It's often repeated that anti Muslim sentiment in Quebec is mainly due to a "secularist" reaction against the Catholic Church, but this seems false.  

What's the evidence?  There's no popular outcry to remove Catholic religious symbols in hospitals or the National Assembly.  The burqa ban follows French and European precedents, where no Quiet Revolution occurred.  A more likely explanation is that many Quebecers feel  protective of what they take to be their own culture, i.e. their familiar way of doing things, against outsiders.