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Quebec Enacts 'Religious Neutrality Law' That Curbs Full-Face Veils In Public

The bill, passed by the province's legislature, would effectively ban face coverings worn by Muslim women while giving or receiving any public service.

Quebec has approved a law that would require citizens of the Canadian province to uncover their faces while giving or receiving any public service — a rule critics say is aimed at Muslim women who wear the niqab or burqa.

The Associated Press writes: "The new law has two basic components: It bans the wearing

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