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    lool I think he was black not sure though lol yea totally random right in the middle of khutba.

     

    You tooo ! By the way i am sure u heard - this weekend is the Rahma Conference- check it out if you have time.

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    LONG WEEKEND ^ Yes.

     

    Was at the Toronto Mosque today for juma- poor mentally ill man came up to the women's section and started to undress slowly has he walked to the women's washroom.

     

    Um imagine the screams and omg'ds ! lol

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    Canjeex - I don't think he's ever taken a cheap shot at Islam

     

    But at ****** like those of Revolution Muslims. The funny thing is South Park did the same thing in the early 2000's and there weren't any death threats then...they hate all religions equally. The whole thing is ****** and offensive. But that's basically the whole mandate of the show. So why is it shocking?

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    Inshallah Khair B.

     

    I don't think your case is as bad as you see it. Your worst case scenior is going back to the family home and losing on the "freedom" you gained. That's not bad at all. Atleast you have a family you can go back to. By the way, as a guy what freedom are you loosing - it's generally girls that have strict curfews and such.....

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    LOOOOOL of all the things to name a hotel .... why some random city in Ontario?! hehe the owner must have some crazy strong connection with London

     

    imagine it was called Sioux lookout or Nippisining

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    LOL fatboy - love rickylake - talk to the HAND !

     

    reba is too unfunny..just getting into "How I Met Your Mother" its another friends but better written

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    Niqab-wearing woman pursues Quebec college

     

     

    http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/03/02/quebec-woman-wears-niqab-in-class.html

     

     

    The niqab is a style of headwear that covers the whole body, leaving only the eyes exposed. (CBC)

    Quebec's Human Rights Commission is studying a complaint from a permanent resident expelled from a French college class last year after she refused to remove her niqab veil.

     

    The Egyptian woman was enrolled in a language class for new immigrants at the CÉGEP St-Laurent in northwest Montreal when she was asked to remove the religious clothing.

     

    She claims school officials violated her freedom of religion by requesting she not wear her modest dress, which covers the entire face and body and leaves only the eyes exposed.

     

    The school says it tried to accommodate her on several occasions. Officials say she was not wearing her niqab veil when she applied for the program, nor when she met with school representatives for the first time prior to the 10-month course.

     

    But when she showed up for class, she was wearing a niqab because of the presence of male students.

     

    The school said the teacher allowed her to do her oral tests alone in a separate room, and present her assignments with her back turned to the class.

     

    The teacher told her it was important when learning a new language to be able to see others' faces.

     

    The woman's demands created tension in the class, school officials said.

     

    "For the teacher it was more difficult to hear her, and it was more difficult for all the people to understand what she has to say," said the school’s director, Paul-Émile Bourque.

     

    But one Montrealer who wears a niqab said she doesn’t understand how it could be a problem in the classroom.

     

    "I went through four years of university in engineering and I graduated with distinction," said Afifa Naz. "It didn't affect my grades. I participated in projects with my group and really I had no problems."

     

    But the government is sticking by its guns.

     

    A spokesman for the province's immigration minister says the woman could have stayed in the French class had she agreed to remove her niqab for certain exercises.

     

    The woman was registered for the course from February to November 2009.

     

     

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    Thoughts ?

     

    Personally I am conflicted - It is clear that the Quebec Ministry of Immigrations main bone of contention with this student is that simply she wears the Niqab.

     

    Lakin, I find her other supposed demands while she was in the class difficult to understand - i.e the need to have male students sit behind her, conduct her oral exams (in a language class) outside ... not sure how much of this is true. But is she justified ?

     

    Although it is not mentioned in this article, in a broadcast of the story on CBC news 99.1 radio, she's also had concerns about the female teacher being replaced by a male teacher.

     

    erg. I support her right to wear the niqab - but...not so sure, about the rest.