Stephen Harper and Zunera Ishaq

Zunera Ishaq: Zunera Ishaq, the Mississauga mother and teacher who is at the heart of Stephen Harper harsh pronouncements on niqab-wearing, says she and her husband came to Canada in 2008 because it a land of religious freedom, according to The Chronicle Herald. Justice Boswell struck down a 2011 directive by then immigration minister Jason Kenney that denied the granting of citizenship unless the oath was taken with an uncovered face and the candidate was seen to take it and Yes, it is. At least that what Federal Court of Canada Justice Keith Boswell demonstrated last month, when he ruled Ms. Ishaq could wear a face-covering niqab, as a matter of religious belief, while taking the citizenship oath. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.