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Canadian Muslims outraged as Quebec moves to ban religious symbols at schools, including hijab (ciiradio.com)
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Canada’s largest Muslim organisation is outraged over a bill introduced by the Quebec government that would ban headscarves for school support staff and students.

“In Quebec, we made the decision that state and the religion are separate,” said Education Minister Bernard Drainville, CBC News reported. “And today, we say the public schools are separate from religion.”

But the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), who are challenging in the Supreme Court the original bill that forbids religious symbols being worn by teachers, say the new bill is another infringement on their rights and unfairly targets hijab-wearing Muslims.

“This renewed attack on the fundamental rights of our community is just one of several recent actions taken by this historically unpopular government to bolster their poll numbers by attacking the rights of Muslim Canadians,” the NCCM said in a social media post.

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[–] vegantomato@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

“In Quebec, we made the decision that state and the religion are separate,” said Education Minister Bernard Drainville

What is religion anyway? Worshiping men (politicians) is okay, but worshiping Allah is not?

As someone else pointed out, even from a liberal pov, this is wrong as it is anti-freedom and anti-personal autonomy. Women should have the right to choose what to wear according such a philosophy. Using the unconvincing loophole of "but they were forced to wear hijab" to turn this into something pro-freedom/pro-autonomy hardly changes that fact.

It's a dangerous path to take, as these politicians will not only step on Muslims' rights, but also set a precedent that the government (a few elites) can dictate when people are wearing too much. It also undermines the entire notion of protecting women's rights.

Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID) should have been a red flag that Canada's rulers are mildly deranged along with being morally bankrupt.

[–] A_A@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Suppose Canada goes 100% banning such idiocy, now, where do you want to live ?

[–] vegantomato@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In your head, rent-free.

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Thanks for the humor and light tone, have a nice day, take care 😋