A review of racist CRA audits, confronting Quebec’s Bill 21 and a federal office to tackle Islamophobia would be a good start. While the Canadian political landscape has remained largely the same in the aftermath of the last federal election, there are many lessons the government would do well to heed. The National Summit on […]
Despite numerous positive achievements during their time in office, when many Canadians, especially Muslims, think of the Conservatives, they remember the 2015 election, when the party resorted to dog-whistle politics by proposing to set up a hotline to report “barbaric cultural practises,” and to ban the niqab. Since taking over as leader, however, Erin O’Toole […]
Advocacy organization the Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council (CMPAC) launched on Sept. 10, and is campaigning for the federal government to develop an office dedicated to combating Islamophobia in Canada. ——————————— A new advocacy organization is arguing the federal parties aren’t making sufficient promises related to combating hate crimes against Muslims, and is campaigning for […]
The Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council (CMPAC) was featured on the Muslim Network TV which broadcasts 24/7 through Sattelite Galaxy 19 reaching 57 million people in USA, Canada, and Mexico. Sarah Mushtaq, part of CMPAC’s leadership team, spoke about what CMPAC is all about, the need for a public affairs council representing the interests of […]
Charitable giving is a key indicator of the values shared by the people of a society. Especially during the current pandemic, Canadians have seen an outpouring of support for each other and for those in need around the world, much of which is inspired by the faith traditions of our nation’s many diverse communities. However, […]
This September marks the 20th anniversary of the horrific attack on the twin towers in New York City. Nearly 3,000 souls were lost, and the lives of tens of thousands of others were impacted in the subsequent so-called “war on terror.” Canadian Muslims felt the negative reverberations as targets of state apparatus that fixated on […]
In June 2020, following the murder of George Floyd and calls for action from the Black Lives Matter movement, many groups, organizations and governments indicated change with respect to anti-Black racism was coming. A year later, the needle has barely moved. Just over a month ago, the Black Council of Windsor-Essex (BCWE) sent a letter […]
MONTREAL — The following was a document submitted to the Canadian National Summit to Combat Islamophobia by Imam Hassan Guillet, member of the Table interreligieuse de concertation in Quebec. On June 6, 2021, a walk in a park in London, Ont. ended in a bloodbath, like on Jan. 29, 2017 when prayer in a mosque in […]
Anver Emon is Canada Research Chair in Islamic Law and History and the director of the Institute of Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto. Nadia Hasan is the chief operating officer of the National Council of Canadian Muslims. On July 22, the federal government will host a national summit on Islamophobia. All levels of […]
Explainer Islamophobia is a reality in the lives of too many Canadian Muslims by Amira Elghawaby, Human Rights & Inclusion Columnist July 19, 2021 Within days of the tragic killing of members of the Afzal family in London, Ontario, this past June, various elected officials were vowing to confront Islamophobia in Canada. This wasn’t the first time […]
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