Rushdie says Muslim face veils ‘suck’

AUTHOR Salman Rushdie has risked further Muslim wrath after saying that face veils for women “suck”.

The British writer — who was once the subject of a fatwa by Ayatollah Khomeni of Iran over his novel The Satanic Verses — said he regarded the veil as a way of taking power away from women.

He backed leader of the Commons Jack Straw, who provoked a furious response from sections of the Muslim community last week when he urged Muslim women to abandon the veil, describing it as a “visible statement of separation” which impeded good community relations.