Hijab-wearing teacher vows to leave Quebec if secularism bill becomes law

Chahira Battou said she would sooner leave Quebec than remove her hijab, a sign of her Muslim faith, and live and work in a society where her rights are trampled. “How can I work with another colleague who has more rights than me?” Battou asked. That’s the Montreal schoolteacher’s response to the tabling Thursday of Quebec government’s controversial secularism bill. … Continue reading Hijab-wearing teacher vows to leave Quebec if secularism bill becomes law