Support strong for jailed union boss convicted of “honor” crime

Yusef Al Mezel, the leader of Ottawa’s taxi driver union, has been convicted of threatening his 25-year-old daughter after she took off her hijab, abandoned Muslim beliefs, and refused an arranged marriage: despite the conviction, he remains immensely popular among cab drivers in the city, who are collecting money for him.

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