{UAH} Canada allows female mounted police to wear hijab

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And here is the reasoning, it becomes very tricky to allow Sikhs to put on their head gear but refuse Moslems to  incorporate their Hijab. Now few days ago I wrote about Canadian companies that have incorporated the Hijab, I am glad the RCMP has picked up on it and should municipality Police forces. I had a meeting with my bank manager last Friday and she had a Hijab she was great and very helpful. People that put on a Hijab are actually normal people they are like the rest of us, and trust me I feel more comfortable talking to a manager in Hijab than a one I talk to when I can see her red nickers.

 

We are Canadians and not Americans.

 

EM

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Subject: {UAH} Canada allows female mounted police to wear hijab

 

Canada allows female mounted police to wear hijab

The iconic uniform is updated "to better reflect the diversity" in Canada and boost recruitment of Muslim women.

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The uniform dates back to the 1880s [File: Rene Johnston/Toronto Star via Getty Images]

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is to allow its female Muslim officers to wear hijabs, updating an iconic uniform "to better reflect the diversity" in Canada's communities.

"The commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police recently approved this addition to the uniform," Scott Bardsley, a spokesman for Ralph Goodale, the public safety minister, told the AFP news agency.

"This is intended to better reflect the diversity in our communities and encourage more Muslim women to consider the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as a career option."

The policy was quietly enacted despite the fact that no officer had yet asked to wear the hijab as of earlier this year. 

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However, about 30 officers had asked for a relaxing of the rules for religious or cultural reasons over the past two years, the Montreal daily La Presse reported, citing an internal correspondence between Goodale and the force's commissioner Bob Paulson.

The memo also said that the type of hijab was selected to be included in the uniform that could be removed quickly and easily if needed.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police became the third police force in Canada to add the hijab option after Toronto and Edmonton.

The uniform - a red serge tunic, leather riding boots and wide-brimmed felt campaign hat - dates back to the 1880s and was last updated in 1990 to allow Sikh officers to wear turbans. 

Source: Agencies

 

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