"Islamic groups blame media for Quebec veil uproar

A new Quebec election rule that requires all citizens to remove face veils if they want to vote could discourage some Muslim women from casting ballots on Monday, a Muslim woman says.
"If I was wearing a face veil I likely wouldn't go and vote on Monday," Sarah Elgazzar, spokesperson for the Council on American-Islamic Relations Canada, told the Canadian Press. "I'd be scared."
Only a very small number of women in Quebec wear a face veil known as a the niqab, Elgazzar said, blaming the news media for creating a political controversy over clothing worn by Muslim women."

"Salam Elmenyawi, president of the Muslim Council of Montreal, said the news media has manufactured a crisis.
Elmenyawi said the news media, through the reports about the old rule, helped to fuel hostility towards Muslims: "It's going to have a very long-term effect on our society here."