MONTREAL – Author Djemila Benhabib, on trial for slander for comments made about a Muslim private school, testified Wednesday that the religious instruction offered at the school has no place in Quebec. Benhabib said alarm bells went off when she read the Qur’anic passages children attending the Muslim School of Montreal were made to memorize. “The school’s societal model is not the Quebec societal model,” she said. Cross-examined by the school’s lawyer, Julius Grey, Benhabib acknowledged that she has not spoken out against sexism in religions other than Islam. Quebec Superior Court Justice Carole Hallée will hear closing arguments Thursday.

Source: National Post September 29, 2016 00:11 UTC