LONDON: Popular British MP George Galloway has lashed out at the new banning of the niqab, the full-face covering veil worn rarely by Muslim women, at the country's parliament. He said the new regulations are an infringement on Muslim rights in the UK. “Everyone understands the need to have proper security," Galloway, Respect MP for Bradford West, told The Daily Mail on Sunday, December 9. “But these rules seem a little heavy handed and confusing to me." With some 2.5 million Muslims living in the UK, many believe this is the beginning of greater restrictions to be introduced into the country. The new restrictions on the niqab have gone into place at Westminster Abbey and the two houses of parliament, the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Under the new rules, niqab-wearing Muslims will be required to remove their face-veil if they want to enter.
