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The ongoing struggle between popularism and progressivism.

Despite a finding by the Québec Superior Court that Bill 21 has a cruel and dehumanizing impact on Muslim women, the law has survived. Now, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear challenges to it.

Slip-ups such as the one by Amit Shah in Parliament expose the fragile facade of Hindutva followers' claimed reverence for ...