Quebec Muslim leaders ‘outraged’ over school prayer room ban as part of province’s secularism policy

Quebec’s education minister has declared prayer rooms forbidden in the province’s schools, since they are not compatible with Quebec’s official policy of secularism. Education Minister Bernard Drainville stated: There are all kinds of ways to pray…I can’t ban prayer. I ban prayer in classrooms. Now, if someone wants to pray silently, that’s their basic right. […]