Straw 'opposes all Muslim veils'
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Cabinet Minister Jack Straw says he would prefer Muslim women not to wear veils at all.
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Embattled Archbishop of Canterbury begins detailed defence of his remarks on Sharia law
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Ministers reject calls for complete ban in England, after government review finds opposition.
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Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott defends the right of Muslim women to wear a veil - disagreeing with Jack Straw.
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Islamic extremism has made some UK places  into no-go areas for non-Muslims, says the bishop of Rochester.
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BRITISH Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has complained to his American counterpart Colin Powell about the deportation from the US of former pop star Cat Stevens as a possible terrorist risk.
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The DUP will oppose any plan to allow unmarried and gay couples to adopt children, Jeffrey Donaldson says.
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A senior British cabinet minister said on Friday it would be better if Muslim women did not wear full veils, inflaming anger among the country's Islamic community and sparking heated debate on social integration.
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Hiding women away in the home hidden behind veils is a backward view of Islam, President Musharraf of Pakistan has said during a visit to Britain.
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LONDON, Feb. 11 -- The spiritual leader of the global Anglican church on Monday defended controversial remarks that Britain should consider formally recognizing aspects of Islamic law, but conceded that his choice of words in broaching the issue may have been misleading.
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"We cannot have a reincarnation of the old 'sus' laws under which mostly black people, ethnic minorities, were literally stopped on sight and that created a really bad atmosphere and an erosion of civil liberties."  British police could get powers to stop and question anyone in the UK under proposed tough new anti-terror laws. via Boston Today
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Britain is ready to listen to the Islamic extremists who are holding Kenneth Bigley hostage in Iraq, but not to negotiate with them, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said in a television interview.
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Britain will not back military action against Iran if President George W Bush decides to confront Tehran in his second White House term, Jack Straw has said.
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Former foreign minister Jack Straw has triggered a row over his call for Muslim women to remove their veils when they visit him.
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The UK's leading Christian leader has tried to damp down controversy surrounding comments he made suggesting that some aspects of Muslim Sharia law could become part of British law.
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Jack Straw attacks a Lords' ruling that detaining foreign terror suspects without trial breaks human rights law.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair dismissed a claim that Britain is a &quot;police state&quot; for Muslims, made by a man released without charge after anti-terror raids last week.