Articles tagged with: Quebec
From Iqra.ca
The bill before the Quebec legislature that would require the niqab be removed when a person deals with government employees and access government services in that province should not be passed, …
By Haroon Siddiqui
The two most cited reasons in support of Quebec’s anti-niqab bill are that the veil is an imposed oppression since no woman would ever voluntarily wear it and, second, that the province’s proposal …
Report by Samaa Elibyari’s visit to Naima Ahmad, Monday March 8 2010
1. The context
I am sure you have been following the news about the case of Naima Ahmad, a Canadian resident of Egyptian origin living in …
Editorial From The Globe and Mail Newspaper
There obviously need to be some limits on the accommodation of religious and cultural minorities. Female genital mutilation is one example. Child marriage is another. But the case of …
From CBC News
The Quebec government stands by its decision to expel a woman from a language class for refusing to remove her niqab veil and will take further steps to avoid similar situations in the …
By JANET BAGNALL
The Gazette
Friday, May 15, 2009
In fact, a person in Canada, Australia, Britain and the United States could go an entire lifetime without seeing a Muslim woman whose face is covered with a veil. …
By Marian Scott, The Gazette
One year after a provincial report on the accommodation of cultural minorities, a majority of Quebecers still say newcomers should give up their cultural traditions and become more like everybody else, …
By JAN RAVENSBERGEN
The Montreal Gazette






