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January 20, 2011

AFP: British minister attacks 'acceptable' Islamophobia

by Alice Ritchie
Agence-France Presse

LONDON (AFP)– The first Muslim woman to sit in the British cabinet warned Thursday that discrimination against Muslims in Britain has become socially acceptable and must be tackled.

"It has seeped into our society in a way where it is acceptable around dinner to have these conversations where anti-Muslim hatred and bigotry is quite openly discussed," minister without portfolio Sayeeda Warsi told the BBC.

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