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Canadian top court rules judges may order witnesses to remove niqab

Euro-Islam11 years ago11 years ago03 mins

News Agencies – December 20, 2012 A Muslim woman who is the complainant in a sexual assault trial in Toronto has lost her bid before Canada’s top court to have an unimpeded right to wear her niqab while testifying. In a split Supreme Court of Canada decision, the seven judges largely upheld a lower…

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Globe and Mail Opinion Article on the Niqab in the Canadian Courtroom

researcher14 years ago14 years ago02 mins

In this opinion piece former Muslim Canadian Congress president Farzana Hassan posits that the niqab looms large over an Ontario court as a symbol of Islamist oppression of Muslim women. She is responding to a current debate in the Canadian courts. The Ontario Court of Appeal is debating a test case of a Muslim sexual-assault…

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