in part because of the airport's practice of not looking under the veils of Muslim women
Is the report correct?
Surely you have to check under the veil to be sure that the women is eligible not to be checked, since before you look, you don't know what lurks beneath? Or is my logic incorrect?
Sounds like political correctness gone mad to me.
I presume they are subject to body searches and have to pass through the metal detectors. At Cairo, Doha and Dubai, women are checked, so why not LHR?