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https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55999849
TV presenter Saira Khan has said she received death threats after revealing she is not a practising Muslim.
The former Loose Women panellist clarified her faith earlier this week in a column for The Daily Mirror.
“The problem for women like me, who have a Muslim name and are of Asian heritage, is that others make assumptions about us before we even open our mouths,” she said.
In an Instagram Live on Monday, Khan said she had received death threats.
She also posted a statement on her account which said she had been abused and trolled online….
Khan took part in an Instagram Live broadcast on Monday evening, during which she said she had received death threats since the publication of her article.
On Tuesday, she posted a statement on Instagram reiterating that she has “been sent threats, abuse and been trolled”.
“Why my personal choice of how I choose to live my life should stir such hatred in others is incomprehensible to me,” she said.
But, the presenter added, she had also received support from several followers. She shared screengrabs of some messages she had been sent.
Khan said she had been “contacted by so many women in the last 24 hours documenting their fears for wanting to live their life how they wish”….