Sentences with phrase «of niqab»

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

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.

Justice LeBel and Rothstein wrote a dissenting opinion holding that the wearing of a niqab by a witness was incompatible with the rights of the accused, while Justice Abella found that requiring a witness to remove her niqab was an unjustifiable limitation on religious freedom.

This particular proceeding, involving the wearing of a niqab, raised a novel issue which was ultimately litigated to the Supreme Court of Canada.

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.

Not exact matches

While visiting Abu Dhabi, Carrie and the gang find themselves in the back room of a dried - flower shop staring at seven women wearing black niqabs.

In most of the Arabian Peninsula, which includes the U.A.E. and Kuwait, women wear an abaya — a long dress that covers all of the body except for the hands and is usually paired with a niqab or a hijab, the latter of which covers the head but leaves the face exposed.

As for reasons women wear the niqab etc: when a culture has a long history of suppressing women, it is often furthered by women who buy into it.

Niqab / burka: Both of these are not mandatory in Islam.

Muslims are unwanted in the west... they are being pushed out until now only by the mention of words, by the imposing of laws that dismay the Muslims such as to the shape of Mosques in Switzland, The Niqab & Borqo in France, The Islamic Slaughter Rituals in Holland....

As our team ventured out of Seiyun, Yemen, on our way to Tarim, I found myself pulling out my newly purchased niqab, and looking for help from my bewildered male teammates as to the proper way to adorn this thin and delicate piece of cloth.

Forcing a woman to wear a niqab or a burqa will be punishable by a year in prison or a 15,000 - euro ($ 19,000) fine, the government said, calling it «a new form of enslavement that the republic can not accept on its soil.»

Now these same individuals want to prove their freedom loving, liberal worldview by declaring that the wearing of the Burka or Niqab is a human right.

So I say bring it on, come from all four corners of the Earth and lets together build a better society, an inclusive society, a free society where we don't suffer apoplexy at the sight of a burka or niqab, where the colour of your skin means nothing more than a reminder of the accidental random allocation of your birthplace on this planet.We all need to learn a lot more about the history of this nation and some of the very very cruel things that it has done in the name of Empire, and before (and is still doing in the name of Capitalism thinly veiled as national security).

For individual campaigners this may be a free choice but what of those who, once the niqab becomes an accepted norm, are pressured into compliance as a badge of piety or purity?

In my view and that of my constituents, the niqab and the burqa are oppressive dress codes that are regressive as regards the advancement of women in our society.

The London mayor's outburst comes amid a continued controversy over the niqab, with details emerging of hospitals forcing veil - wearing staff to remove the item while talking with patients.

Stereotypes of Muslims as benefit scroungers, «aliens» or «other» - as niqab wearers and immigrants who don't belong here - take a long time to shake.

One of the women was assaulted and her niqab was pulled.

It seems likely that there are many more women wearing a regular hijab who feel pressured to do so, whereas wearing the niqab is almost certainly the result of a personal political or religious choice.

«Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, both stirred the political pot of religion and racism, the latter wading in to Jack Straw's niqab row with gusto.

Salma Yaqoob's comments came as the UK Independence Party (UKIP) announced a formal policy that would make the wearing of garments such as the burka or the niqab — both of which conceal most of the face — to be illegal.»

In this context, the headscarf or burqa or niqab is not a free choice of women but is a rule that is imposed on them by their family or community.

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«It is a shame that the niqab - the full face veil that a minority of Muslim women wear - has become a polarising issue when it need not be.»

By tailoring and repurposing couture silk scarves into niqabs, Al - Badry investigates female objectification at the intersections of both male and market desires.

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Justices Louis LeBel and Marshall Rothstein concurred with the judgment on dismissing the appeal, but argued for «a clear rule that niqabs may not be worn at any stage of the criminal trial» in the interests of openness and religious neutrality.

The Ontario Court of Appeal then overturned the Superior Court's decision, ruling that witnesses must remove the niqab on the stand only if it's been proven that it would threaten the accused's right to a fair trial, which must be determined on a case - by - case basis.

Joanna Birenbaum, director of litigation for the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, an intervener in the case, says if the SCC orders N.S. to remove her niqab, it could have far - reaching implications for sexual assault victims.

But N.S. claims the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects her right to wear the niqab as part of her Muslim beliefs.

The majority decision, supported by four of the seven judges who heard the case at the SCC, said lower courts must consider, among other things, the harm that could come if Muslim women who wear the niqab feel discouraged from reporting offenses.

She says: «if [Muslim women] believe that they will be required to remove their niqabs or put through a demeaning and humiliating process before having a determination of whether or not they can wear their niqabs while testifying, they're simply not going to report [sexual assaults].»

Wearing a niqab in the courtroom does not facilitate acts of communication.

The case of a Muslim woman seeking to wear her niqab to testify is being argued before the Supreme Court of Canada today.

However, only the back of the woman's head would be visible to most of the courtroom, and only the accused, lawyers, court staff and the judge saw the front of her face without her niqab.

Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin said the decision on whether to allow the face covering must be decided on a case - by - case basis and that judges would have to consider a set of questions before deciding whether to order a witness to remove her niqab.

Abella was the sole dissenter in the 2012 case of R. v. N.S., where she argued that requiring a witness to remove her niqab would effectively force her to choose between her religious beliefs and participating in the justice system.

... If no accommodation is possible, then a fourth question must be answered: do the salutary effects of requiring the witness to remove the niqab outweigh the deleterious effects of doing so?

The right of women to wear niqabs during their citizenship ceremonies became a major election issue throughout Canada.

The applicant is one of 300 women who were fined under the law within its first year for wearing a niqab (a veil that leaves only the eyes visible).

To summarize the Federal Court of Canada case leading to the Federal Court of Appeal decision, Zunera Ishaq says that her religious beliefs obligate her to wear a niqab, a veil that covers most of her face.

The case touches on whether the government can require an applicant for Canadian citizenship to take off her niqab before she takes the oath of allegiance.

For example in Ishaq v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 FC 156, (a case about whether a woman could wear her niqab during a citizenship ceremony), six public interest groups — including the Ontario Human Rights Commission, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the National Council of Canadian Muslims — were refused permission to intervene, as the court determined that they could not advance their proposed arguments without social science evidence to back them up; nor could the court take judicial notice (facts and materials are accepted on a common sense basis without being formally admitted in evidence) of any of the facts necessary to support the arguments.

But I think you exagerate the extent as there are a number of other non-racist worldviews out there that would lead one to oppose niqabs and burqas.

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.

There are lots of people out there with illiberal secular and gender equality - based worldviews that object to the niqab on the basis of a political philosophy that (while you and I don't agree with that philosophy) has nothing to do with specific animus towards Islam.

If a particular claimant testifies that she wears the niqab because as part of her practice of faith, that is all that is needed to make the niqab a religious symbol.

Note that I do not mention religion because I have been made aware that wearing the niqab may have nothing to do with the religion of Islam and may not stand up under the religious defense.

It doesn't matter one iota if the niqab is truly a requirement of Islam.