Sentences with phrase «niqab ban»

The most compelling piece I've read this past week on the phenomenon comes from the Montreal Gazette, Niqab ban harkens back to the dark days of Duplessis.

In 2015, he argued that «people like» Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi were to blame for the politicization of the niqab ban instituted by the federal Conservative government.

Women were particularly turned off, Fraser says, when they asked Kenney about LGBTQ rights and the federal Tories» niqab ban at citizenship ceremonies, and he deflected.

Not only is niqab banned, but also the hijab.

Not exact matches

Jason Kenney looked stupid, for example, when the courts blocked his ban on niqabs at citizenship ceremonies.

London, England (CNN)- The ban imposed by French President Sarkozy on wearing a face - covering veil, or niqab, is simply dangerous gesture politics, representing little more than pandering to the far right in France.

French police arrested two veiled women protesting the country's law banning face - hiding Islamic burqas and niqabs Monday, just hours after the legislation took effect.

Recent efforts in Europe to ban the face veil (the niqab or burqa) are not so much concerned with women's rights and security as they are with obtaining votes from an electorate that is increasingly xenophobic and anxious about national identity.

Birmingham Metropolitan College has lifted the ban on students wearing the niqab and Blackfriars Crown Court has similarly allowed a defendant to give evidence whilst fully veiled.

Mona Eltahawy argued that a «burqa ban» — which fines women who wear a burqa or niqab in public and threatens fines and prison time the people who force veils on women — should be extended worldwide.

I seriously think that a ban on wearing the niqab or the burqa in public should be considered.

Quebec's Bill - 94 will attempt to ban the niqab in that province, a move that will certainly be challenged in the courts.

Others are even more radical and vocal, stating the bill should go further and call for a complete ban on the wearing of the niqab or burqa Islamic face veils, similar to what certain European countries are doing.

If I refused to serve a woman wearing a niqab in my law office, I might well be subject to human rights complaint, but as a newspaper editor I should be able to argue that niqabs should be banned.

One of the challenges of the argument that runs «ban — or discourage — the niqab because it oppresses women» is to be very sure that the woman who wears one does so against her will.

The strongest legal argument in favour of a ban on niqab's and burqa's would be on the basis of security (i.e. there is a legitimate state objective in preventing people from obscuring ones identity in public), but after the Gubaj Singh kirpan case I don't see that flying.

What's the point of trying to ban the niqab for a mere ceremony?

In France, this notion has evolved into a law banning the wearing of religious dress or symbols in public institutions, such as government offices and public schools.42 Political parties in Quebec argue that the proposed Bill 94 did not go far enough towards the French position; they say the government should impose a complete ban on the wearing of the niqab, hijab and burqa in Quebec.43