Open secularism and the RCMP turban debate
This article examines newspaper articles and opinion pieces related to the 1989 and 1990 case of allowing RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) officers to wear turbans as part of their formal uniform. Many of those opposed to allowing for this change in RCMP policy demonstrate a sense of an assumed...
| Published in: | Social compass |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2020]
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Social compass
Year: 2020, Volume: 67, Issue: 1, Pages: 18-28 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Canada
/ Laicism
/ Canada, Mounted Police
/ Turbans
/ Quarreling
/ History 1989-1990
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BJ Islam KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
débats sur l'identité nationale
B RCMP B Sikhs B Nationalism B Turbans B open and closed secularism B GRC B laïcité ouverte et fermé |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | This article examines newspaper articles and opinion pieces related to the 1989 and 1990 case of allowing RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) officers to wear turbans as part of their formal uniform. Many of those opposed to allowing for this change in RCMP policy demonstrate a sense of an assumed national identity that tends to label immigrants and people from non-European backgrounds as un-Canadian. Once the federal government approved this change in RCMP policy, some of the groups that opposed it attempted to bring it to the Supreme Court of Canada. The argument they made was one for closed secularism. The policy change, however, and the impact it had on Baltej Singh Dhillon, the first Sikh RCMP officer who became an officer and was allowed to wear his turban the results of which present a case for open secularism. Cet article analyse des articles de journaux et d'opinion documentés entre 1989 et 1990 promouvant le port du turban par les officiers de la GRC (Gendarmerie royale du Canada). Plusieurs opposants à l'autorisation de cette politique de la GRC se basent sur une idée collective d'identité nationale reflétant l'opinion que les immigrants et citoyens provenant des pays non-européens ne sont pas canadiens. Lorsque le gouvernement fédéral a modifié cette politique vestimentaire au sein de la GRC, certains groupes d'opposants tentèrent de présenter leurs objections à la Cour suprême du Canada. Ces groupes proposèrent un régime basé sur la laïcité rigide. Toutefois, la modification apportée à cette politique, ainsi que son impact sur le premier officier Sikh enturbanné de la GRC, M. Baltej Singh Dhillon, étaient basés sur le concept de laïcité ouverte. |
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| ISSN: | 1461-7404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Social compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0037768619895152 |