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Tip:
At long last, the report from Gerard Bouchard and Charles Taylor on reasonable accommodation in Quebec has been released, and provides a wealth of story ideas for reporters covering religion in Canada. For an abridged pdf of the full report, check out this webpage for "Building the Future: A Time for Reconciliation". Bear in mind that the Commission was launched out of concerns in Quebec over Muslim headscarves, Sikh kirpans, and the possibility of sharia law coming to Canada….so the implications of accommodating religious practices, values, traditions and rights are analyzed within the framework of Canadian society and national values. Here is the website:
http://www.accommodements.qc.ca
Article Details
Article Added On: January 30, 2005 - over 3 years ago
Title: The woman without a past
Author: MICHELLE SHEPHARD
Publication: The Toronto Star
Publication Date: January 01, 2005 - over 3 years ago
Faith Groups:
Muslim
Themes:
religion and violence
Abstract: An immigrant woman from Iran, who works at a local Swiss Chalet restaurant in Aurora, recalls her experience in Iran--solitary-confinement cell in Evin prison, torture, arranged marriage that saved her from death sentence, miscarriage, and the first husband's death. Evin prison is the notorious prison where Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi was interrogated and beaten and later died of the injuries in June 2003. Over the years, few have made it out of the prison unscathed. There are a large number of those who were political prisoners in Iran, many of them women, many of them silent.
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