December 13, 2011
Many people come to Canada because it’s place of diversity and freedom. Imagine your shock, a Muslim woman, being forced to take off your veil and expose yourself in public for your first official act as a Canadian citizen. Yesterday a ban was put in place where all face coverings must be removed during the ...
November 3, 2011
Women in Québec are being disproportionately affected by laws that are making the province increasingly secular. Two years ago 80 members of the En Route Foundation, a Catholic lay group, gathered in a hall rented from the city and watched an inspirational video. They prayed, celebrated mass and ate a potluck lunch. Sound suspicious? Maybe not to us regular folks ...
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April 7, 2010
On one hand you have a naked woman being filmed having explicit sex. On the other you have a Muslim woman wearing a face veil shopping in Paris. What do they have in common? They are both participating in the degradation of women, at least in theory.
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Peter Berkowitz,
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