‘Canadian judges have been drinking the multicultural Kool-Aid’
Re: Swear Me In, Says Muslim Woman After Court Victory, Feb. 12.
The question we should be asking is: “Do people who believe Shariah-decreed facial coverings must be worn have values that mesh with Canada’s”? If the answer is “no” — and I believe it is — then we should be asking whether it’s a good idea to encourage their immigration at all. There’s no point in asking why a Canadian high court would rule in favour of the sort of garment that represents the antithesis of women’s rights as they are understood in the West. Canadian judges have been drinking the multicultural KoolAid for so long it has coloured their perceptions and their rulings. Also, they don’t want to be accused of being “Islamophobic.”
Given this victory for Shariah law over Canadian norms and common sense, it’s pretty much a given burkas and niqabs will eventually be allowed in passport photos and drivers’ licences. Anyone who thinks that’s a good idea has had an overdose of “diversity” giggle juice for which, alas, there’s no effective detox or rehab.
Mindy G. Alter, Toronto. I hope the Conservative government will stick to its guns and ignore this terrible decision by a judge who should know better. To think a ban on face coverings warrants a human rights’ complaint shows contempt for the rights of every other Canadian.
It is my right to see the face of whomever I am talking to. It is the right of any official to verify the face with an imprint on a driver’s licence or other legal document.
This costume is an insult to every woman on the planet and should be outlawed. One step at a time, Islam is taking us back to the Middle Ages. What are we allowing next — Shariah law?
Edie Williams, Surrey, B.C. The wearing of the niqab is not a religious requirement. It is a Muslim tradition of female subjugation that has no place in an enlightened Western society. This is not what Canada is about, nor should it ever be.
Gregory Flis, Burlington, Ont.