What's going on in Canada? Harper OUT, Liberals IN

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Re: What’s going on in Canada?

@khattichic

My point, which I stand by, is that Non Muslims who live in the Middle East or other Muslim countries are expected to live and abide by the law of the land, then shouldn’t the same be expected of Muslims living in the West/Non Muslim counties?

That’s a bit of an overstatement. Whenever Muslims try to enforce laws against Westerners, and the Westerners do not agree with them, there is almost always a media outcry and a diplomatic effort to subvert the application of the law. There is a sense that those laws should not apply to Westerners. Be it for drug offenses, blasphemy, etc. The “when in rome” argument doesn’t seem to apply to “romans” abroad.

No one is saying you can’t do niqab…what’s being said is during an official swearing in ceremony where your identity must be verified by the person officiating, your face cannot be covered. Now if that 10 minute ceremony takes place in a public environment that is a mixed environment, I don’t see how this is an affront to the Muslim religion.

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The courts have ruled that unconstitutional, aside from any religious sentiment. The conservative party of canada has deemed it a “barbaric” religious practice. Do you see the difference?