443 results for author: Kashif Ahmed

Canada is 150 and still needs to face its racism problem: advocates

By Maham Abedi Global News | June 29, 2017 Every day Alia Haleem she steps out the front door of her house, she knows she could be the target of a hate crime. On most days, the Muslim mom of four says she feels prying eyes follow her through grocery store aisles in her hometown of Mississauga, Ont. On bad days, her eight-year-old son watches as passersby taunt her, make passing remarks about her niqab, or even push her. “Obviously it hurts you, you’re not made out of iron,” Haleem, who is also a computer engineer, told Global News. “There are days you just come home and you feel sad. You can’t be just a normal person.” ...

Canada is 150 and still needs to face its racism problem: advocates

By Maham Abedi Global News | June 29, 2017 Every day Alia Haleem she steps out the front door of her house, she knows she could be the target of a hate crime. On most days, the Muslim mom of four says she feels prying eyes follow her through grocery store aisles in her hometown of Mississauga, Ont. On bad days, her eight-year-old son watches as passersby taunt her, make passing remarks about her niqab, or even push her. “Obviously it hurts you, you’re not made out of iron,” Haleem, who is also a computer engineer, told Global News. “There are days you just come home and you feel sad. You can’t be just a normal person.” ...

NCCM expresses concern about anti-Muslim rallies and events

-For Immediate Release- (Ottawa - June 23, 2017) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties & advocacy organization, is expressing deep concern regarding anti-Muslim rallies and events planned for this coming weekend in Alberta and in Ontario. The Worldwide Coalition Against Islam (WCAI) says it will be marching in Calgary this Saturday even though it was denied a permit "on the basis that your organization, and messages it espouses, are hateful," according to city officials. In Toronto, the controversial Jewish Defence League (JDL) of Canada has said it will hold an anti-Islam death march at Toronto's ...

NCCM expresses concern about anti-Muslim rallies and events

-For Immediate Release- (Ottawa - June 23, 2017) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties & advocacy organization, is expressing deep concern regarding anti-Muslim rallies and events planned for this coming weekend in Alberta and in Ontario. The Worldwide Coalition Against Islam (WCAI) says it will be marching in Calgary this Saturday even though it was denied a permit "on the basis that your organization, and messages it espouses, are hateful," according to city officials. In Toronto, the controversial Jewish Defence League (JDL) of Canada has said it will hold an anti-Islam death march at Toronto's ...

Muslim leaders urge government to help protect mosques, schools

By Sammy Hudes Toronto Star | June 22, 2017 Some Muslim community leaders are urging the federal government to do more to help protect their mosques and schools amid an increase in hate crimes. A Statistics Canada report last week showed hate crimes targeting Muslims rose by 60 per cent across the country in 2015. “It’s quite concerning the number of reports that have been coming in,” said Amira Elghawaby, a spokesperson for the National Council of Canadian Muslims. “At our organization, we have definitely seen a spike just in the last week of people reporting to us.” . . . The National Council of Canadian Muslims continues ...

Muslim leaders urge government to help protect mosques, schools

By Sammy Hudes Toronto Star | June 22, 2017 Some Muslim community leaders are urging the federal government to do more to help protect their mosques and schools amid an increase in hate crimes. A Statistics Canada report last week showed hate crimes targeting Muslims rose by 60 per cent across the country in 2015. “It’s quite concerning the number of reports that have been coming in,” said Amira Elghawaby, a spokesperson for the National Council of Canadian Muslims. “At our organization, we have definitely seen a spike just in the last week of people reporting to us.” . . . The National Council of Canadian Muslims continues ...

Le Canada doit se mobiliser contre les crimes haineux, disent des défenseurs des droits

Radio Canada | Le 13 Juin 2017 Des groupes de défense des droits des musulmans, des Autochtones, des Noirs et des juifs au Canada réclament un meilleur financement et une plus grande mobilisation des corps de police afin de lutter plus efficacement contre les crimes haineux, qui étaient en hausse de 5 % au Canada en 2015, selon Statistique Canada. Des groupes de défense des droits des musulmans, des Autochtones, des Noirs et des juifs au Canada réclament un meilleur financement et une plus grande mobilisation des corps de police afin de lutter plus efficacement contre les crimes haineux, qui étaient en hausse de 5 % au Canada en 2015, ...

Le Canada doit se mobiliser contre les crimes haineux, disent des défenseurs des droits

Radio Canada | Le 13 Juin 2017 Des groupes de défense des droits des musulmans, des Autochtones, des Noirs et des juifs au Canada réclament un meilleur financement et une plus grande mobilisation des corps de police afin de lutter plus efficacement contre les crimes haineux, qui étaient en hausse de 5 % au Canada en 2015, selon Statistique Canada. Des groupes de défense des droits des musulmans, des Autochtones, des Noirs et des juifs au Canada réclament un meilleur financement et une plus grande mobilisation des corps de police afin de lutter plus efficacement contre les crimes haineux, qui étaient en hausse de 5 % au Canada en 2015, ...

Hate crimes targeting Muslims up in 2015

By SAMMY HUDES Toronto Star | June 13, 2017 The number of hate crimes targeting members of Toronto’s Muslim community was on the rise in 2015, police say, despite a drop in the overall number of hate crimes reported that year in the Toronto area. More than one-fifth of Canada’s 1,362 reported hate crimes in 2015 were in the Toronto area, where 295 incidents were reported to police, according to a Statistics Canada report released Tuesday. That number was down from 318 in 2014. Nationally, the number of hate crimes rose five per cent, driven by an increase of incidents targeting Muslims from 99 to 159. Jews remained the most targeted ...

Hate crimes targeting Muslims up in 2015

By SAMMY HUDES Toronto Star | June 13, 2017 The number of hate crimes targeting members of Toronto’s Muslim community was on the rise in 2015, police say, despite a drop in the overall number of hate crimes reported that year in the Toronto area. More than one-fifth of Canada’s 1,362 reported hate crimes in 2015 were in the Toronto area, where 295 incidents were reported to police, according to a Statistics Canada report released Tuesday. That number was down from 318 in 2014. Nationally, the number of hate crimes rose five per cent, driven by an increase of incidents targeting Muslims from 99 to 159. Jews remained the most targeted ...