{"id":459,"date":"2013-08-25T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/08\/turbans-hijabskippas-face-restrictions-in-quebec.html"},"modified":"2014-07-28T17:02:18","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T22:02:18","slug":"turbans-hijabskippas-face-restrictions-in-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/08\/turbans-hijabskippas-face-restrictions-in-quebec.html","title":{"rendered":"Turbans, Hijabs,Kippas Face Restrictions in Quebec"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x104r20\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The Quebec government plans to introduce in September a \u201cCharter of Quebec Values\u201d that would essentially ban all religious symbols in many public places. \u00a0According to this article in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/health\/Turbans+hijabs+kippas+face+restrictions+Quebec+identity\/8812426\/story.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Vancouver Sun<\/a>\u00a0and this one from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/2013\/08\/20\/quebec-turban-kippa-hijab-restrictions_n_3785943.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Huffington Post<\/a>, the legislation would prevent \u201cemployees in public institutions like schools and hospitals from wearing religious symbols such as turbans, niqabs, kippas, hijabs and highly visible crucifixes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The proposed legislation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/story\/2013\/08\/21\/f-charter-quebec-values-jocelyn-maclure.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">has created an uproar<\/a> and is another example of the attempt of some western countries to more completely secularize their culture. 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