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Shanifa Nasser
@shanifanasser
Award-winning journalist @CBCNews. Interested in national security, race, the justice system and stories with a heartbeat | ✉ shanifa.nasser@cbc.ca
Oct 29, 2018 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
In 2016, Imran packed his bags at a Pakistani orphanage. At four years old, he thought he would finally have a family.

But it never happened. This is the story of how Canada barred adoptions from Muslim countries — and used Shariah law to do it. (1/11)
cbc.ca/news/canada/ad… I started reporting on this story in 2015 and joined forces with @cbcfifth to dig deeper this year. It all goes back to a 2013 Harper government decision to stop adoption from Pakistan.

Why? Hold onto your hats: Canada argued that Shariah law doesn’t allow for adoption (2/11)