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Racial tensions in Quebec in spotlight again after taekwondo hijab incident
Sun Apr 15, 7:53 PM



By Jonathan Montpetit

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LONGUEUIL, Que. (CP) - A taekwondo team of Muslim girls withdrew from a tournament on Sunday after they were barred from taking part with their hijabs, threatening to re-ignite Quebec's contentious debate about accommodating religious minorities.


"I feel very sad because we practised so hard," said 11-year-old Bissan Mansour, who wears a hijab. "We pulled out for a useless reason."


Referees at the Quebec regional Raymond Mourad Championship met Sunday morning, the first day of the tournament, to talk about rules and regulations.

Tournament founder Raymond Mourad said he wanted officials to let the Muslim girls compete this time, but his pleas went unheard.

A Montreal Muslim woman who recently complained she was forced to chose between her hijab and a job as a prison guard.

-Herouxville, a small town in rural Quebec that set up a code of conduct for would-be immigrants.

-A Montreal community health centre under fire for holding women-only pre-natal classes to make Muslim, Sikh or Hindu women feel more comfortable.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/que_tournament_hijab

[Here we go again, eh?]