Quebec Muslims facing more abuse since charter proposal, women’s groups say

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Women’s groups are reporting a spike in verbal and physical assaults against veiled Muslim women in Quebec since the introduction of the province’s Charter of Values, evidence that the Parti Québécois’s bid to curb religious symbols in some workplaces is inflaming social tensions.

An umbrella group of 17 women’s centres across the province says

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[tabaqui]

That is such a fucked-up idea to begin with. Jayzus.

[sitakhet]

Ostie d'tabarnak y'a persoooooonne qui checkait pour ça. PERSONNE.

The worst part of all this is that there is SO. MANY. OTHER. ISSUES that they should be focusing on but I guess they're trying to distract us from the fact that they have no ideas about how to deal with those issues.

And frankly, let's be real, they're probably in with the mafia too, so we're not going to be seeing any solutions.