Lisa Duffy will also say “it is only reasonable” Muslim women show their faces in public, in the same way “teenagers are told to take their hoodies down and.motorcyclists are expected to remove their helmets”.
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She also demanded the closure of Islamic faith schools until the problem of Islamist terrorism is dealt with, as well as a “complete and comprehensive ban” on sharia courts in the United Kingdom, warning of “parallel systems” and “separatism”.
President of the Muslim Association of Britain, Omer El-Hamdoon told The Independent, “Ms Duffy said she’s not chasing the bigot vote, but in fact she is”.
“Again, it is about making sure there is one law for all, rather than making an exception for a community because we are frightened of causing [offense]”.
Ms Duffy is also proposing to close Islamic faith schools until the Islamist terror threat was dealt with.
Lisa Duffy, who is second favourite to win the leadership contest, was accused by her rivals of “chasing the bigot vote”.
Mr Etheridge, who is also a Dudley councillor, has positioned himself as the unity candidate in the leadership campaign and has vowed to stop the party from shifting “too far to the left”.
She rejected comparisons with US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, and insisted she was trying to allay “unfair” fear directed at Muslims.
“I do not want extremist or anti-Western views to go unchallenged in any school”, she said.
“I have a positive vision for British Islam where girls can grow up with equal rights to men and be given the rights of self-determination the rest of us take for granted”, she is expected to say.
Meanwhile, speaking in Manchester, Mr Etheridge backed a ban on the burka – the veil which fully covers the face and body – in public places “where there is a security issue”.
He said it would be better if the state and those seeking to govern it “set the criteria that we can all live as freely as possible and we allow the religious authorities and individuals to sort their own religion”, provided it works “within a framework where nobody feels they are being intimidated over any issue on either side”.
She said her proposals are created to foster integration: “Muslims who were born in this country. are as British as I am and I simply want them to feel as British as I do”. We have voted to leave the European Union and now we need to make sure we get the best Brexit deal.
“Why should I, as a white, Christian woman, effectively enjoy greater civil and human rights and freedoms than others?” she asked.
Jonathan Arnott MEP, Phillip Broughton, Diane James MEP and Elizabeth Jones complete the line-up of contenders standing to replace Nigel Farage as Ukip leader.
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Duffy is now 5/1 to be announced the next UKIP leader on September 15.
