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The image of a woman in a Union Jack hijab was used on the front page of The
Sun (Twitter)
It had been developed, according to an internal Breakthrough document seen by
MEE, because “the UK authorities wanted to challenge ultraconservative and
misogynistic interpretations of Islam – particularly those around women – in
order to promote the true face of Islam among vulnerable UK communities”.
The document explains that RICU’s objective was to “establish a platform for
British Muslim women to set out an alternative interpretation of Islam and to take
a lead in countering extremism in their communities”.
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