Calgary Muslim Council asks Canadian PM to drop veil appeal plan

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Sunday 15 Feb 2015 - 13:43 Makkah mean time-26-4-1436 Calgary Muslim council casks Canadian PM to drop veil appeal (Google image) Calgary Alberta, Canada (IINA) - A Muslim group based in Calgary is urging Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to reverse his plans for the government to appeal a court ruling on veil (face covering), News agencies reported. The Islamic Supreme Council of Canada said the Federal Court’s decision to allow veil during citizenship ceremonies is “not an important issue,” but that Harper is “unnecessarily” making it one. It says the identity of someone wearing a Niqab (veil) during a citizenship ceremony can be verified by the judge before the oath is sworn. A federal judge ruled in Ottawa that a portion of the law requiring citizenship candidates to remove their face coverings while taking the oath was unlawful. The council said wearing a Niqab is a personal choice “Niqab during citizenship does not undermine any Canadian, Western or Christian values,” the council stated in the news release. The case had been brought on by Zunera Ishaq, a Pakistani national who had sued the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, claiming the government’s policy on veils violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. SM/IINA