North Yorkshire staff heard Mary’s head covering cited in anti-Islamophobia training
North Yorkshire Council staff involved in anti-terror work were told in an Islamophobia training seminar that the Virgin Mary wore a hijab. The speaker, Abbas Najib of the charity Better Communities Bradford, said the example illustrated that head covering is a tradition shared across faiths and cultures.
The session was part of Project Unity, which aims to address misconceptions about Muslims and has reached more than 2,500 people in West and North Yorkshire. Najib stood by the presentation, which included images of Mary wearing a head covering and a quotation from an Italian politician opposing a hijab ban. The article also links the seminar to a separate Project Unity lecture in which police officers were asked to consider the potential harm caused by Nigel Farage’s remarks about young Muslims.
- Council staff heard that Mary’s head covering reflected a shared religious tradition.
- The seminar was part of Project Unity’s anti-Islamophobia training.
- The article also describes a separate lecture discussing Nigel Farage’s comments.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Council staff told the Virgin Mary wore a hijab as part of anti-Islamophobia training”.