The Montreal court sentenced a father of Algerian origin who imposed the wearing of veils on his daughters, who are still minors.
The 47-year-old man from Algeria forced his four daughters to wear hijabs. simple tradition for some, non-negotiable obligation for others, the veil is a subject which arouses great controversy, whether it is on Muslim countries or non-Muslims, don this case in Canada, reported by the daily newspaper “the newspaper de mon réal ”this Friday 03 March 2021.
In addition to forcing his daughters to wear the veil, which is already not permitted under local laws, the accused also issued death threats if the latter refused.
The judge Josée Bélenger, in charge of the case, declared that the girls “were obliged to wear the veil, he regularly threatened to kill them if he saw them” like the Québécoises “”, before finding the guilty father, in the heart of Montreal.
A case that takes you back to 2016
Indeed, according to the same source, the violent father committed these acts considered illegal between 2016 and 2018, after his immigration from Algeria.
The full was, moreover, filed by an editor and not by the family circle of the individual. when the editor asked one of the girls about his non-wearing of the veil, “she replied that her mother was aware, but that if her father found out, he would go and kill him,” said the magistrate .
During his trial, the father claimed not to have committed any of these crimes and said he was the victim of a financial blow. despite the accused’s plaidoirie, he was convicted of threats and various assaults, before being remanded in custody, pending his next sentence.
