POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Clothing, Burqa
5 Oct 2013
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Controversey: too much was done about accommodating religious practices(ie: sikh knife incident) Most were sorted out easily, but this adjustment provoked a counter-reaction by those who fear their values would be lost. Many quebecers see problems between religious diversity vs. secularization. However non-coercive roles should be able to wear religious symbols. Quebec charter of values based on cynical view of religion that it"s backwords , Political opinions-public officials have to be descerate, while working they can not have religious symbols or beliefs. Wearing a symbol makes you look more biased. Recently, immigration has shifted from european ones to ones from asia, including muslims, meaning islam might play a major role in the future. This presents a lot of challenges for canadian government, some which the quebec charter tries to address. Attitudes to same-sex relationships poll: by quite a considerable extent, muslims oppose. Same sex marriage in contrast to most groups: native-born.
