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Quebec debating going much

artappraiser — Tue, 07 May 2019 19:24:38 +0000

In reply to Sri Lanka bans burqa, niqab in wake of terror attacks

Quebec debating going much further with regulation of religious symbols:

Muslim women 'fundamentalists' if hijab not removed at work, Quebec lawmakers told

Quebec's legislature opens 2 weeks of hearings into controversial secularism bill

By Jonathan Montpetit @ CBC News, May 7

Quebec's hearings into a controversial secularism bill opened Tuesday morning with testimony claiming that Muslim women who refuse to remove their hijab at work are "fundamentalists."

The legislative committee examining Bill 21 arranged for several supporters of the bill to kick off the hearings. Among them was Djemila Benhabib, an outspoken advocate of limiting where religious symbols can be worn.

If passed, the legislation would bar Quebec civil servants in positions of authority — including public teachers, police officers and Crown prosecutors — from wearing garments like the kippa or hijab while at work.

Benhabib, who represents a group called Collectif citoyen pour l'égalité et la laïcité, was asked if she thought all women who wear a hijab are religious extremists.

Not if they agree to take off their hijab while working civil service jobs, she replied. She added: "Women who wear the hijab … are engaging in emotional blackmail when they say they won't take it off. I consider them to be fundamentalists."

Premier François Legault disagreed with Benhabib's characterization of women who wear the hijab at work. "Let's be careful with the labels," he said [....]

Because of course it was

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 04 May 2019 14:02:24 +0000

In reply to Sri Lanka bans burqa, niqab in wake of terror attacks

Because of course it was women in burqas who carried out the attacks, and the government could've taken advantage of their 2-4 week warning if only they'd been able to see the Muslim women's faces.

The dog bit me so I kicked the cat.

Same ban starting among

artappraiser — Sat, 04 May 2019 06:17:25 +0000

In reply to Sri Lanka bans burqa, niqab in wake of terror attacks

Similar ban starting among Muslims in India, too:

Hijab and Niqab "are not part of the Indian Muslim culture. We have to admit they are a cultural invasion, which we should resist." - PA Fazal Gafoor, president of Muslim Education Society, on its ban of the face veil for women students at its 152 institutions in Kerala, India.
— Harbir Singh (@HarbirSingh_) May 4, 2019