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MPP Sarah Jama asked to leave Ontario legislature for wearing keffiyeh

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MPP Sarah Jama was asked to leave the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by House Speaker Ted Arnott on Thursday for wearing a keffiyeh, a garment that is banned at Queen’s Park.

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MPP Sarah Jama asked to leave Ontario legislature for wearing keffiyeh

MPP Sarah Jama was asked to leave the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by House Speaker Ted Arnott on Thursday for wearing a keffiyeh, a garment that is banned at Queen’s Park.

10 days ago·Canada

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City News

MPP Sarah Jama asked to leave Ontario legislature for wearing a keffiyeh

Independent MPP Sarah Jama has been asked to leave the Ontario legislature for wearing a keffiyeh, one week after the ban on the scarves were put in place.

10 days ago·Toronto, Canada

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Arutz Sheva

Canada: Ontario parliamentarian asked to leave legislature for wearing a keffiyeh

A parliamentarian from the Canadian province of Ontario asked to leave the legislature for wearing a keffiyeh which was banned by the Speaker of the House in a controversial decision.

10 days ago·Israel

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True North News

Ontario MPP Sarah Jama asked to leave chamber after refusing to remove keffiyeh

The controversial keffiyeh ban at Queen’s Park has led to one elected official facing removal from the chamber. Independent MPP Sarah Jama was asked to leave the Ontario legislature Thursday morning after refusing to remove her keffiyeh, which the speaker has designated to be a political prop and thus banned from Queen’s Park. Jama has refused to leave, despite the speaker’s request Jama was allowed to stay in the legislature Wednesday after re…

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CHCH

Hamilton MPP Sarah Jama asked to leave Ontario legislature over keffiyeh

Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Hamilton’s independent MPP Sarah Jama has been ejected from the Ontario legislature for defying the keffiyeh ban. Speaker Ted Arnott asked Jama to leave Ontario’s Legislative Assembly Thursday because she was wearing a keffiyeh, a checkered scarf that has come to symbolize solidarity with Palestinians amid the Israel-Hamas war. Several of Jama’s former NDP-a…

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