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Not in Our Name: Muslim Women and the Quebec Charter


Posted by Krista Riley on 10 Mar 2014 / 4 Comments
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A few weeks ago, I spoke as part of a panel at the University of Ottawa about the Quebec Charter of Secularism, speaking both as Editor-in-Chief of Muslimah Media Watch and as a founding member of the Collective of Muslim Feminists of Quebec.  This is an edited version of my talk, updated to reflect shifts […]

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Unintended Consequences: Minority Rights and Policy Making in the West


Posted by eren on 03 Mar 2014 / 1 Comment
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For many years now, countries around the world have been faced with the question of minority rights and religious accommodation. In Canada, where I currently live, questions about niqabs in courtrooms, voting stations and citizenship ceremonies have been raised in the past five years. Part of the debate has been the meaning of religious accommodation, […]

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Culture/Society

Uneasy Solidarity and the Hijab


Posted by amina on 31 Dec 2013 / 2 Comments
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As the debate on Quebec’s Charter of Secularism (formally the unaptly named Charter of Values) rages on, two Montreal professors wore the hijab to demonstrate their solidarity with Muslim women. In short, the Charter of Values in Quebec is a proposed law that bans the visibility of religious symbols – hijabs, kippa, crosses, turbans – […]

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