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{The dangers of multiculturalism}
The controversy concerning the proposed new Quebec law on banning religious symbols is part of the larger issue of multiculturalism. I would agree with Premier Pauline Marois that the type of integration practised in France and the United States is far better than the multiculturalism practised in the United Kingdom and Canada.Multiculturalism in both the U.K. and Canada has led to ghettoization, poverty, many crimes that are not reported to the police and low levels of education in many of the communities. Many also discourage their children from integrating in the wider community. As a result you see very few minorities playing hockey or joining institutions such as the military.I see the same issues on business trips to the U.K. where virtually entire towns are made up of isolated immigrant communities. While the French and U.S. integration model does not eliminate all the ghettos, at least they preach the objective of integration and as a result have a more cohesive society.Requiring individuals paid by the state to avoid wearing overt personal religious symbols while serving other citizens does not seem to me to be an undue hardship. It may even help to avoid the “them and us” syndrome found in multicultural societies.John Austin, MississaugaI’m shocked that what’s going on in Quebec still hasn’t been put to rest. To be completely honest, originally I thought that Premier Pauline Marois just brought up this legislation to stir up some controversy. But it seems that she’s serious. We have rational pundits backing her up as well.In fact, many pundits feel that covering one’s face is an enormous obstacle in building a strong relationship with others because it takes away from reading facial expressions. They argue that banning religious headgear will result in equality between men and women because currently it suppresses Muslim females. I disagree. I think the equality comes in when women have a choice to wear head coverings or not. Banning religious headgear takes away rights from practising Muslim women — that’s inequality.Jari Qudrat,[url=http://woolrich-outlet-online.blogspot.com]woolrich jackets[/url], Toronto
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