Mounties **w allowed to wear hijabs
 

Mounties **w allowed to wear hijabs
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Canada's national police force has become the latest law enforcement agencyto allow its female ******rs to wear the hijab.

The commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) recently approved the addition to the uniform for Muslim women, public safety minister Ralph Goodale's spokesman Scott Bardsley said Wednesday.

It sees the force follow in the footsteps of Toronto and Edmonton, as well as forces in Sweden, **rway, some U.S. states and London's Metropolitan Police in allowing the headgear.*

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The new move aims to better reflect Canada's diversity, Bardsley said, and encourage more Muslim women to consider a career as a Mountie. Women currently make up around a fifth of the RCMP force. Read more...

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