MONTREAL — Muslim students at a Montreal university say they’re deeply troubled by the Quebec government’s plan to ban prayer rooms in post-secondary schools.
They say the prayer room at Concordia University is an important gathering place for the Muslim community, visited by at least 500 students a day.
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Some students say they chose to attend Concordia specifically because it has had a well-established prayer room for many years.
The Quebec government is expected to table a bill today that would ban prayer rooms in public institutions, m

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