Why is it that usual liberals and free-thinkers like yourself, Cognitive Dissonance, take the side of the extreme conservatives ( like the 1% of Canadian muslims who endorse extreme Wahhabism) over the Stephen Harper moderate -type conservatives on this issue.   You wrap yourself up in the greatness of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms when it comes to freedom of religion, but only in the one case of Wahhabi -islam whipped women of the niqab wearing sort, who would actually be better off if you supported the their rights of a woman in its banning of niqabs and burqas.     This is the one issue where you chose to side with extreme conservative over the obvious choice of liberating oppressed women.    How do you reconcile this?