Andrew Hough, Daily Telegraph, Aug.3, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7922920/Baroness-Warsi-burka-wearing-women-can-engage-in-everyday-life.html
The Muslim Conservative peer defended the right of women who wore a full face veil, saying it did not prevent them from “engaging in everyday life”. The 39 year-old, who became a minister without portfolio in May, said many women operated successful businesses wearing the headwear. Baroness Warsi, also the Chairwoman of the Conservative Party, said many Muslim women choose to wear the veil through their own free will and not under any pressure.
“Why should we tell women what to wear? What it boils down to is choice. If women don’t have a choice over what to wear then they are oppressed.”