Cathy Newman ‘ushered out of mosque’ on national open day
From the Telegraph
Cathy Newman, the Channel 4 News presenter, was ushered out of a London mosque, despite being “respectfully” dressed on Visit My Mosque Day, she has revealed. The journalist expressed surprise that she had been turned away and explained that she was there to mark the nationwide event organized by The Muslim Council of Britain.
She wrote on Twitter: “Well I just visited Streatham mosque for #VisitMyMosque day and was surprised to find myself ushered out of the door.” “I was respectfully dressed, head covering and no shoes but a man ushered me back onto the street. I said I was there for #VisitMyMosque but it made no difference.”
She later located the designated taqyiia mosque for the area where she received the ‘warm welcome’ laid on for the infidel.
More than 20 mosques were expected to open their doors to the public for Visit My Mosque Day, an initiative designed to reach out to the public after heightened tensions caused by the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris. Streatham Mosque is not listed on the Muslim Council of Britain’s list of participating mosques, although it is not thought to be exhaustive.