Zunera Ishaq

: But whether Zunera Ishaq will be able to vote on Oct. 19, as the appeal court justices hoped, remained unclear as the government did not say whether it also intends to seek a stay of Tuesday decision. "At that one very public moment of a public declaration of one loyalty to one fellow citizens and country, one should do so openly, proudly, publicly without one face hidden," Conservative Jason Kenney told reporters in Calgary Wednesday. "The vast majority of Canadians agree with us and that is why we will be appealing this ruling." Ishaq, a devout, 29-year-old Muslim woman, had refused to take part in a citizenship ceremony because she would have to show her face, thanks to a rule change implemented by Kenney in 2011 when he was immigration minister, according to Huffington Post Canada. She challenged the rule in Federal Court and won. This comes in the wake of a Federal Court of Appeal decision that tried to quickly quash that ban so that at least one woman could get the right to vote next month. The ruling said the policy violated the Citizenship Act, which says candidates for citizenship must be allowed he greatest possible religious freedom when they take the oath. The three-judge appeal panel ruled from the bench, saying they wanted to proceed quickly so that Ishaq could become a citizen in time to vote. The government appealed but lost. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.