Ms Azmi also told Today that her students - who were 11-year-olds and had "very good English" - had "never complained" that they found it difficult when she was wearing a veil.
She insisted she could continue to carry out her duties "perfectly well" wearing the garment.
it is important we should engage with the progressive elements and leaders in the Muslim community, rather than what really America has been doing over the last 30 years, which is alliances with, say, the Saudi royal family and the most backward and reactionary elements.
