By: Manaal Farooqi in Toronto, ON One in every five Canadian women is born outside of the country. However, despite diverse ethnic backgrounds, many communities…
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Tag: Hijab
Quebec’s Bill 62 is an Oppression
Commentary by: Surjit Singh Flora in Brampton, ON It’s absurd to pass any law that is so obviously a violation of that constitution and its…
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Commentary by: Fred Maroun in Ottawa Quebec recently passed a law banning face coverings for people delivering or receiving public services, which has re-ignited the…
View More We Ignore Islamism at our Own PerilMayor Jeffrey’s Hypocritical Pandering
Commentary by Surjit Singh Flora in Brampton I don’t know why hypocrisy by politicians still manages to surprise me. Recently, it was being paraded in…
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Muslim-Canadian Women Concerned About Discrimination
by Danica Samuel in Toronto When Sheema Khan told audience members at the Aga Khan Museum that the men sitting at one of her last…
View More Muslim-Canadian Women Concerned About DiscriminationMuslim Women Bring #JeSuisHijabi Campaign to Ottawa
by Eddie Ameh in Ottawa Inside the main atrium of Carleton University, four women wearing hijabs (a head covering worn by some Muslim women) set…
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The Conservatives’ Veiled Pitch for the Anti-Muslim Vote
by Susan Delacourt in Ottawa It might be an awkward time to remind Conservatives of this, but the current government has two different standards for when…
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Hijab Controversy Spotlights Quebec’s Identity Crisis
by Jooneed Jeeroburkhan in Montreal Quebec’s growing obsession with identity politics came to a head, quite literally, last month, when a judge refused to hear the…
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Stephen Harper is the Antithesis of a Canadian
by Shireen Ahmed (@_ShireenAhmed_) in Mississauga With a federal election in plain sight, Canadians can look forward to politicians passionately declaring their commitment to the…
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Head Coverings and Courts: No Simple Solution
by Richard M. Landau (@Richard54) in Toronto So a woman is told she can’t testify in a Quebec court while wearing a hijab. The Prime…
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