{"id":6119,"date":"2011-07-06T17:35:07","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T17:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/?p=6119"},"modified":"2011-07-06T17:35:07","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T17:35:07","slug":"canadian-multiculturalism-is-like-holding-up-a-blow-me-up-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/canadian-multiculturalism-is-like-holding-up-a-blow-me-up-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian multiculturalism is like holding up a “blow me up!” sign"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Muslim kids, not parents, who are embracing a politicized Islam<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve attended two universities in Toronto and, at both, joined the Muslim students associations. I was told to sit behind the men, not next to them. That it would be better if I covered my hair. That sharia is the optimal way to resolve personal, legal and political issues. I was even told that, when filling out a form, the ink from my pen should not touch the ink of a \u201cbrother\u2019s\u201d pen. Is this the modernity and freedom that brought my parents here?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s Muslim kids, not parents, who are embracing a politicized Islam: I\u2019ve attended two universities in Toronto and, at both, joined the Muslim students associations. I was told to sit behind the men, not next to them. That it would … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[159],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6120,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6119\/revisions\/6120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}