Secularism and Religious Symbols in Quebec

When the religious neutrality act, Bill 62, passes under the Liberal government of Philippe Couillard, it prohibits women from wearing the niqab/burka if they wanted to receive or provide government services. On the other hand, the government does not want Catholic crosses to be removed from hospitals or the legislative chamber. But in a Quebec that adopted secularism after the Quiet Revolution, religious minorities representants are outraged about how the Quebec government uses the separation of the church and the state to oppress minorities rather than preserve them. Haroun Bouazzi, head…