If you're a British Muslim woman living in Blackburn, you may no longer be allowed to travel alone - without a male chaperone.

Blackburn Muslim Association has deemed it “not permissible” for Muslim women to travel more than 48 miles - deemed to be equivalent to three days walk - without her husband or a male relative. Their reasoning - which appears in the question and answer section of the group’s site - is taken from Sharia teaching, and ends with the catchphrase: “Allah knows best.”

Many have been quick to condemn the advice. Justine Greening, the International Development Secretary, called it “disgraceful”. While Dr Sheik Howjat Ramzy, a prominent adviser to the Muslim Council, says, the guidance isn’t just “medieval”, it's downright “offensive.”

Telling a British Muslim woman, in 2016, that she cannot visit a neighbouring town, city or even a country without a man by her side (and one she’s related to), is vile.

What does it say about the strong, successful Muslim women here in the UK right now?