After all, Islam traditionally treats women as inferior and lacking in the full rights due a man.

Elections Canada has begun to contact Muslim organizations to gauge their feelings on how to accommodate veiled women if photo identification becomes necessary to cast a federal ballot, Sun Media has learned.
Sameer Zuberi, with the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations, said he spent 30 minutes on the telephone with an Elections Canada representative on Tuesday.
"They asked about how we can deal with this and what are the ways we can deal with it," said Zuberi.
Zuberi said veiled Muslim women should be given the option of unveiling in front of another woman.

Of course, there is this little bit of absurdity from the representative of another group.

Khaled Mouammar, president of the Canadian Arab Federation, said veiled women should not be asked to show their faces.
"If somebody comes in with a valid ID then it doesn't matter how you're dressed," said Mouammar.

Never mind, of course, that the veil would obscure the identity of the individual in question – making the question of whether they possess a valid ID something more than an academic exercise.

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