Controversy: Religious Symbols In Canada

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Essay Topic: My essay topic is religious symbols. This topic includes religious symbols such as a cross on a school, a woman wearing a hijab, etc. There are dilemmas associated with the presence of religious symbols in a society. The recent example is Bill 62.

Case Study

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Jagmeet Singh was elected in 2017 as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) of Canada. However, his election creates controversy, because Singh is wearing obvious religious symbols. Indeed, he wears Sikh symbols such as the turban and a long beard.
The controversy that this new leader provokes is that because of the obvious religious symbols and affiliation that he shows, it could reduce the NDP supporters. …show more content…

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(identity relationship to case study or professional credentials, and their general response to the dilemma. Viewpoint 1:
Religious symbols should be ban.
- Quebecers have a hard past with the religion (Delmar). This is why they are reticent to have a leader who demonstrates a strong affiliation with religion.
- It can try to convince people with his religion and implement some ideas based on his religion more than based on what people wants (Delmar)
- Bill 62- Quebec votes- Religious symbols need to be ban for public safety. This rule goes against the new NDP leader who wears religious symbols. Viewpoint 2:
People should have the right to demonstrate religious symbols.
- It is a right of liberty to show religious symbols. Bill 62 is violated this right- tells people what they needed to do- women what they need to wear (Forrest).
- Discrimination- if it was Catholic- a cross not the same (Hamilton). Jagmeet is a visible minority and his clothing can shock some person. He faced questions that will not be ask to a politician belonging to the majority (Hamilton).
- Judging people and obligate them to remove their religious symbols such as bill 62 – divided …show more content…

Premises:
- It is violating someone right to ask him to remove his religious symbols. If people stops support NDP, because Jagmeet Singh is wearing religious symbols, it is going after his personal rights.
- If people stops to support NDP just because of the religious affiliation of the leader it is a kind of discrimination.

Ethical Theory used

The Ethical Theory that I will use is the John Locke’s one. The theory about associational freedom. Associational freedom is a theory on religious freedom. Locke tolerates different religious association. He believes that people can have a freedom of religion. This is directly related to my thesis, because people should have the right and the liberty to affiliate themselves with a religion, and it should not discriminate them.

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