Blair says UK needed a debate on the position of Muslims, but the faith needs to come to terms with modernity.
London: Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday that Britain needed a debate about the position of Muslims, but that the faith also needed to decide how it comes to terms with modernity.
At his monthly news conference, Blair said he supported a local school authority's decision to bar a Muslim woman from working as a teacher while wearing a veil.
He said, however, that should be just one issue in a broader debate about ''the relationship between our society and how the Muslim community integrates with our society''.
''There's a second issue which is about Islam itself, and how Islam comes to terms with and is comfortable with the modern world,'' Blair said.
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