The Ontario woman who won court battles affirming her right to wear a niqab while taking the citizenship oath finally took part ... words like "go back to your country" and "ninjas are coming ...

TORONTO – A lawmaker from Canada's governing Conservative party has apologized for saying women who wish to wear a face veil while swearing the oath of citizenship should stay where they came from.

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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. In a crowded judge’s Ontario office, Zunera Ishaq held up her right hand and recited the oath of citizenship.

Overturns a ban the ruling party had trumpeted as a policy accomplishment on the eve of elections Ottawa: New Canadian citizens can wear face ... they recite the citizenship oath.

America’s northern neighbor has banned women from wearing the burka and niqab while taking their oath of citizenship. Canada, known for its welcoming immigration policies, is now prohibiting any face ...

A Canadian court has cleared the way for a Muslim woman to wear her face veil, or niqab, while taking the oath of citizenship. The Federal Court of Appeal in October refused to suspend its previous ...

"I am in agreement with the existing rule under which anyone seeking citizenship must uncover their face to identify themselves before swearing the oath ... or must not — wear," Mulcair said.

In a ceremony Ishaq, 29, took the citizenship oath while wearing her niqab – a right she fought for and recently won after a lengthy legal battle.

New Canadian citizens can wear face veils at their citizenship ... to have their faces uncovered as they recite the citizenship oath. It upheld a lower court's ruling that the niqab, which covers ...