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Hamilton's independent MPP Sarah Jama has been ejected from the Ontario legislature for defying the keffiyeh ban.

The black and white checkered scarf, typically worn in Arab cultures and often used to symbolize solidarity with Palestinians, was banned by the Speaker as a 'political' symbol.

An Ontario legislator has refused to remove her keffiyeh at Queen's Park and was subsequently banned from returning to the chamber for the rest of the day on Thursday.

Some people watching question period from the public galleries put on the scarves and were ejected by security

Speaker Ted Arnott prohibited the black-and-white scarves, which he contended flout the rules against any clothing that makes "an overt political statement."

A Palestinian woman from Kitchener is speaking out after she was denied entry into Queen’s Park over a cultural piece of clothing.

The failed case against an alleged mob family, the police chief’s comments on the Umar Zameer verdict and the kaffiyeh ban at Queen’s Park

A debate around the Arab headdress erupted on Thursday after Ontario Premier Doug Ford said a ban from Speaker Ted Arnott "divides" people and called for it to be reversed.

Politicians are judged not just by what they say but what they wont say.

The issue first surfaced in the house last Thursday, when PC MPP Robin Martin defied Doug Ford and voted to block an attempt to lift the prohibition on wearing the Arab headdress.