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Third year student Aisha Raja poses for a photo at the University of Toronto on June 30, 2011. Raja who has been Muslim her whole life, is involved with promoting 'Keeping it Halal', a campus internet publication which she hopes will help break Muslim stereotypes. She has been wearing an hijab since high school and feels it is part of her. - n our increasingly secular society we still place a huge value on freedom of religion. But are we paying enough attention to freedom from religion? | Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail

n our increasingly secular society we still place a huge value on freedom of religion. But are we paying enough attention to freedom from religion?

Third year student Aisha Raja poses for a photo at the University of Toronto on June 30, 2011. Raja who has been Muslim her whole life, is involved with promoting 'Keeping it Halal', a campus internet publication which she hopes will help break Muslim stereotypes. She has been wearing an hijab since high school and feels it is part of her. - n our increasingly secular society we still place a huge value on freedom of religion. But are we paying enough attention to freedom from religion? | Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail
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Earlier Discussion

What are the issues facing young Muslims in Canada?

Globe and Mail Update

What does it mean to be a young Muslim in Canada today? What are the differences and divisions within the community? How should Canadians respond to demonstrations of religiosity in the public square?

As Globe and Mail reporters Dakshana Bascaramurty and Kate Taylor found in this week's Your Time To Lead series on Muslim youth in Canada, these questions are being lived out every day by Muslims and non-Muslims alike. In today's op-ed, Natasha Fatah argues that it is the children of Muslim immigrants to Canada "who have turned to conservative, hard-line and politicized Islam for answers." And as the Globe's online discussions and today's news stories have proven, reaction on these questions has been swift and divided.

Join student Aisha Raja and researcher Rizwan Mohammad, who were both featured in Monday's piece, in an online chat hosted by editorial writer Karim Bardeesy, live today at 3 p.m. ET. To ask a question in advance by E-mail, click here

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