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Due to security reasons, Muslims not allowed to hold meeting at convention centre in Montreal

September 01, 2013 10:39 AM

Montreal: A Muslim youth gathering in Montreal, which had drawn negative feedback from the Parti Quebecois government, has been scratched off by the convention centre, where it was suppose to take place.

 

The Palais des congres, the city's biggest meeting focus, affirmed Saturday that it won't conduct the event due to security explanations.

 

The choice was made after a "security audit," the Palais des congres said in a short articulation. No specifics were offered about the finding of the audit.

 

A Muslim assembly was crossed out after a few dissents were ordered against a portion of disputable speakers. An agent for the meeting focus said in a message that nobody might be accessible for remark until Tuesday.

 

The move comes as Quebec is involved in an open deliberation over the settlement of religious minorities.

 

The Parti Quebecois government, which needs to present another common sanction this fall, had wanted Ottawa to square some from the meeting's speakers from entering the nation.

 

In a letter to her elected partner a week ago, Quebec's clergyman answerable for the Status of Women, Agnes Maltais, said a portion of the speakers were circling thoughts that defiled the territory's "standards of balance."

 

Maltais said the PQ government is against the sexism of speakers, one of which allegedly said that a lady not wearing the veil is more regrettable than disease.

 

The meeting, which interprets from French as "Between Heaven and Earth," was held without precedent in 2012. More than 1,000 individuals were relied upon to go recently.

 

The meeting plans to unite Muslim youth to trade thoughts and offers globally distinguished religious speakers, as per its site.

 

There are four speakers, incorporating Nader Abou Anas, the leader of a Muslim youth cooperation in France, under scanner. In online movies, Anas lectures the isolation of sexes, cautions ladies against wearing uncovering dress, and lets them know to wear the hijab.

 

Meeting coordinators did not give back a solicitation for remark on Saturday. In an articulation presented on its Facebook page, coordinators said they were cognizant of the assembly focus' choice and were finishing up the scenario. It's not clear if they will attempt to find an alternate venue. On Friday, Ishaq Mustaqim, an agent for the coordinators, said the meeting had been unjustifiably focused on.

 

The territory's civil argument over religious convenience has been restored by the PQ's anticipate another ‘Quebec Charter of Values.’

 

Spilled portions incorporate a boycott for open division specialists on religious images, for example kippas, hijabs and turbans, as well as obvious crosses on the form.

By: calgaryindians staff correspondent

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