NCCM condemns recent anti-Muslim incidents
-For Immediate Release-
(Ottawa - September 15, 2014) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent Muslim advocacy organization, today condemns three recent anti-Muslim hate incidents, including an attempt to run down a Calgary Muslim imam with a motor vehicle and two vandalisms of a Fort Saskatchewan Islamic prayer space and a residential building.
According to recent reports, Calgary Muslim community leader Imam Syed Soharwardy was struck by a car twice on September 12, 2014 on his way to Friday prayers. The female driver yelled out that he was a ...
NCCM condemns recent anti-Muslim incidents
-For Immediate Release-
(Ottawa - September 15, 2014) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent Muslim advocacy organization, today condemns three recent anti-Muslim hate incidents, including an attempt to run down a Calgary Muslim imam with a motor vehicle and two vandalisms of a Fort Saskatchewan Islamic prayer space and a residential building.
According to recent reports, Calgary Muslim community leader Imam Syed Soharwardy was struck by a car twice on September 12, 2014 on his way to Friday prayers. The female driver yelled out that he was a ...
Extremists distort all religions, not just Islam
By Ihsaan Gardee
National Post | September 12, 2014
If the aim of recent commentaries by Rex Murphy and Tasha Kheiriddin ('The I-word,' Aug. 23; 'Western civilization to the barricades,' Sept. 4.) was to enlighten readers about the threat that Islam poses to the world, then they earn a failing grade.
Instead of facing the reality of the situation, both writers preferred to regurgitate outdated stereotypes, by arguing that the first step toward stopping the threat of terrorism, is to acknowledge that it emerges from Islam. This argument is flawed for the obvious ...
Extremists distort all religions, not just Islam
By Ihsaan Gardee
National Post | September 12, 2014
If the aim of recent commentaries by Rex Murphy and Tasha Kheiriddin ('The I-word,' Aug. 23; 'Western civilization to the barricades,' Sept. 4.) was to enlighten readers about the threat that Islam poses to the world, then they earn a failing grade.
Instead of facing the reality of the situation, both writers preferred to regurgitate outdated stereotypes, by arguing that the first step toward stopping the threat of terrorism, is to acknowledge that it emerges from Islam. This argument is flawed for the obvious ...
Mother of radicalized Calgary man wants to make a difference
BILL GRAVELAND
The Canadian Press | Thursday, September 11, 2014
A woman whose 22-year-old son was killed while fighting with Islamic extremists in Syria says she doesn’t want her son to have died in vain.
Chris Boudreau of Calgary spoke Thursday at a conference on the radicalization of Muslim youth...
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Ihsaan Gardee, executive director of the National Council of Canadian Muslims, said community-based programs aren’t always the best way to find isolated and marginalized youth — the ones most at risk of being targeted.
“We have young Canadians ...
Mother of radicalized Calgary man wants to make a difference
BILL GRAVELAND
The Canadian Press | Thursday, September 11, 2014
A woman whose 22-year-old son was killed while fighting with Islamic extremists in Syria says she doesn’t want her son to have died in vain.
Chris Boudreau of Calgary spoke Thursday at a conference on the radicalization of Muslim youth...
. . .
Ihsaan Gardee, executive director of the National Council of Canadian Muslims, said community-based programs aren’t always the best way to find isolated and marginalized youth — the ones most at risk of being targeted.
“We have young Canadians ...
Local Muslims pray for peace, end to extremism
ISIS violence in Iraq an affront to their faith
By Carol Sanders | Winnipeg Free Press
August 23, 2014
Local and national Muslim leaders are denouncing the atrocities of ISIS terrorists and pledging support for federal government efforts to protect Canadians in the region.
"We call on the federal government to take all measures to ensure the safety of any Canadians in the region, and to continue to promote the safety and well-being of all religious minorities," the National Council of Canadian Muslims said in statement Friday.
"Our thoughts and prayers are ...
Local Muslims pray for peace, end to extremism
ISIS violence in Iraq an affront to their faith
By Carol Sanders | Winnipeg Free Press
August 23, 2014
Local and national Muslim leaders are denouncing the atrocities of ISIS terrorists and pledging support for federal government efforts to protect Canadians in the region.
"We call on the federal government to take all measures to ensure the safety of any Canadians in the region, and to continue to promote the safety and well-being of all religious minorities," the National Council of Canadian Muslims said in statement Friday.
"Our thoughts and prayers are ...
NCCM endorses and echoes Imams’ denunciation of ISIS
-For Immediate Release-
(Ottawa – August 22, 2014) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent Muslim civil liberties advocacy organization, endorses and reiterates the declaration today by the Canadian Council of Imams (CCI) which denounces violent extremism and terrorism by the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS).
“The NCCM joins the CCI today in reaffirming its categorical condemnation of extremist violence and terrorism of any kind, for whatever stated reason, by anyone and against any individual or group.
“We emphasize the ...