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UK minister walks out of Muslim wedding, triggers controversy
- London
- A minister in the Gordon Brown government has sparked a controversy as he and his wife walked out of a Muslim wedding after discovering that they would have to sit in separate rooms as per tradition.
Jim Fitzpatrick, the Farming Minister, said the gender segregation was a sign of increasing radicalisation and was damaging for social cohesion, reports said today.
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
UK minister walks out of Muslim wedding, triggers controversy
Jim Fitzpatrick, the Farming Minister, said the gender segregation was a sign of increasing radicalisation and was damaging for social cohesion, reports said today.