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Taj Hargey

HARDtalk: Taj Hargey

'Nothing in the Koran about face masking’

16/08/2018 GMT

BBC News - HARDtalk, Taj Hargey

Stephen Sackur speaks to the Islamic scholar and imam,Taj Hargey.

Islamic scholar and imam Taj Hargey has stirred controversy by condemning the burqa and demanding a new form of Islam. Will his ideas ever gain traction in the Muslim community?

A tiny proportion of Muslim women in Britain wear the burqa or niqab; forms of dress which keep the face partially of fully covered. Nonetheless, those women find themselves at the heart of a sometimes bitter argument about religion, values and tolerance in Western society. HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to the Islamic scholar and imam - Taj Hargey, who has long stirred controversy amongst fellow Muslims by condemning the burqa and demanding a new form of Islam. Will his ideas ever gain traction in the Muslim community?

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