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Quebec to bar public servants from wearing hijab

Redeye

English - October 23, 2018 04:49 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
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When the Coalition Avenir Quebec was elected in Quebec this month, the new premier Francois Legault moved quickly to bar public servants from wearing religious symbols. The focus of the new law is the hijab, or headscarf, worn by Muslim women. Monia Mazigh is a writer and activist who lived in Quebec for a number of years when she first came to Canada.