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Zunera Ishaq, the 29 yers old woman who won the legal right to wear niqab during her citizenship ceremonies  has officially become Canadian. She was granted citizenship in Mississauga. Her lawyer Lorne Waldman  said that Before the oath she was taken into a room and identified heself and took off her veil in front of a female officer . After …

Ottawa – Canadian Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney on Friday took to Twitter and promoted his controversial policies as Immigration Minister, when he had directed Muslim women from wearing niqabs while taking their oath of citizenship. “I believe people taking the public oath of citizenship should do so publicly, with their faces uncovered”, he tweeted. Kenney then proceeded …