The Muslim Via Rail customer “Ahmed” drew nationwide attention to himself by praying in an “empty hall,” he says, and being rebuked by a security guard for it. A Muslim site with a guide for Muslim travelers wanting to engage in prayer advises: Praying in public is often thought of as being intimidating, especially when you’re […]
Canada: Alleged ‘civil liberties groups’ call for ‘immediate moratorium’ on ‘prejudiced audits’ of Muslim charities
A renewed and aggressive launch is underway to smear the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as “Islamophobic” for investigating highly questionable Islamic charities. A relentless effort to stop the CRA has been ongoing. Now comes a portentous news item from the Hill Times: “Civil liberties groups call for immediate moratorium on ‘prejudiced audits’ of Muslim charities […]
Canada: Backlash over Trudeau’s ‘special representative’ to combat ‘Islamophobia’
In a trailblazing decision less than a week ago, Trudeau announced new “special representative to combat ‘Islamophobia,’” Amira Elghawaby. Her office will have a budget of $5,600,000, according to spokesperson from the Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Ahmed Hussen. Trudeau said in a statement: “No one in our country should experience hatred because […]
National Council of Canadian Muslims engages in ‘outright disinformation’ and ‘egregious incitement’
Last May, during Operation Guardian of the Walls, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM, formerly CAIR-CAN, an offshoot of the unindicted co-conspirator CAIR), urged the Canadian government to “condemn the attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque” and sent out a petition for supporters to: Send a letter to Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly today to […]
National Council of Canadian Muslims gets support from CAIR, asks Trudeau for help to fight Quebec secularist bill
It April last year, it emerged that Canada’s Supreme Court wouldn’t hear a challenge to Quebec’s secularism law (Bill C-21), which restricts religious symbols at work. In 2019, Quebec Premier François Legault “shrugged off” complaints that the anti-religious symbols law encouraged “Islamophobia,” and he was right to do so. At that time, the National Council […]
CAIR’s Nihad Awad declares Tel Aviv ‘occupied,’ prays for its ‘liberation’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations was listed among the unindicted co-conspirators in the 2009 Holy Land Foundation (HLF) trial, the largest terrorism financing case in American history. A year later, the Investigative Project reported that Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich sent a letter “to four members of Congress who asked for details last fall on how […]
Christine Douglass-Williams interview with Middle East Forum: Islamic supremacist threats in Canada
In this video, Sam Westrop, Director of Islamist Watch for the Middle East Forum, interviews me about the growing threats facing Canada due to Islamic supremacist incursions aimed at assailing freedom of expression in Canada, threats that largely go unnoticed given their gradualism, and remain unchallenged due to intimidation. The role of the “Islamophobia” subterfuge […]
Canada: Jewish Tax Court judge barred from presiding over cases involving Muslims
CBC reports: Legal experts are puzzled by why the Tax Court of Canada prevented a Jewish judge from presiding for several months in cases involving members of the Islamic faith rather than removing him entirely from the bench until allegations against him were resolved. It is more puzzling that Judge David Spiro would be subjected to […]
Canada: MPs vote unanimously to hold ’emergency summit on Islamophobia’ before August
The politicization of this tragedy, the murder of a Muslim family, has been ongoing. Canada is not an unwelcoming, racist, “Islamophobic” country. On the contrary. There has been an outpouring of sympathy across the country, as there should be. This “emergency summit” smears Canadians with an undeserved label. A letter from London Mayor Ed Holder […]
Canada: 130 groups demand a stop to ‘prejudiced audits’ of Muslim charities
The Canadian Press reports: A national civil liberties coalition says a secretive division of the Canada Revenue Agency is unfairly targeting Muslim charities for audits based on flimsy reasoning, amounting to discrimination. The Middle East Eye states: More than 130 civil society groups, charities and Muslim organisations in Canada have signed a letter urging Prime Minister […]