Post-9/11 security measures will be thrust squarely in the sights of the Supreme Court of Canada today by a small Hutterite community seeking an exemption from the use of mandatory photographs on driver’s licences.

In a clash of Old World religion and New World realities, the 252 Hutterites claim that adhering to the post-9/11 security provision would force them to violate a biblical commandment forbidding idolatry.

The country’s top court is wading into a dispute about whether Alberta is violating the religious rights of Hutterites by demanding they be photographed to obtain driver’s licences.

The East Oregonian, via The Seattle Times, Mar. 8, 2003

The Globe and Mail (Canada), Jan. 20, 2003