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Robert Jenrick: “There had been an increase in the use of sharia law, and in instances of young girls being forced to cover their faces…”

On the recordOctober 9, 2026
There had been an increase in the use of sharia law, and in instances of young girls being forced to cover their faces, and churches being turned into mosques, which he said would not happen under a Reform government.
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Robert Jenrick
Reform UK

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Defending his comments on Islamification in the UK.

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