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Uproar in Canada over face-veil ban (Al Jazeera English)

Martin Surridge April 19, 2010 1 min read

In Quebec a furious public debate has erupted over Muslim women who wear the niqab – face veil. Out of over 200,000 Muslims in Montreal, only a few dozen women wear the niqab, but under a proposed new legislation they could be barred from receiving public services.

Martin Surridge