The surprising characteristics of non-religious Canadians

The surprising characteristics of non-religious Canadians

Read: 4 min Mohamed Fetaih moved to Canada at age 40 so his children would not have to live in Egypt, a country he says was being “destroyed” by religion.  An atheist, he had nonetheless enrolled his daughter in a Catholic school there so she would not have to wear head coverings at school. “I saw the pressure coming in for anyone who did not think the same way [as the Islamic teachers],” said Fetaih, 74.  Canada, by contrast, offered a life fre…