Toronto Imam; We Draw the Line at France Limiting Women’s Hijab Rights

In light of the beheading of French teacher Samuel Paty and the displaying of the Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the Islamic Prophet Mohammad in public, senior respected Canadian Muslim leader Sayyid Rizvi released a statement that was uploaded Nov 21, 2020 concerning Emanuel Macron’s French values charter.

Bellow is an excerpt of the video titled Appropriate Reactions to Inappropriate Cartoons; France ‘Fighting Extremism’

The country that gifted the Statue of Liberty to the Americans itself is now curbing the rights of Muslim women to wear the hijab in government buildings. And now, on the pretext of fighting extremism, President Macron has asked Muslim leaders to accept a charter of Republican values… What they will do through this Charter is monitor and control the accreditation of the Imams. And this is where we have a problem with it. The charter also says that foreign interference in Muslim groups will be prohibited.

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