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Montreal police nab man who treatened to kill Muslims in Quebec

By Levon Sevunts | Radio-Canada International November 18, 2015 A 24-year-old man is expected to appear in court in Montreal on Wednesday afternoon to face several charges for allegedly threatening to kill Arabs and Muslims in Quebec. He is expected to be charged with uttering threats, public incitement of hatred and a terrorism hoax, Montreal police spokesman Cst. André Leclerc told Radio Canada International. The threats were made in a Youtube video showing a man wearing a Halloween mask of The Joker, the psychotic killer in the popular Hollywood blockbusters Batman and The Dark Night. Brandishing a pistol, the man in the video threatened ...

Montreal police nab man who treatened to kill Muslims in Quebec

By Levon Sevunts | Radio-Canada International November 18, 2015 A 24-year-old man is expected to appear in court in Montreal on Wednesday afternoon to face several charges for allegedly threatening to kill Arabs and Muslims in Quebec. He is expected to be charged with uttering threats, public incitement of hatred and a terrorism hoax, Montreal police spokesman Cst. André Leclerc told Radio Canada International. The threats were made in a Youtube video showing a man wearing a Halloween mask of The Joker, the psychotic killer in the popular Hollywood blockbusters Batman and The Dark Night. Brandishing a pistol, the man in the video threatened ...

NCCM urges investigation of Quebec assault as potential hate crime

(Version français suivra) -For Immediate Release- Praises Quebec National Assembly for rejecting Islamophobia (Ottawa – October 2, 2015) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties & advocacy organization, condemned the physical assault reported on Tuesday of a Muslim woman in Anjou, a suburb of Montreal, Quebec and called on authorities to investigate it as a potential hate crime. According to a media report the victim – a pregnant Quebec Muslim woman – was physically attacked while walking to get her daughter, when two teenagers pulled at her hijab (Islamic headscarf), causing her to fall. The ...

NCCM urges investigation of Quebec assault as potential hate crime

(Version français suivra) -For Immediate Release- Praises Quebec National Assembly for rejecting Islamophobia (Ottawa – October 2, 2015) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties & advocacy organization, condemned the physical assault reported on Tuesday of a Muslim woman in Anjou, a suburb of Montreal, Quebec and called on authorities to investigate it as a potential hate crime. According to a media report the victim – a pregnant Quebec Muslim woman – was physically attacked while walking to get her daughter, when two teenagers pulled at her hijab (Islamic headscarf), causing her to fall. The ...

NCCM makes submission to Quebec National Assembly on proposed hate speech and anti-extremism law

(le français suivra) (Ottawa – September 26, 2015) As part of its efforts to professionally represent the public interests of Canadian Muslim communities, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) recently made written submissions to the Quebec National Assembly on Bill n°59 and called on the Quebec legislature to not adopt the bill into law. Bill 59, formally titled An Act to enact the Act to prevent and combat hate speech and speech inciting violence and to amend various legislative provisions to better protect individuals, was recently proposed by the Quebec provincial government with the stated aim of preventing hate and countering ...

NCCM makes submission to Quebec National Assembly on proposed hate speech and anti-extremism law

(le français suivra) (Ottawa – September 26, 2015) As part of its efforts to professionally represent the public interests of Canadian Muslim communities, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) recently made written submissions to the Quebec National Assembly on Bill n°59 and called on the Quebec legislature to not adopt the bill into law. Bill 59, formally titled An Act to enact the Act to prevent and combat hate speech and speech inciting violence and to amend various legislative provisions to better protect individuals, was recently proposed by the Quebec provincial government with the stated aim of preventing hate and countering ...

Islamic school apologizes after its all-male soccer team refuses to play opponent with female players

By Roger Belgrave Mississauga News | June 1, 2015 BRAMPTON — A Mississauga-based Islamic private school “regrets” girls on an opposing soccer team had to sit out of a game last week when religious beliefs and gender equality clashed on the playing field. The high school soccer game became a lightning rod for controversy after an all-male team fielded by the Muslim private school refused to play a team with female players. . . . The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a civil liberties advocacy group, also weighed in on the issue Friday. The organization noted, like other faiths, there is diverse interpretation of ...

Islamic school apologizes after its all-male soccer team refuses to play opponent with female players

By Roger Belgrave Mississauga News | June 1, 2015 BRAMPTON — A Mississauga-based Islamic private school “regrets” girls on an opposing soccer team had to sit out of a game last week when religious beliefs and gender equality clashed on the playing field. The high school soccer game became a lightning rod for controversy after an all-male team fielded by the Muslim private school refused to play a team with female players. . . . The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a civil liberties advocacy group, also weighed in on the issue Friday. The organization noted, like other faiths, there is diverse interpretation of ...

(Eng./Fr.) NCCM Denounces Attack On Quebec Muslim Woman/ Le CNMC Dénonce l’Agression dont a été Victime une Musulmane du Québec

(Version français suivra) -For Immediate Release- (Ottawa – April 2, 2015) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent Muslim civil liberties advocacy organization, condemned the verbal and physical assault reported today of a Muslim woman in Laval, Quebec. According to a media report the victim – a Quebec Muslim woman - was verbally and physically attacked in the metro on Tuesday. The perpetrator made direct reference to the fact that the victim was wearing a veil and told her to go back to where she came from before escalating the confrontation and jumping on her. The perpetrator hit the victim repeatedly in the face ...

(Eng./Fr.) NCCM Denounces Attack On Quebec Muslim Woman/ Le CNMC Dénonce l’Agression dont a été Victime une Musulmane du Québec

(Version français suivra) -For Immediate Release- (Ottawa – April 2, 2015) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent Muslim civil liberties advocacy organization, condemned the verbal and physical assault reported today of a Muslim woman in Laval, Quebec. According to a media report the victim – a Quebec Muslim woman - was verbally and physically attacked in the metro on Tuesday. The perpetrator made direct reference to the fact that the victim was wearing a veil and told her to go back to where she came from before escalating the confrontation and jumping on her. The perpetrator hit the victim repeatedly in the face ...