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Tessellate Institute Policy Brief: Response to Bill 94
May 17, 2010 – 5:06 pm | No Comment
Tessellate Institute Policy Brief: Response to Bill 94

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, …

Siddiqui: Deliberate distortion of the reality lived by Muslim women
April 14, 2010 – 1:52 pm | No Comment
Siddiqui: Deliberate distortion of the reality lived by Muslim women

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 …

Enlightening Report by Samaa Elibyari on Naima Ahmad, the woman recently kicked out of a French-language school for wearing the niqab or face veil
March 16, 2010 – 6:02 am | No Comment
Enlightening Report by Samaa Elibyari on Naima Ahmad, the woman recently kicked out of a French-language school for wearing the niqab or face veil

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 …

Globe And Mail Editorial – Intolerant intrusion
March 11, 2010 – 11:58 am | One Comment
Globe And Mail Editorial – Intolerant intrusion

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 …

Quebec to address niqab issue
March 4, 2010 – 1:03 pm | No Comment
Quebec to address niqab issue

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 …

You hardly ever see one, but the veil debate is back – Quebecers harbour strong emotions about women who wear the veil – By JANET BAGNALL
May 25, 2009 – 11:50 am | No Comment
You hardly ever see one, but the veil debate is back – Quebecers harbour strong emotions about women who wear the veil – By JANET BAGNALL

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. …

More Quebecers see immigrants as threat: poll
May 24, 2009 – 11:34 am | No Comment
More Quebecers see immigrants as threat: poll

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, …