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04-19-2010, 01:45 AM
News (http://english.aljazeera.net/)Americas Uproar in Canada over face-veil ban
In the Canadian province of Quebec a furious public debate has erupted over Muslim women who wear the niqab - face veil.
Out of over 200,000 Muslims in Montreal in Quebec, only a few dozen women wear the niqab, but under a proposed new legislation they could be barred from receiving public services.
Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports from Montreal where the debate has divided the Muslim community.
This ban needs to be world wide. Lets stop this posturing stupidity right now !!!
In the Canadian province of Quebec a furious public debate has erupted over Muslim women who wear the niqab - face veil.
Out of over 200,000 Muslims in Montreal in Quebec, only a few dozen women wear the niqab, but under a proposed new legislation they could be barred from receiving public services.
Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports from Montreal where the debate has divided the Muslim community.
This ban needs to be world wide. Lets stop this posturing stupidity right now !!!