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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
I'm sure here that would be classed by some as infringing on people's human rights!
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I know ... and it is very fine line we tread. At one extreme, a small community in Quebec (I forget the name and am to busy to go looking for it) passed a bylaw which acknowledged that while all new Canadians/Quebecois(e) were welcome, certain forms of Islamic law, particularly that dealing with the status of women, were not. There are no muslims living in that community. At the other extreme is one of the most popular shows on Canadian tv, "Little Mosque on the Prairies."
Canada has, in several cases, granted refugee status to young women who would fave female circumcision if they returned to their own countries.
While we have freedom of speech in our country, there are limits. One can be convicted of "hate crimes." It is not ok, for example, to paint swastikas on synagogues. People come to this country to become Canadians. They can bring with them all that is positive and good about their cultures and religions; but they can leave the crap behind them. The vast majority of immigrants are ok with this because it is usually this crap that they wish to escape from.