According to a report in the Daily Mail, Britain’s Channel 4 Television will feature a Muslim woman in full niqab (face veil) delivering the broadcaster’s alternative Christmas message:
"The woman, today named only as Khadija and said to be a lecturer in Islamic studies, will go head-to-head with the Queen when she gives her annual speech to the nation on 25 December…
While the channel is refusing to give more specific details of her background for fear that she will be inundated with interview requests, they said she was born in Zimbabwe, is a British citizen and has been wearing the full niqab – which covers everything but the eyes – for ten years."
