Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'd still like to bring out the point of why it is always being discussed as a Muslim issue, first of all, and that any discussion that I've heard today seems to be focusing on us, and second, that you're building more anti-Muslim feelings out there. This has nothing to do with u

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think it is not a religious issue. When Muslims go to the most holy of places, which is on the pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, women have to show their faces. Therefore, the covering of the face is really the interpretation of some people, but it is not a majority decision, nor

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm sorry, I'm going to disagree with my friend Raheel. I don't think there are only 300 women in Canada who are wearing the full face veil. I think there are a lot more than that. You live in Toronto. I think it's growing. I don't think we can say, as somebody said, that it's

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My name is Alia Hogben. I'm the executive director of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women. It is most unfortunate that the apparent confusion of the Chief Electoral Officer, Parliament, and this committee—including that concerning the recent 2007 bill regarding photo ID and oth