The Guardian (Charlottetown)

Slander trial looms for author who criticized Muslim school

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A slander trial is set to begin next month pitting a fiercely secular, feminist author against a private, Muslim school in Montreal she likened to militant Islamic training camps in Afghanista­n and Pakistan.

Djemila Benhabib, an awardwinni­ng author and twice-failed Parti Quebecois candidate, is claiming freedom of expression, while the school wants $95,000 from her for “greatly tarnishing’’ its reputation.

Julius Grey, a well-known human-rights and freedomof-expression lawyer, is defending the school in this case and says he will argue Benhabib crossed the line and caused real harm to the institutio­n.

“I regret nothing,’’ Benhabib said in an interview Monday.

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