Episode 7: I don’t need empowering, I don’t need liberating
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Sayeeda Warsi speaks to activist Sajda Mughal, caught up in the 7/7 bombs in London, about the effect it had on her life. The course of Sajda's life changed that day, and she discusses how the realisation that the bombs had been set off by men from her faith affected her. She also explains why she is so frustrated at the representation of Muslim women in public life - as meek and oppressed. "I don't need empowering, I don't need liberating," she tells Sayeeda
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