MONTREAL — Two groups have filed a legal challenge to Quebec’s Bill 62, saying the face-veil law “gravely infringes” the religious and equality rights of certain Muslim women in the province. The National Council of Canadian Muslims, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Marie-Michelle Lacoste, a Quebec woman who converted to Islam in 2003, filed the challenge in Quebec Superior Court on Tuesday. “The Act gravely infringes the religious and equality rights of certain Muslim women in Quebec,” their court document states. “This requirement directly infringes the freedom of religion of individuals, such as Muslim women, who cover their faces as a religious practice,” it said. Vallee has said the legislation doesn’t target any religious group and says most Quebecers agree with the principle behind the bill.

Source: National Post November 07, 2017 16:22 UTC