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Bolton youth-club founder Khadija Patel receives British Citizen Award, then faces online abuse over her niqab

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Bolton youth-club founder Khadija Patel receives British Citizen Award, then faces online abuse over her niqab

Khadija Patel, founder of KRIMMZ Girls Youth Club in Bolton, received a British Citizen Award at the Palace of Westminster in July 2026. Photos of her in a niqab drew abuse online, and she said people were "seeing my clothes and not seeing my work."

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