Fraternity and the Debate regarding the Face-Veil: France, Belgium, and Quebec in Comparative Perspective
Cette pr茅sentation par Azim Hussain, BCL / LLB '00, a 茅galement 茅t茅 donn茅e 脿 la Conf茅rence comm茅morative Gonthier le 21 mai 2011.
R茅sum茅 (en anglais seulement)
The different approaches to legislating in respect of the face-veil represent the implementation of different forms of fraternity.聽 France and Belgium have adhered to a notion of compelled fraternity whereby the Muslim woman who wishes to wear the face-veil must compromise her conscience and religious freedom for the sake of subscribing to prevailing norms.
Quebec has enshrined a notion of fraternity in Bill 94 which is more nuanced and genuine: on the one hand, Bill 94 allows for the freedom to practise one鈥檚 religion as one sees fit and for equal treatment regardless of religious adherence but, on the other hand, it tempers that individualistic dimension by limiting accommodations where there would be undue hardship on the body concerned and, more specifically in the context of face-veils, by giving effect to collective goals of security, identification, and communication.
A propos du conf茅rencier
Azim Hussain, BCL / LLB '00, est partenaire chez Norton Rose LLP 脿 Montr茅al, Qu茅bec, o霉 il se sp茅cialise en litige commercial et constitutionnel. Il a 茅t茅 admis au Barreau du Qu茅bec en 2001 et au Barreau du Haut-Canada en 2002. Il a 茅t茅 clerc pour le juge Gonthier en 2001-2002.
Azim Hussain d茅tient un B.A. et une ma卯trise en sociologie de l'Universit茅 UU直播 (1995) et la London School of Economics and Political Science (1996), respectivement.