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2011 UBC-Laurier Multiculturalism Lecture

Farzana Hassan

April 16, 2011
UBC Chan Centre

"Is the Niqāb a Symbol of Religious Expression?"

 Guest lecturer: Farzana Hassan

About the speaker:
A committed Muslim, women's rights activist, author of Islam Women and the Challenges of Today and past president of the Muslim Canadian Congress, Hassan regularly criticizes fundamentalism and extremism in her religion. As she has said, "fighting Islamic extremism and opposing terrorism is a crucial way of countering the rising tide of Islamophobia."

Is the niqāb a symbol of religious expression, or a tool of oppression? Farzana Hassan, outspoken and controversial commentator on Islam and Muslim issues, believes that the face-covering veil traditionally worn by Islamic women represents the latter.

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