COMMUNIQUÉS ET DÉCLARATIONS DE NOUVELLES
NCCM: 168% Increase in Hate Crimes in Peel Region is Deeply Concerning
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Anti-Muslim incidents constitute largest segment of hate crimes
(Ottawa - April 20, 2018) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties and advocacy organization, is deeply concerned by a new report submitted to the Peel Police Services Board on hate-motivated crime today. The report reveals a 168% increase in police-reported hate crimes from 2016 to 2017, the majority of which were motivated by anti-religious bigotry.
The 2017 annual Hate/Bias Motivated Crime Report shows hate-motivated crimes in Brampton and ...
NCCM ‘relieved’ as Quebec mosque attacker changes plea to guilty / L’auteur de l’attentat à la mosquée de Québec plaide maintenant coupable : le CNMC est « soulagé »
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(Quebec City – March 28, 2018) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties and advocacy organization, is relieved that Alexandre Bissonnette pled guilty in a Quebec Superior Court to multiple counts of murder and attempted murder in relation to the shooting attack on the Centre culturel Islamique de Québec (CCIQ) on January 29, 2017.
NCCM Executive Director Ihsaan Gardee and Vice-Chair Khalid Elgazzar attended this week’s trial proceedings in Quebec City and were in the court ...
(EN/FR) NCCM welcomes funding for No-Fly List redress in 2018 federal budget / Le CNMC accueille favorablement le financement pour le redressement de la liste d’interdiction de vol dans le budget fédéral de 2018
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(Ottawa – February 27, 2018) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties and advocacy organization, welcomes the federal government’s announcement of $81.4 million in funding over 5 years to end the false flagging of innocent persons within Canada’s Passenger Protect Program (PPP), better known as the ‘No-Fly List’.
“Today’s funding announcement is a welcome step forward for Canadians mistakenly identified on the No-Fly List, and for their families and supporters who ...
(EN/FR) NCCM welcomes Heritage Committee’s recommendations on Islamophobia and systemic discrimination / Le CNMC se réjouit des recommandations du Comité du patrimoine concernant l’islamophobie et la discrimination systémique
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(Ottawa – February 1, 2018) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties and advocacy organization, welcomes the recommendations of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, as contained within its report on Taking Action Against Systemic Racism and Religious Discrimination including Islamophobia released today.
“We welcome several of the recommendations made by the Heritage Committee report including Recommendation 30, which calls for the government to designate January 29 ...
Remembering January 29: Solidarity events with Quebec mosque massacre victims held across Canada
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(Ottawa - January 29, 2018) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), along with community partners and Canadians from coast to coast, today honours the memory of the six Muslim men brutally murdered in the Quebec City mosque attack on January 29, 2017.
On this day last year, six Muslim men were killed and nineteen others injured, some gravely, at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec when a gunman entered the mosque and opened fire on worshippers during evening prayers.
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NCCM ‘relieved’ but ‘unsettled’ by false hate crime report
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(Ottawa – January 15, 2018) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties & advocacy organization, is relieved but unsettled to learn that an 11-year old Muslim girl’s claim of being attacked by a man who tried to cut her hijab late last week has been found to have not happened after an investigation by the Toronto police service.
The girl had earlier stated she was attacked twice by a man with scissors while walking to school with her younger brother on Friday, January 12, 2018. The story made headline ...
NCCM denounces ‘craven attack’ on Toronto Muslim girl
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(Ottawa - January 13, 2018) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties & advocacy organization, categorically condemns the recent attack on an 11-year old Muslim girl in Toronto who was attacked in broad daylight by a man who attempted to cut off her hijab as she walked to school with her 10-year old brother.
See: CBC - 'I felt really scared:' Toronto girl says man tried to cut off her hijab as she walked to school
"We denounce this appalling attack and we are relieved that the girl and no other child ...
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
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(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 ...
(Eng/Fre): NCCM deplores false media story targeting Quebec mosque / Le CNMC condamne la diffamation dans les médias à l’égard d’une mosquée du Québec
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Says TVA Network owes Quebec mosque and local Muslim community an ‘unequivocal apology’
(Montreal – December 15, 2017) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties & advocacy organization, deplores the broadcasting of a media story by French-language network TVA that falsely claimed that a Quebec mosque sought to exclude women from working at a contractor site near the mosque.
Earlier this week, a report by TVA Nouvelles wrongly asserted that the Ahl-Ill Bait mosque in ...
NCCM welcomes Statistics Canada’s early release of hate crime data
Expresses ongoing concern about rising level of hate crimes
(Ottawa - November 28, 2017) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties & advocacy organization, welcomes Statistics Canada's earlier publication of key findings and overall trends from 2016 police-reported hate crimes. This represents a change from the normal two-year time lag between when data is collected and when it was traditionally released.
"The NCCM has long called for the earlier compilation and public release of data on police-reported hate crimes. We are ...