A challenge to Quebec’s secularism law, Bill 21, will not be heard. The law bars some public sector employees from wearing religious symbols in the workplace. Most prominently featured in the media and religious rights and freedoms debate has unsurprisingly been Muslim women’s right to wear their veils. Last year, Quebec Premier François Legault “shrugged […]
Canada: Quebec premier “shrugs off” complaints that new anti-religious symbols law encourages “Islamophobia”
“Quebec Premier François Legault says he doesn’t “really” believe Muslim women in the province who say they’ve been the target of Islamophobic incidents since the government passed a law making it illegal for some civil servants to wear religious symbols. Several Muslim women who wear either the hijab or niqab have told CBC News that […]