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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-01-07 08:11 PM
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No stoning, Canada migrants told (BBC)
Don't stone women to death, burn them or circumcise them, immigrants wishing to live in the town of Herouxville in Quebec, Canada, have been told.

The rules come in a new town council declaration on culture that Muslims have branded shocking and insulting.

Quebec is in the midst of a huge debate on integrating immigrant cultures.

Montreal police are investigating an officer who wrote a song called That's Enough Already, which says immigrants are undermining Quebec culture.

'Not racist'

Herouxville, which has one immigrant family in its population of about 1,300, is 160km (100 miles) north-east of Montreal.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6316151.stm?ls
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-01-07 08:15 PM
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1. Note: this is CULTURE that they are talking about
and not religion. I don't see that banning these cultural practices in any way interferes with the practice of Islam. These people need to abide by the local laws or move.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-01-07 08:26 PM
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3. It's about bigoted stereotypes.
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Dead_Parrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-01-07 08:25 PM
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2. "1 immigrant family in its population of about 1,300"
The rest are all Iroquoian, I assume?
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