Boris & the Burqa - Religion or Postbox?

Saturday, 29 September

Boris & the Burqa - Religion or Postbox?

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In light of the recent statement by the former Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson MP, comparing the appearance of one of the items of clothing worn by Muslim women to a postbox, and the people wearing it, as looking like bank robbers, is the Burqa and other religious or cultural or forms of clothing, female free expression, or is something darker and more sinister going on? Join us and our panelists to explore this important and highly contentious topic. Please come and share your views in a no holds barred discussion and come to learn or teach us something.
A donation of £3 per person would be welcome.

Date & Time: 

Saturday, 29 September, 2018 - 18:00 to 21:30

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Common House
Unit 5E Pundersons Gardens Bethnal Green
E2 9QG
United Kingdom

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Venue is accessible but not accessible toilet.

The Common House is an experiment in building a commons – by which we mean a resource that is organised and structured by our collective activity as a community and not by money or property rights. We always want new groups and people to get involved in running the space.

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