Québec’s Bill 9 demands the public sphere be free of visible religion, even when expressions of religion take are obligations its adherents cannot set aside.
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Despite a finding by the Québec Superior Court that Bill 21 has a cruel and dehumanizing impact on Muslim women, the law has survived. Now, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear challenges to it.
In today’s episode, we take a look at some ways lawmakers have legalized Islamophobia through niqab bans and other restrictive policies.
Four members of a Muslim family out for a walk were killed in what police say was a hate crime. A researcher on Islamophobia in Canada says it’s not just fringe groups that hold anti-Muslim views.
Now that face masks are being used to help fight the spread of COVID-19, it has caused some to look anew at discrimination against Muslim women who wear niqabs.
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Full professor, Faculty of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Lecturer in Islamic Politics, University of Toronto
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PhD Candidate in Religious Studies, McMaster University
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Professor of Sociology, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Full Professor, Faculty of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa