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Opposition to anti-Islamophobia proposal proves its merits

As with last year’s absurd debate over M-103, the federal anti-Islamophobia motion, the opposition to a National Council of Canadian Muslims’ proposal appears to be a proxy for, or an attempt to pander to, more disturbing views. By Editorial Board Toronto Star | January 11, 2018 The Quebec politicians now fighting against a proposal to commemorate last year’s massacre of six Muslim men at a Quebec City mosque as an annual day of action against Islamophobia provide clear proof of the idea’s merit. As with last year’s absurd debate over M-103, the federal anti-Islamophobia motion, the opposition to the National Council of Canadian ...

Opposition to anti-Islamophobia proposal proves its merits

As with last year’s absurd debate over M-103, the federal anti-Islamophobia motion, the opposition to a National Council of Canadian Muslims’ proposal appears to be a proxy for, or an attempt to pander to, more disturbing views. By Editorial Board Toronto Star | January 11, 2018 The Quebec politicians now fighting against a proposal to commemorate last year’s massacre of six Muslim men at a Quebec City mosque as an annual day of action against Islamophobia provide clear proof of the idea’s merit. As with last year’s absurd debate over M-103, the federal anti-Islamophobia motion, the opposition to the National Council of Canadian ...

While Quebec Muslims mourn, politicians play word games

By Editorial Board The Globe and Mail | January 10, 2018 Linguists call it semantic change, whereby a word evolves to represent something other than its original meaning. An obvious example from our current political discourse is "Islamophobia." It's a noun, and not an especially inventive one, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "dislike of or prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force." Sounds straightforward enough, until someone asks the Coalition Avenir Québec, currently leading the polls ahead of next fall's Quebec provincial election, or the Parti Québécois, to use the word and denounce what it ...

While Quebec Muslims mourn, politicians play word games

By Editorial Board The Globe and Mail | January 10, 2018 Linguists call it semantic change, whereby a word evolves to represent something other than its original meaning. An obvious example from our current political discourse is "Islamophobia." It's a noun, and not an especially inventive one, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "dislike of or prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force." Sounds straightforward enough, until someone asks the Coalition Avenir Québec, currently leading the polls ahead of next fall's Quebec provincial election, or the Parti Québécois, to use the word and denounce what it ...

Muslim group asks for Jan. 29 day of remembrance for 2017 mosque shooting

CBC News | January 5, 2018 One of Canada's most prominent Muslim groups is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to designate the anniversary of the 2017 Quebec City mosque shooting as an official day of remembrance. The National Council of Canadian Muslims wants Trudeau to endorse Jan. 29 as a national day of remembrance and action on Islamophobia. In a letter to the prime minister released today, executive director Ihsaan Gardee says such a designation would help enhance public education about hate, bigotry and Islamophobia. Last January, six Muslim men were shot and killed and 19 others were wounded in an attack on the mosque during ...

Muslim group asks for Jan. 29 day of remembrance for 2017 mosque shooting

CBC News | January 5, 2018 One of Canada's most prominent Muslim groups is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to designate the anniversary of the 2017 Quebec City mosque shooting as an official day of remembrance. The National Council of Canadian Muslims wants Trudeau to endorse Jan. 29 as a national day of remembrance and action on Islamophobia. In a letter to the prime minister released today, executive director Ihsaan Gardee says such a designation would help enhance public education about hate, bigotry and Islamophobia. Last January, six Muslim men were shot and killed and 19 others were wounded in an attack on the mosque during ...

Muslim groups asks for Jan. 29 day of remembrance for 2017 mosque shooting

By Janice Dickson iPolitics | January 5, 2018 As the Jan. 29 anniversary of the 2017 Quebec City mosque attack approaches, Muslim leaders are asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to designate that date as a “National Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia.” The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) released an open letter addressed to Trudeau on Friday. “One year on, Canadian Muslim communities are still reeling from the devastating terrorist attack that claimed the lives of six Muslim men worshipping in their mosque — fathers, husbands and sons — and gravely injured many others,” wrote Ihsaan Gardee, NCCM’s ...

Muslim groups asks for Jan. 29 day of remembrance for 2017 mosque shooting

By Janice Dickson iPolitics | January 5, 2018 As the Jan. 29 anniversary of the 2017 Quebec City mosque attack approaches, Muslim leaders are asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to designate that date as a “National Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia.” The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) released an open letter addressed to Trudeau on Friday. “One year on, Canadian Muslim communities are still reeling from the devastating terrorist attack that claimed the lives of six Muslim men worshipping in their mosque — fathers, husbands and sons — and gravely injured many others,” wrote Ihsaan Gardee, NCCM’s ...

NCCM: ‘Open Letter’ to Prime Minister calls for January 29 to be National Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia / CNMC : Lettre ouverte au premier ministre pour qu’il décrète le 29 janvier comme Journée nationale de commémoration et d’action contre l’islamophobie

Le texte français suivra - For Immediate Release - (Ottawa – January 5, 2018) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties & advocacy organization, sent an open letter today to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging the government to designate January 29 as a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia. Supported by a wide spectrum of Canadian Muslim organizations as well as community partners, the open letter comes in the lead up to the first anniversary of the devastating terrorist attack on the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec (CCIQ) on January 29, 2017, that claimed the lives of six ...

NCCM: ‘Open Letter’ to Prime Minister calls for January 29 to be National Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia / CNMC : Lettre ouverte au premier ministre pour qu’il décrète le 29 janvier comme Journée nationale de commémoration et d’action contre l’islamophobie

Le texte français suivra - For Immediate Release - (Ottawa – January 5, 2018) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties & advocacy organization, sent an open letter today to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging the government to designate January 29 as a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia. Supported by a wide spectrum of Canadian Muslim organizations as well as community partners, the open letter comes in the lead up to the first anniversary of the devastating terrorist attack on the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec (CCIQ) on January 29, 2017, that claimed the lives of six ...