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6
February
2015

Zunera Ishaq defeats the citizenship-oath niqab policy

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📅 6 February 2015 📍 Canada

The Federal Court allowed Zunera Ishaq’s challenge to a policy requiring removal of her niqab during the citizenship oath. The mandatory policy conflicted with citizenship regulations protecting freedom in the religious solemnization or affirmation of the oath. The court resolved the case on statutory grounds and declined to decide the Charter claims. Her legal action asserted participation in citizenship without abandoning her chosen dress.

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Zunera Ishaq

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Federal Court of Canada