Boris Johnson says Muslims wearing burkas 'look like LETTER BOXES’ sparking fury

BORIS Johnson has been slammed after saying Muslim women wearing burkas “look like letter boxes”.

The ex-foreign secretary also described burkas as “absolutely ridiculous” and said their wearers looked like “bank robbers”.

Johnson came out against calls for a ban on the face-covering veils in public places – but compared their wearers to rebellious teenagers.

His comments, in response to the introduction of a burka ban in Denmark, sparked an angry response from Muslim organisations and MPs who accused him of stoking Islamophobia for political gain.

Denmark last week followed France, Germany, Austria and Belgium in banning face-covering garments like the burka and niqab in public places.

Johnson said he felt "fully entitled" to expect women to remove face coverings when talking to him at his MP's surgery, and said schools and universities should be able to take the same approach if a student "turns up ... looking like a bank robber”, writing for the Daily Telegraph.

"If you tell me that the burka is oppressive, then I am with you," he wrote.

"If you say that it is weird and bullying to expect women to cover their faces, then I totally agree – and I would add that I can find no scriptural authority for the practice in the Koran.

"I would go further and say that it is absolutely ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking like letter boxes."



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