Ontario MPP Jama Removed From Legislature Again Over Keffiyeh Scarf Ban

Sarah Jama, 23, a disability justice advocate who has cerebral palsy, poses for a portrait at her home in Hamilton, Ont., on Tuesday, March 13, 2018. Jama is happy that the new Stats Canada statistics on violence against women with disabilities due to come out later this week will give them something concrete to work with. "The numbers will validate what we have been talking about for years," she says. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power

Independent MPP Sarah Jama has been removed from the Ontario legislature for a second time in just two weeks after wearing a keffiyeh scarf, which has been banned by the speaker.

Ms. Jama donned the keffiyeh, which is largely associated with pro-Palestinian activism, during question period on Monday, May 6, and was asked to leave the chamber as a result. Less than two weeks earlier, on April 26, Ms. Jama had also been told to leave the chamber for wearing the clothing item but had refused.