-- OTTAWA -- Muslim women who wear veils covering their face will not have to take them off to vote in by-elections later this month in a French-speaking Canadian province where the issue of the traditional hijab has been heatedly contested.Only in Canada, you say.
The by-elections — which typically occur when a Parliament members leaves their seat early — will be held on Sept. 17 in three different ridings in Quebec.
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Last time I looked Canada wasn't an Islamic Republic. So why are we suddenly enacting sharia law?
What's next public floggings and beheadings?
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