MONTREAL — A slander trial is set to begin next month pitting a fiercely secular, feminist author against a private, Muslim school in Montreal she likened to militant Islamic training camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Djemila Benhabib, an award-winning author and twice-failed Parti Quebecois candidate, is claiming freedom of expression, while the school wants $95,000 from her for “greatly tarnishing” its reputation. “I regret nothing,” Benhabib said in an interview Monday as she referred to the 2012 radio comments that have landed her in court. During the 2012 interview, Benhabib said the verses, which have since been removed from the website, inappropriately referred to the need for young girls to stay pure. Additionally, she was upset at a school pamphlet distributed in the community showing young girls wearing the hijab.

Source: National Post August 23, 2016 14:26 UTC