Quebec
Pope in Quebec amid decline of Catholic Church in province
By Rob Gillies — July 27, 2022
QUEBEC CITY (AP) — Although nearly all of the province’s 6.8 million French speakers have Catholic roots, fewer than 10% attend Mass regularly, compared with 90% several decades ago.
Sikhs, finding religious freedom on the road, take outsize role in American trucking
By Joseph Hammond — July 16, 2021
(RNS) — The trucking industry has attracted generations of Americans by offering good salaries for work that allows drivers to essentially be their own bosses. That workplace freedom has drawn many Sikhs in the Sikh American community to pursue trucking.
Former Canadian spy claims her Muslim faith led to suspicions from her own side
By Joseph Hammond — July 7, 2021
(RNS) — ‘It’s the reason why individuals in the Muslim community don’t feel they can trust the organization to tackle far-right threats,’ said Huda Mukbil in a recent interview with CBC.
Muslim activists continue to push against Quebec secularism law
By Aysha Khan — July 26, 2019
(RNS) — Last week, Quebec’s Superior Court rejected civil rights advocates’ legal request to temporarily suspend operation of the controversial new ban on religious symbols for state workers. But activists say the fight isn't over.
Quebec’s new law banning religious garments in public fails the reality test
By Simran Jeet Singh — June 18, 2019
(RNS) — Where the arguments of laicity offered by defenders of Quebec's new law fall flat is in the real world.
What is Quebec’s Bill 21 debate about — and will tomorrow’s vote end it?
By Jax Jacobsen — June 13, 2019
(RNS) — For the fourth time in a decade, Quebec is in the midst of a heated public discourse over a deeply controversial bill that would severely limit religious dress and symbols in public places.
In Québec, Christian liberalism becomes the religious authority
By Hannah Dick — April 9, 2019
(RNS) — Bill 21, like the previous secularism bills, disproportionately targets religious minorities' symbols and practices.
Quebec mosque shooting suspect changes mind, pleads guilty
By Yonat Shimron — March 28, 2018
QUEBEC CITY (AP) — Alexandre Bissonnette faced six charges of first-degree murder and six of attempted murder from a shooting rampage during evening prayers at the Islamic Cultural Centre in January 2017.
Quebec Muslims feel solidarity after shooting
By Daniel Matos — February 3, 2017
TORONTO (RNS) Days after the shooting that left six men dead and more than a dozen wounded at Quebec City mosque, signs of the horror were still there for all to see.
Quebec mosque shooting thought to be ‘lone wolf’ attack
By Reuters — January 31, 2017
QUEBEC CITY, Quebec (Reuters) - A French-Canadian university student was the sole suspect in a shooting at aQuebec City mosque and was charged with the premeditated murder of six people.
Canadian PM says mosque shooting a ‘terrorist attack on Muslims’
By Reuters — January 30, 2017
QUEBEC CITY, Quebec (Reuters) - Six people were killed and eight wounded when gunmen opened fire at a Quebec City mosque during Sunday night prayers, in what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a "terrorist attack on Muslims."
Quebec bills aim to prevent Islamic ‘radicalization,’ limit face-covering
By Ron Csillag — June 11, 2015
(RNS) Lawmakers seek a $2 million for an "anti-radicalization center" in Montreal, and limit public employees and people seeiking public services from covering their faces.
Canadian Supreme Court rules against prayer at city council meetings
By Ron Csillag — April 15, 2015
TORONTO (RNS) Canada's top court ruled that the state must be neutral when it comes to religion.
Judge orders foster care for children from Canadian sect
By Ron Csillag — February 3, 2014
TORONTO (RNS) An Ontario judge has ordered 13 children in an Orthodox Jewish sect into foster care in adjacent Quebec. But the judge stayed the order for 30 days to give the sect time to appeal.
Canadian authorities to rule on foster care for children in reclusive sect
By Ron Csillag — December 26, 2013
TORONTO (RNS) Last month, about 150 members of the group Lev Tahor ("Pure Heart") decamped from a village north of Montreal to Chatham, Ontario, about 200 miles southwest of Toronto. Comprising about 40 families, the sect fled just before a Quebec court ordered 14 children into foster care.
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