A Canadian landlord was fined $12,000 for not taking his shoes off when entering a Muslim tenant’s home. “I was humiliated, I was made to feel I have no rights, I was made to feel that I’m not wanted in society,” landlord John Alabi told the Toronto Sun. “I feel powerless.” Last December, Alabi decided to rent out his home to Walid Madkour and Heba

Islmail, an Egyptian-born Muslim couple. After just two months they decided to move out. Alabi began showing their room to potential renters but was surprised when he was suddenly hunted down by The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. The couple said he violated their religious beliefs by not taking his shoes off when entering the home. READ MORE


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