Woman says she was accosted in mall over her Islamic veil as Liberals threaten election over Quebec charter | National Post

17.9.13

Woman says she was accosted in mall over her Islamic veil as Liberals threaten election over Quebec charter | National Post: The PQ wants to forbid public employees from wearing religious headwear, including the veil, as part of a proposed charter announced last Tuesday.

Couillard’s remarks came after a Quebec woman of Algerian origin wearing an Islamic veil said she and her son were accosted at Place Laurier shopping centre in Quebec City two weeks ago by a woman citing the charter who demanded they change their religion and remove the headscarf.

Badia Senouci said she faults Quebec Premier Pauline Marois’s introduction of the charter. She has lived in Quebec City for 14 years without overt discrimination.

“Since Ms. Marois wants this charter,” Mrs. Senouci told La Presse, “I see this tension and these hateful glances directed towards us.”