for women, or use cramped rooms with insufficient facilities.

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