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NCCM Responds to Supreme Court Dismissal of Webber Academy Case on Religious Accommodation
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Decision means complainants must re-litigate reasonable accommodation case 8 years on
(Ottawa - February 28, 2019) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties and advocacy organization, today expressed its disappointment at yet another delay of justice in the Webber Academy case. The case involves two Canadian Muslim students whose constitutionally protected rights to religious accommodation were denied when they were prevented from praying at Webber Academy, a non-denominational private school in Calgary.
“Today’s decision is not a win for Webber Academy, nor is it a win for the ...
Quebec Mosque Shooter Sentenced to 40 Years Before Parole Eligibility
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Court recognizes attack as a hate crime that ‘tore at the fabric of society’
(Quebec City - February 8, 2019) Quebec mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette was sentenced today to 40 years in prison before parole eligibility for the killing of six Muslim men, and the attempted murder of 35 other worshippers, in the Islamophobic attack at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec (CCIQ) on January 29, 2017.
As the judge handed down the sentence, he reiterated the devastating impact of Bissonnette’s hateful actions on the survivors, the families of the victims and the mosque community in Quebec City, with Justice Huot ...
Le tireur de la mosquée de Québec condamné à 40 ans avant d’être admissible à une libération conditionnelle
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Un tribunal reconnaît que l'attaque est un crime motivé par la haine qui a «déchiré le tissu social»
(Québec - 8 février 2019) Le tireur d'une mosquée québécoise, Alexandre Bissonnette, a été condamné aujourd'hui à 40 ans d'emprisonnement, avant la libération conditionnelle, du meurtre de six hommes musulmans et de la tentative d'assassinat de 35 autres fidèles, lors de l'attaque islamophobe au Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec (CCIQ) le 29 janvier 2017.
Au moment où le juge a rendu sa sentence, il a répété l'impact dévastateur des actes odieux de Bissonnette sur les survivants, les ...
NCCM: Quebec Premier’s comments denying Islamophobia in province are offensive and inexcusable
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Urges Premier Legault to retract and apologize
(Montreal - January 31, 2019) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) says that Premier François Legault’s comments today denying the existence of Islamophobia in Quebec are “highly offensive and inaccurate” and is urging him to publicly retract his statement.
According to news reports, when asked whether he thinks there should be a National Day to commemorate the tragedy in Quebec City, François Legault stated: “I do not think there is Islamophobia in Quebec and I cannot think of why there would be a day (to acknowledge it).”
“These comments, coming ...
CNMC : Les remarques du premier ministre du Québec niant l’existence de l’islamophobie dans la province sont offensantes et inexcusables
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Le CNMC exhorte le premier ministre Legault à se rétracter et à s’excuser
(Montréal - le 31 janvier 2019) Le Conseil national des musulmans canadiens (CNMC) estime que les commentaires du premier ministre François Legault aujourd’hui niant l’existence de l’islamophobie au Québec sont « très offensants et inexacts », et exhorte ce dernier à se rétracter publiquement.
Selon certains bulletins d’information, lorsqu’on lui a demandé ce qu’il pensait d’une journée nationale pour commémorer la tragédie de Québec, François Legault a déclaré : « Mais il y en aura pas. Je ne ...
Remembering January 29: Solidarity events with Quebec mosque massacre victims held across Canada / Commémoration du 29 janvier : Événements organisés partout au Canada en solidarité avec les victimes de la tuerie survenue à la mosquée de Québec
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(Ottawa – January 29, 2019) Today marks the second anniversary of the horrific, Islamophobic attack on the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec (CCIQ). The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), along with Canadians across the country, honours the memory of the six Muslim men brutally murdered and nineteen others injured on January 29, 2017 when a gunman entered the mosque and opened fire on worshippers after evening prayers.
The names of the six victims are: Azzedine Soufiane, Khaled Belkacemi, Aboubaker Thabti, Abdelkrim Hassane, Mamadou Tanou Barry and Ibrahima Barry.
“Our hearts are with the families ...
Commémoration du 29 janvier : Événements organisés partout au Canada en solidarité avec les victimes de la tuerie survenue à la mosquée de Québec / Remembering January 29: Solidarity events with Quebec mosque massacre victims held across Canada
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(Ottawa – 29 janvier 2019) La journée d’aujourd’hui marque le deuxième anniversaire de l’horrible attaque islamophobe contre le Centre culturel islamique de Québec (CCIQ). Le Conseil national des musulmans canadiens (CNMC) ainsi que les Canadiens et les Canadiennes de partout au pays honorent la mémoire des six hommes musulmans brutalement assassinés et des dix-neuf autres blessés le 29 janvier 2017, lorsqu’un homme armé est entré dans la mosquée et a ouvert le feu sur des fidèles après les prières du soir.
Les six victimes étaient Azzedine Soufiane, Khaled Belkacemi, Aboubaker Thabti, ...
NCCM: Government’s Terrorism Report Unfairly Stigmatizes Canadian Minority Communities
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Urges government to recognize report's deeply flawed nature and to stop using misleading language in public reports
(Ottawa – December 14, 2018) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties and advocacy organization, says that the federal government's 2018 Public Report on the Terrorism Threat to Canada unfairly stigmatizes Canadian Muslim communities and other racialized minority groups while minimizing the growing role of white supremacist and far-right groups in perpetuating violent attacks inside Canada.
In recent months, senior law enforcement officials have stated that ...
NCCM: Government’s Terrorism Report Unfairly Stigmatizes Canadian Minority Communities
-For Immediate Release-
Urges government to recognize report's deeply flawed nature and to stop using misleading language in public reports
(Ottawa – December 14, 2018) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties and advocacy organization, says that the federal government's 2018 Public Report on the Terrorism Threat to Canada unfairly stigmatizes Canadian Muslim communities and other racialized minority groups while minimizing the growing role of white supremacist and far-right groups in perpetuating violent attacks inside Canada.
In recent months, senior law enforcement officials have stated that ...
Rise in hate crimes calls for a unified response
By: Ihsaan Gardee, Executive Director, National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM)
Montreal Gazette | December 4, 2018
Since the deadly Quebec City mosque attack on Jan. 29, 2017, Canadians have come to recognize that our country is not immune to the growth in hatred and racism spreading across many liberal democracies.
The latest figures from Statistics Canada on police-reported hate crimes only confirm the worst fears of community advocates. Islamophobia is a reality Canadians Muslims face. In 2017, hate crimes against Muslims rose sharply, up 151 per cent from the previous year, with 349 documented cases — that’s nearly one every ...