Canada groups launch court challenge to Quebec's face-covering ban

Muslim and civil rights organizations say measure discriminates against Muslim women and violates provincial and national constitutionsTwo Canadian groups have asked a court to overturn a new Quebec law that bans observant Muslim women from wearing a full-face veil when providing or receiving government services. The National Council for Canadian Muslims, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Quebec Muslim resident Marie-Michelle Lacoste asked a provincial court to declare the law invalid