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p> SIGHTINGS br> Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s Designer Slits : /p>

Even a cursory reading of "Designer Slits" by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. is thorough enough to discover two revealing errors that demonstrate The American Spectator's lack of journalistic integrity. Tyrrell claimed that Jack Straw barred the niqab from his offices. In fact, he did no such thing; rather, he suggested that being able to see the faces of his constituents may allow for better communication. While many in the British Muslims did take offense to this suggestion, it was by no means a ban, and Tyrrell's misrepresentation is pointless, prevaricating, and easily fact-checked. Even more basic an error than that is his misspelling of "hijab" as "hajib." Is there no filter whatsoever for a front-page article in The American Spectator?

p>Cordially, br> -- Mok Bang /p> p> Mr. Tyrrell is too late. The niqab is already here: I recently saw one on the New York City subway. The [presumed] female inside was wearing glasses and several large (vulgar) expensive-looking rings. br> -- C. Michael Mellor br> Brooklyn, New York

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