SOC102H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Symbolic Interactionism, Heredity, Primordialism

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The niqab debate was very prominent during the 2015 canadian federal elections. Harper said that he did not support the niqab because it confines a woman through. Can"t do citizenship ceremony with niqab on. Discrimination against religion (islam) and sex (females) Not allowing niqabis to wear the niqab during the citizenship ceremony. Denying someone"s right to something that they should have the right to makes them look lesser than the one denying it. Federal political group(s) used symbolism as propaganda. Niqab is a symbol that is connoted with islam which is connoted with terrorism. As islam was continually connoted as a violent religion incident after incident, it became a symbol of this (cid:498)violent(cid:499) religion. People are afraid of what might happen if there was a muslim near them. People need someone to blame and the niqab was a perfect target because those who don it already seem vulnerable. Some think it as a symbol of oppression against women.

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