Brits too afraid of 'aggressive' Muslims, says US academic

Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss shocked by men and women being segregated at London uni debate

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ATHEIST Richard Dawkins has accused a leading British university of "sexual apartheid" after men and women were forced to sit separately at a debate hosted on its premises by an Islamic group.

Dawkins said the "segregation" of the audience at the University College London debate entitled: Islam or Atheism: Which Makes More Sense? was intolerable and “heads should roll".

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