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NCCM welcomes unanimous consent of federal motion condemning Islamophobia
- For Immediate Release -
(Ottawa – October 27th, 2016) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties & advocacy organization, welcomes the unanimous passage of a motion condemning Islamophobia, presented for a second time last night in federal parliament.
The motion was based on an e-petition sponsored by Liberal MP Frank Baylis (Pierrefonds-Dollard) and signed by over 69,000 Canadians. It was first put forward earlier this month by NDP leader Thomas Mulcair and was subsequently defeated by some Conservative MPs. It was presented again this week; this time unopposed.
“This motion sends a strong message ...
NCCM welcomes unanimous consent of federal motion condemning Islamophobia
- For Immediate Release -
(Ottawa – October 27th, 2016) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties & advocacy organization, welcomes the unanimous passage of a motion condemning Islamophobia, presented for a second time last night in federal parliament.
The motion was based on an e-petition sponsored by Liberal MP Frank Baylis (Pierrefonds-Dollard) and signed by over 69,000 Canadians. It was first put forward earlier this month by NDP leader Thomas Mulcair and was subsequently defeated by some Conservative MPs. It was presented again this week; this time unopposed.
“This motion sends a strong message ...
Conservative leadership candidate Steven Blaney wants to ban face veils while voting, becoming citizen
By Laura Payton
CTV News | October 24, 2016
Conservative MP Steven Blaney's first announcement as a candidate for the federal Conservative leadership is a call for women casting ballots and taking the oath of citizenship to do so with their faces uncovered.
"We have a Canadian way of living - the rule of law, our Charter of Rights and Freedoms and our laws. We have and we need to protect and preserve the equality of women and men, and we live in a free and democratic society," Blaney said on the lawn of Parliament Hill in Monday.
The Quebec MP and former public safety minister said he would re-introduce his 2011 private member's bill that ...
Conservative leadership candidate Steven Blaney wants to ban face veils while voting, becoming citizen
By Laura Payton
CTV News | October 24, 2016
Conservative MP Steven Blaney's first announcement as a candidate for the federal Conservative leadership is a call for women casting ballots and taking the oath of citizenship to do so with their faces uncovered.
"We have a Canadian way of living - the rule of law, our Charter of Rights and Freedoms and our laws. We have and we need to protect and preserve the equality of women and men, and we live in a free and democratic society," Blaney said on the lawn of Parliament Hill in Monday.
The Quebec MP and former public safety minister said he would re-introduce his 2011 private member's bill that ...
Islamophobic ‘feminism’ doesn’t help Muslim women
By multiple authors
The Ottawa Citizen | October 3, 2016
Time and tired time again, we have seen how the claim of standing up for Muslim women has served as a pretext for singling out Islam and Muslims for excoriation. This was the case in the recent furor over Toronto’s Valley Park Middle School providing space for Muslim students to pray (in which girls and boys sat separately), and in the previous federal government’s efforts to prohibit women in niqabs from becoming Canadian citizens.
The castigation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for attending an Ottawa mosque on Eid ul-Adha is the latest in this string of manufactured ...
Islamophobic ‘feminism’ doesn’t help Muslim women
By multiple authors
The Ottawa Citizen | October 3, 2016
Time and tired time again, we have seen how the claim of standing up for Muslim women has served as a pretext for singling out Islam and Muslims for excoriation. This was the case in the recent furor over Toronto’s Valley Park Middle School providing space for Muslim students to pray (in which girls and boys sat separately), and in the previous federal government’s efforts to prohibit women in niqabs from becoming Canadian citizens.
The castigation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for attending an Ottawa mosque on Eid ul-Adha is the latest in this string of manufactured ...
So who says Muslims can’t be both devout and patriotic?
By: Amira Elghawaby | iPolitics
April 28, 2016
Social media was buzzing this week over a new Environics poll of Canadian Muslims. It should have served to dismiss a lot of poisonous misperceptions out there about matters of loyalty and belonging in Muslim communities. Instead, the initial media coverage ended up angering many.
CBC’s original headline acknowledged some of the good news — but somehow still managed to frame the results in a negative light: “Muslim Canadians love Canada, but faith more important to their identity: survey”.
That “but” seemed to suggest that one couldn’t both love Canada and strongly ...
So who says Muslims can’t be both devout and patriotic?
By: Amira Elghawaby | iPolitics
April 28, 2016
Social media was buzzing this week over a new Environics poll of Canadian Muslims. It should have served to dismiss a lot of poisonous misperceptions out there about matters of loyalty and belonging in Muslim communities. Instead, the initial media coverage ended up angering many.
CBC’s original headline acknowledged some of the good news — but somehow still managed to frame the results in a negative light: “Muslim Canadians love Canada, but faith more important to their identity: survey”.
That “but” seemed to suggest that one couldn’t both love Canada and strongly ...
B.C. legal groups and lawyers set up hotline to help victimized Muslims
Camille Bains, The Canadian Press
CTV News | March 9, 2016
VANCOUVER - Legal groups and lawyers in Vancouver have banded together to launch a hotline for Muslims who have faced discrimination in British Columbia because of their religion.
The Islamophobia Legal Assistance Hotline is supported by various organizations including the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, the B.C. branch of the Canadian Bar Association and groups that represent black, Asian and South Asian lawyers.
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Amira Elghawaby, a spokeswoman for the National Council of Canadian Muslims, said Muslim women who wear a niqab or a hijab are victimized more often than ...
B.C. legal groups and lawyers set up hotline to help victimized Muslims
Camille Bains, The Canadian Press
CTV News | March 9, 2016
VANCOUVER - Legal groups and lawyers in Vancouver have banded together to launch a hotline for Muslims who have faced discrimination in British Columbia because of their religion.
The Islamophobia Legal Assistance Hotline is supported by various organizations including the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, the B.C. branch of the Canadian Bar Association and groups that represent black, Asian and South Asian lawyers.
. . .
Amira Elghawaby, a spokeswoman for the National Council of Canadian Muslims, said Muslim women who wear a niqab or a hijab are victimized more often than ...