Canadian Mounties allow uniforms with hijabs

Royal Mounted Police add head covering option to encourage Muslim recruits, following forces in UK, Sweden, Norway and some US states

Hoping to boost recruiting of Muslim women, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is allowing its officers to wear hijabs as part of their uniforms, the government said Tuesday.

“The commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police recently approved this addition to the uniform,” Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale’s spokesman Scott Bardsley told AFP.

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