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Habib’s wife in Turkey wears a veil and is very conservative, court heard, while his girlfriend doesn’t wear any head covering.

Why, the girlfriend asked Habib, did he choose a relationship with her if he really preferred more conservative women?

“Maybe it was to bring you back to the right path,” he replied, according to evidence in a court Thursday.

The court saw video of separate police interviews with Habib and his girlfriend.

The couple had met in November in Montreal, where he lives. After the 30-year-old divorced girlfriend returned to her home in Gatineau in December, Habib soon followed. They lived together for a month and a half.

Both are Muslim, but the girlfriend and a police officer both described the couple’s conflicting views of Islam as a source of tension in their relationship.

She said on video she didn’t believe in “hiding” her face. By contrast, Habib said during his own police interview that he sees head coverings as important to protect women against men who stare at them.

He asked the detective whether he was married. The detective said he was.

So Habib asked the officer whether he would want his own wife walking around in public in a bikini. Not covering a woman’s face is like wearing a bikini in public for Muslims, he said.

While he willingly discussed misfortune and men’s eyes, Habib didn’t want to discuss evidence that, according to police, showed he had false identification.

The girlfriend told police that Habib kept “extreme” videos on his tablet, including graphic videos of beheading by ISIL, and videos teaching that only women who wear veils are good.