With his fuchsia skullcap and sash, Catholic Bishop Thomas Dowd stood out in the crowd at Shaare Zedek Congregation on Sunday. Speaking to nearly 500 people at the synagogue in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Dowd said he purposely wore his most ostentatious outfit … Continue reading
A halal shop owner in Quebec’s Eastern Townships is blaming the provincial government’s secularism charter for acts of vandalism and violence, including air-rifle shots fired at his window. Vandals have also showered Souibgui Abdelbari’s store with “No to Islam” placards … Continue reading
A family’s presentation at the Charter of Values hearings in the National Assembly is getting a lot of attention online. A YouTube video where the Pineault-Caron family spoke of their travels to Morocco and Turkey shows them concerned and dumbfounded … Continue reading
Edmonton Police Services has designed and approved a new hijab female police officers can wear as part of their uniform. A hijab tailor worked with the police tactics training unit, as well as the police equity, diversity and human rights … Continue reading
Past remarks promoting diversity in Quebec’s schools have come back to annoy Premier Pauline Marois as her government tries to pass legislation forbidding the display of overt religious symbols in the public service. But the premier says there’s no contradiction … Continue reading
Quebec’s largest university is panning the province’s secular charter as a useless measure, adding to signs of a growing revolt against the Parti Québécois’s controversial bill. The French-language University of Montreal is challenging the very basis of the government’s argument … Continue reading
Showing solidarity to the Muslim minority, two renowned Montreal professors have donned hijab in a protest against the proposed ban on religious symbols in the Parti Québécois’ secular charter. “I wear it as a kind of sign of solidarity,” Concordia … Continue reading
The Parti Québécois government says it wants a calm, respectful debate on its proposed “values” charter. So, how’s that going? Well, on Sunday, a columnist in Le Journal de Montréal likened the niqab worn by two Montreal daycare educators, a … Continue reading
The founder of the Action Democratique says his current party, the CAQ, should be staking out a tough stand in favour of the PQ’s proposed Charter of Values. Jean Allaire says his views on the wearing of religious symbols are … Continue reading
MONTREAL — The minority Parti Quebecois tabled a toughened secularism charter Thursday and warned that it’s prepared to go to the polls if the bill is rejected. The PQ considers the bill a confidence motion and didn’t make any compromises … Continue reading