Zunera Ishaq
The Legal Battle Over the Niqab Is Over in Canada
Justin Trudeau's government has dropped a legal challenge mounted by his predecessor after a Canadian court ruled that the government couldn't force a woman to remove her face-covering veil during a citizenship ceremonies.
Woman at Center of Canada’s Niqab Battle Becomes Citizen as Debate Rages in Election
On Friday, voters showed up at some advance polls wearing face coverings and potato sacks over their head to protest Muslim women who wear headscarves and niqabs.
Canadian Academics Accuse Harper Campaign of ‘Vicious Propaganda’
“By conjuring up a phantom menace to the country and implying that some immigrants and religious minorities are enemies, the Conservatives hope to pit Canadians against one another," the letter, signed by more than 600 professors, states.
Canada’s Prime Minister Considers More Expansive Niqab Ban
In an interview with CBC on Tuesday evening, Stephen Harper said his re-elected government would consider forbidding the the religious face-covering in government departments.
The Battle Over a Face-Covering Ban at Canadian Citizenship Ceremonies Is Boiling Over
The federal government is doing everything it can to keep its policy that forbids new Canadians from covering their faces while taking their citizenship oath.
Court Rules Canada Can’t Make Muslim Women Take Off Face Coverings in Citizenship Ceremony
The appeal judges dismissed the government's case almost instantly, saying they wanted to ensure that the woman who launched the lawsuit could take her oath in time to vote in the federal election next month.
Canada Wants Muslim Women to Take Off Their Face Coverings for Citizenship Oath
Lawyers for the Canadian government will be in court tomorrow fighting to uphold a policy that requires new Canadians remove their face-covering veils while taking their oath of citizenship.
Canadian PM Stephen Harper’s Controversial Vow to Ban the Niqab During Citizenship Ceremonies
The head covering is worn by a tiny minority of Canadian women, but it could become an issue in this fall's federal election
The Tories Are Still Fighting the Niqab Citizenship Court Decision
Courts and policy-makers are drawing up unneeded rules to make life hard for women wearing the niqab.