24 results for author: Omar Khamissa

Letter to MPs from Muslim Community Regarding Ramadan

To Our Elected Members of Parliament: The blessed month of Ramadan, observed by over two million Muslims in Canada and almost two billion Muslims worldwide, will be here in a few short weeks. A foundational pillar of Islam is fasting from dawn to sunset throughout this holy month. This devotional act is a powerful means of cultivating God-consciousness in our hearts and minds, inspiring self-reflection, and increasing empathy and good works. It is also a time when our places of worship overflow with Muslims gathering together to worship as a single community. The Muslim community throughout our country is deeply affected by the loss of all ...

Canada Must Place a Weapons Embargo On Arms Exports To Any Country Involved in Human Rights Abuses

Action Alert: Write this letter to the Prime Minister that Canada Must Place a Weapons Embargo On Arms Exports To Any Country Involved in Human Rights Abuses Over the past two months, We have been horrified by the footage coming out of Gaza. We have been horrified by the unthinkable amount of civilian deaths, especially children. We cannot accept that our nation, which upholds human rights, justice, and international law would allow the export of arms to any government is participating in international human rights law violations. As a Canadian, We ask that Canada places a weapons embargo on all arms exports to Israel and to all other ...

St. Catharines Ceasefire Call

Niagara Falls Ceasefire Call

A First Step Towards Peace

ACTION ALERT: LET MINISTER JOLY KNOW THAT CALLING FOR A PAUSE ON HOSTILITIES IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION Today, Minister Joly tweeted the following "A civilian is a civilian...We are calling for humanitarian pauses on hostilities to be considered". Thousands of Palestinian children have been killed. Far too many innocents, Israeli and Palestinian, have lost their lives or been injured. We continue to urge Canada to take a strong role in convening our partners internationally in calling for peace and to a ceasefire. Send this letter that goes to ALL CANADIAN MPs

Canada Needs To Call for an Immediate Ceasefire Today!

Last week, a bipartisan group of 33 MPs came together to urgently call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. As the civilian death toll rises to 5000 Palestinians, one third of which has been children, we need Canada to be a voice for peace and justice. The Israeli state appears to be committed to this unrelenting siege and unlawful blockade of the Gaza strip. There is no end in sight. Their threats of violence are only escalating. If this violence continues at this rate, many fear the ethnic cleansing or genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Enough is enough. The international community is calling for a ceasefire. Canadians from coast to coast ...

Send a Letter to Minister Mendicino to Fix The Inequality Created by Privatizing Prison Chaplaincy

Religious minorities in our federal prisons are suffering needlessly because they are not getting the spiritual and chaplaincy services they need. The problem started in 2013, when the then Harper administration privatized the federal prison chaplaincy system by eliminating all 49 part-time chaplains and handing over all responsibilities to a for-profit company. Those eliminated positions represented many chaplains serving minority faith prisoners who feel like their needs have been increasingly marginalized in the following years. Our new report, co-presented with the Islamic Family & Social Services Association—"A Review of Privati...

Send a Letter to Minister Mary Ng on Trade Agreement with Indian Government

Canada is failing to uphold human rights standards and principles while engaging in trade negotiations with India. Islamophobia has long been on the rise at an alarming rate in many Indian states. On March 10 2022, Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Mary Ng, met with her counterpart, Minister Piyush Goyal, in New Delhi. The two discussed working towards an Early Progress Trade Agreement. Minister Goyal of the BJP is someone with known links to the RSS, India's main Hindu nationalist organization tied to acts of communal violence against India's Muslims and other communities. The Government of Canada must make it clear that any discus...

Send a Letter to the Ontario Government to Support the Our London Family Act

On June 6, 2021, three generations of one family were killed in an Islamophobic terror attack in London, Ontario. In the aftermath of this unspeakable loss, Ontarians heard their political leaders make bold and unequivocal statements about eradicating Islamophobia and hate from their province. Now, we are asking them to take action.  The Our London Family Act (Bill 86), as proposed by the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), is a way to take clear and reasonable action against Islamophobia in Canada. It was introduced by the Ontario NDP on February 23rd and it was moved by the government to committee for study and public engagement on ...

NCCM Hackathon to End Online Hate / CNMC Piratons La Haine au Canada

CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR GRAND FINALE Le français suit ***APPLICATIONS CLOSED*** This program is oversubscribed! Thank you for your interest.   ***** In the aftermath of fatal attacks on Muslim Canadians in London, Toronto, and Quebec City, as well as the rise of increasingly violent and threatening physical attacks on Muslim women in Alberta and across the country, we as a nation are at a crossroads. Many of these hateful Islamophobic acts of violence are stoked by online hate content and much of this Islamophobia continues to grow and fester in online spaces. Take part in a national effort with talented individuals from around the ...