Niqab - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 23 May 2019 05:52:55 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Niqab - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 GP's racism charge - for asking Muslim woman to remove face veil https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/05/23/doctor-racism-muslim-niqab/ Thu, 23 May 2019 07:51:28 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=117848 A GP forced out of work for asking a woman to remove her face veil (niqab) has attracted more than 20,000 signatures on a petition demanding his reinstatement. Dr Keith Wolverson could be struck off after "politely" asking a Muslim mother to remove the face veil so he could hear her properly as she described Read more

GP's racism charge - for asking Muslim woman to remove face veil... Read more]]> A GP forced out of work for asking a woman to remove her face veil (niqab) has attracted more than 20,000 signatures on a petition demanding his reinstatement.

Dr Keith Wolverson could be struck off after "politely" asking a Muslim mother to remove the face veil so he could hear her properly as she described her daughter's suspected tonsillitis.

The family doctor, who was practising at a walk-in centre at Royal Stoke University Hospital, says the woman consented without raising any objection, but that her husband turned up shortly after and made a formal complaint. Read more

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