Tolerant Canadians, Very Intolerant!!!
I Have Included Some Comments From Canadians At the End Of This, & As You Will See, 99% Are Of The Opinion, If You Don't Like Our Ways Go Back To Where You Came From, Enough Is Enough! Muslims Have Forced People To Be Intolerant Of Their Ways, & Agendas!!
Naïma Atef Amed says she wears the niqab for religious reasons. The niqab is a style of headwear that covers the whole body, leaving only the eyes exposed.
(CBC)The Quebec government has intervened again in the case of a Muslim woman who refused to remove her niqab veil during a French-language class.
Last week, Naïma Atef Amed filed a complaint with the province’s human rights commission after she was kicked out of a government-funded language class for new immigrants at the CÉGEP de Saint-Laurent in Montreal. The school had demanded that Amed take off her niqab veil, which covers her head and face and leaves only her eyes exposed, for part of the class.
Premier Jean Charest defended the school's decision, saying that people who expect to receive public services must show their face.
On Tuesday, the province's Immigration Ministry said it was informed last week that Amed, who is of Egyptian origin, had enrolled in another French class at a different publicly funded centre in Montreal that permitted her to wear the niqab.
"As we did last time, we told her that we have pedagogical objectives to meet in our French immersion courses, that they have to be taken with her face exposed," said Luc Fortin, a spokesman for the province's Immigration Minister.
"She refused to take off her niqab and she left the course."
The government is not prepared to compromise, said Immigration Minister Yolande James Tuesday.
"It is a question of common sense," said James.
Quebec Immigration Minister Yolande James says those who want to receive public services must show their face. (CBC)
Potential Quebec immigrants are asked to sign a contract in which they are asked to make a moral commitment to Quebec's values, including secularism, gender equality and respect for the francophone majority, the minister said.
"You make the choice to come to Quebec — you are welcome," said James. "Immigration is a plus for society — but values must be respected, and I remind you that the majority supports these values."
In an interview with CBC News, Amed had said she wears the veil for religious reasons and feels she has been treated unfairly.
Several commentators as well as certain Muslim groups expressed support for the Quebec's government's position last week.
They argued Amed had been unreasonable in her demands, which reportedly included giving oral presentations with her back facing the co-ed class.
The province has said it will take further steps to avoid similar situations in the future but did not specify what these would be.
Recent polls have suggested a majority of Quebecers feel the government has done too much to accommodate minorities.
With files from The Canadian Press
Comments:
Canada is a free country,, free to LEAVE!
Why don't muslim MEN cover their face? If this is a religious rule, then both men and women should follow it.
This Quran never says "Cover your face up". This is a tribal custom.
As an immigrant I am sick and tired to see religious fanatics use the argument of xenophobia against Quebec and Canada in general. Neither the province of Quebec neither Canada are islamophobic (by the way, this is a word invented by the late Ayatollah Khomenei) nor xenophobic.
I immigrated to Canada in early 2008 and live in Montreal. I came to this country to live in an open-minded, democratic and non-religious-fanatic country, where men and women are equal, were homosexuals are respected. I didn't come to find the things that made me leave my country of origins! Nobody on Quebec is asking immigrants to renounce their religion or culture, but to integrate into Quebec's and society and to respect Canadian values. That implies to respect the values of Quebec. Any immigrant who wants to live like in his/her native country without being able to make any compromises should not immigrate!
As a newcomer I support Quebec's decision to ban the niquab, which is the symbol of extreme sexism. And please don't tell me that it's a woman's choice to wear it... for each woman who wears it by choice, you will find at least 10 who are forced to do so. By the way, nobody in Quebec is banning the Muslim headscarf! Female civil servants even wear it in Quebec's provincial agencies like the RAMQ (Health insurance), the SAAQ (Motor vehicle insurance) and other agencies. It is only the most radical and fanatic form of Islam that is banned: the niqab.
From what I understand her rights were never violated, and if anything, the first school went out of their way to accommodate her every wishes except when it came to a round table discussion. The teacher needed to see her lips whether she enunciated the sounds well or not.
As a language student myself (6 foreign languages) who then became a language teacher, I can certainly attest that her chances of success would be very slim. I for one, would not have tolerated her behavior and I most certainly would have her removed from my classroom.
For the most part, teachers pour their hearts and souls in the success of their students. And as for me, if a student didn't care enough to put the necessary efforts to learn, I really didn't want them in my classroom.
As a French speaker, I can certainly understand the difficulties of the language and its phonetic system. She would have to retrain her tongue position, nasalization of sounds etc...and the French language as a lot of nasal vowels, rolling R's etc...So, I think it is extremely important to see her mouth in order to assess her progress.
I say, meet the teachers half-way, after all, it's their classroom and they usually know what's best. If she's not willing to accommodate, then I think she should buy a French language video and do it on her own. Religion should be the last justification for doing ANYTHING in public. Keep your religion at home or in church, synagogue, temple or mosque.
What's the difference between a foreign woman comming to Quebec and being asked to remove her niqab and a woman from Quebec going abroad and being forced to wear one?
When you move to another country, you should expect that you will have to conform to that country's practices, not that the country will conform to yours.
Being an immigrant myself, I say good on the Quebec government for enforcing their rules. If Ms Amed doesn't like the way we Canadians do things she can always move back to Egypt. It's irritating to see people immigrate to Canada for what this country can offer them, with no intention of integrating into Canadian society. I've worked for a number of years in a fundamentalist Islamic country, and I certainly didn't go around demanding to be served alcohol or for shops to be open Fridays. When in Rome do as the Romans do. If we Canadians need a warning about what happens when we bend over too far to accommodate the wishes of immigrants, we only need to look to the Netherlands, France. UK, etc.!
How soon people forget that our boys are dieing in Afgan. So women dont have to be supjected to this nonsense and be free. I say time to leave Afgan. dont let those people here and they can go back to wearing their garb, beating each other and what ever crap they beleive-in and lets all move on making OUR land great!
Watch my lips "Pack Your Suit Case, Have A Safe Trip".
Thunder's Comment:
CANADIANS HAVE HAD ENOUGH, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THESE COMMENTS!
YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME HERE, FREE TO LIVE YOUR LIFE, SUCCEED, PRACTICE YOUR RELIGION, RAISE YOUR CHILDREN, ENJOY THE SAME RIGHTS & FREEDOMS THAT WE ALL DO, ABIDE BY OUR LAWS, CULTURE & WAY OF LIFE!
YOU ARE NOT FREE TO CHANGE OUR COUNTRY INTO THE SHITHOLE THAT YOU LEFT BEHIND, YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE, & WE DO MEAN NOW!!!
Thunder 
Great comments and great article
Good to hear people speaking up on this issue. When I hear women say, "We have a right to take it off!" That is a lie, period. It is sexism, plain and simple.
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