{"id":10852,"date":"2021-08-11T18:49:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T01:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10852"},"modified":"2021-08-31T19:17:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T02:17:39","slug":"manitoba-medical-student-expelled-over-pro-gun-and-pro-life-facebook-posts-wins-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10852","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba medical student expelled over &#8216;pro-gun and pro-life&#8217; Facebook posts wins court ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rafael Zaki said he was expelled for his conscientious and religious beliefs. The judge said the university appeared biased in its decision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The National Post<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tyler Dawson<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A Manitoba medical student who was expelled after failing to satisfactorily apologize for his controversial views on guns and abortion has been granted a new adjudication of his expulsion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rafael Zaki, a Coptic Orthodox student at the University of Manitoba who was supposed to graduate in 2022, posted three items on his Facebook page in February 2019. He was expelled in August 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One year later, after losing two appeals within the university system, Zaki asked Manitoba\u2019s Court of Queen\u2019s Bench to review the decision made by the University Discipline Committee. Zaki said he was expelled \u201cfor holding conscientious and religious beliefs that abortion is harmful.\u201d . . . <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/manitoba-medical-student-expelled-over-pro-gun-and-pro-life-facebook-posts-wins-court-ruling\">continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael Zaki said he was expelled for his conscientious and religious beliefs. The judge said the university appeared biased in its decision The National Post Tyler Dawson A Manitoba medical student who was expelled after failing to satisfactorily apologize for his controversial views on guns and abortion has been granted a new adjudication of his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10852\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Manitoba medical student expelled over &#8216;pro-gun and pro-life&#8217; Facebook posts wins court ruling&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,32,1185,5,217,9,295,19,22],"tags":[4081,4079,4080],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-10852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-canada","category-christianity-non-catholic","category-ethics","category-lawsuits","category-news","category-religious-freedom","category-repression-of-conscience","category-students","tag-ira-ripstein","tag-rafael-zaki","tag-university-of-manitoba"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Manitoba medical student expelled over &#039;pro-gun and pro-life&#039; 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