Drawing the Line Against ‘Footloose’ Fatwas in the U.K.

Iniquitous Inquisition

A Muslim teenager filmed twerking while wearing her headscarf causes a storm of unacceptable but all-too-predictable intolerance.

Published Mar. 13 2017 1:00AM EDT

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LONDON—A Muslim girl wearing a headscarf was filmed dancing in the streets of Birmingham, U.K.—twerking, in fact—and the smartphone video soon went viral, viewed over a million times.

Maajid Nawaz

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Drawing the Line Against ‘Footloose’ Fatwas in the U.K.

A Muslim teenager filmed twerking while wearing her headscarf causes a storm of unacceptable but all-too-predictable intolerance.

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Maajid Nawaz