Oldham council leader 'attacked on Twitter when her hair covered up poppy in Remembrance Sunday photo'
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukAs the first Muslim female council leader in the North of England, Arooj Shah feels her decisions come under more scrutiny than those of her white, male counterparts.
And the recently-elected leader of Oldham Council has revealed how the prejudice she faces on a regular basis means the job she'd wanted for years "actually is quite unpleasant most of the time".
Cllr Shah, a Muslim woman of Pakistani heritage, told an online conference how she came under attack on social media over a photo taken at a Remembrance Sunday event when the wind blew her hair over the poppy she was wearing and obscured it. READ MORE: Oldham's first female Muslim leader sent death threats, abused in street and has car firebombed in five months since taking up role
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