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Immigration: Muslim Beliefs

Hijab Dept: “It was heartbreaking for them when they found out,” Mrs. Poonah, now 27, said. “We had to negotiate a way of living in the same house even though we were practising a different faith. , according to Globe And Mail. Mrs. Poonah didn’t know the girl, but felt like she could relate, if even at a small scale, to what it was like to have her beliefs mismatched with those of her parents and the Toronto-born woman’s parents, who are conservative Christians, had no idea she’d been secretly seeing an imam for years looking for guidance. They had no idea she was sneaking a hijab into her bag every day to put on once she got to school. During that time, Mrs. Poonah said, she felt isolated and in need of support from other young Muslims who understood what she was going through. Then she heard the news about Aqsa Parvez, the teenager killed by her father and brother after she clashed with the family traditional Muslim beliefs. As reported in the news.
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