{"id":2483030,"date":"2025-09-05T19:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T23:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/local-canadian-officials-move-to-ban-public-prayer\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T19:44:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T23:44:30","slug":"local-canadian-officials-move-to-ban-public-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/local-canadian-officials-move-to-ban-public-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Canadian Officials Move to Ban Public Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flocal-canadian-officials-move-to-ban-public-prayer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2483030&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Officials in Quebec, canada, are proposing a ban on public prayer, a move seen as especially targeting Muslim practices but perhaps affecting Christians as well. Quebec premier Fran\u00e7ois Legault expressed discomfort with visible street prayers, prompting Secularism Minister Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Roberge to plan legislative action to address this issue, particularly given the rise of public Islamic prayers in Montreal that have <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >drawn social media attention<\/a>.The proposed ban has faced criticism from Muslim organizations and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-may-charge-some-capitol-rioters-under-rico-racketeering-law\/\" title=\"DOJ May Charge Some Capitol Rioters Under RICO Racketeering Law\">civil rights groups<\/a> who argue it infringes on religious freedoms and the right to use public spaces. Muslims now form nearly 5% of Canada&#8217;s population, making them the country&#8217;s second<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-allows-islamic-prayers-to-broadcast-throughout-the-city-at-all-hours\/\" title=\"Minneapolis Allows Islamic ...s To Broadcast Throughout The City At All Hours\">-largest religious group<\/a> after Christians. Meanwhile, debates continue about religious expression and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erickson-let-david-slay-goliath\/\" title=\"ERICKSON: Let David Slay Goliath\">government policies<\/a> in Canada, including controversies over past and current approaches to Christian institutions and beliefs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Officials in the Canadian province of Quebec want to ban prayer from public spaces, a measure that appears particularly targeted at Muslims but which could affect Christians as well.<\/p>\n<p>Premier Fran&ccedil;ois Legault said last year that he does not want to see prayer in public places, according to a Thursday report from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/quebec\/quebec-government-to-table-legislation-to-ban-prayer-in-public-places\/article_021497a4-350b-51f3-b160-6a26310d7b6e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toronto Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Seeing people on their knees in the streets, praying, I think we have to ask ourselves the question. I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s something we should see,&rdquo; the official said.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Secularism Minister Jean-Fran&ccedil;ois Roberge said that he will seek to address the issue this fall.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The rise of street prayers is a serious and sensitive issue in Quebec,&rdquo; Roberge said in a statement, per the Toronto Star.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Last December, our government expressed its unease with this growing phenomenon, particularly in Montreal,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal comes after Islamic prayer rituals in Montreal were recorded last month, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/public-prayer-ban-quebec-1.7619985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some Muslims even made a point of praying outside of the Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal, drawing substantial social media attention.<\/p>\n<p>Islamic interest groups were not pleased with the suggestion that public prayer be prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-christian-reacts-vandalism-anti-abortion-billboard-can-just-see-selfishness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian<\/a> Muslim Forum said in a statement that the government &ldquo;should be focused on solving real problems, not policing the fundamental rights of its citizens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Civil Liberties Association also said that banning public prayer is a violation of religious freedoms.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Public spaces belong to everyone, regardless of their religious beliefs,&rdquo; the group said. &ldquo;These spaces must be places where diversity of belief, culture and identity is both respected and protected.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Muslims now compose 4.9 percent of the Canadian population, marking over 1.8 million people, according to a Canadian government <a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/how-muslims-became-a-vital-component-of-canadas-population\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s a significant increase from 2 percent of the population in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Muslims are now the nation&rsquo;s second-largest religious group after Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>Though the policy in Quebec does not appear to target Christians in particular, the Canadian government has otherwise forwarded anti-Christian narratives and passed anti-Christian policies.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, the government of now-former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau encouraged the claim that Christian schools in the nineteenth century dumped Native American bodies into mass graves, although no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/canada-spent-320-million-fuel-anti-christian-hate-came-empty-handed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evidence<\/a> for such an assertion has been found.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/preachers-imprisoned-new-god-defying-law-potentially-ban-select-sermons\/?ff_source=conservativetribune.compage\/4page\/13page\/2page\/3page\/2page\/3page\/2page\/3page\/3page\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ban<\/a> on so-called conversion therapy passed three years ago was so broad that general condemnation of homosexuality and transgenderism could be considered violations of the law.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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