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Gormley sorry for ‘dumb’ tweet as Muslims in Saskatoon urged to be cautious
By CHARLES HAMILTON
Saskatoon StarPhoenix| November 17, 2015
Local Muslims are confident cooler heads will prevail and that Saskatoon will not experience the Islamophobia felt in other parts of the world in the wake of the attacks in Paris.
Radio host and Saskatoon StarPhoenix columnist John Gormley apologized on his show Monday for a controversial tweet about the attacks that he sent out and subsequently deleted.*
The Twitter post recounted an exchange the host had with his wife.
“Me: Next guy in a Western democracy who chants “Allah Ahkbar” we shoot. ...
Canadian Muslims warned of incidents ‘motivated by hate’ after Paris attacks
Selena Ross | The Globe and Mail
November 17, 2015
Teenage Muslim girls at a north Toronto mosque have a new rule this week: Don’t walk alone to Islamic night school. And whatever you do, don’t jaywalk – you don’t want to give drivers any excuses, cautioned Aleemuddin Syed, director of Darul Khair Islamic Centre.
“You can’t read the person’s mind,” he told The Globe and Mail. “He could hit her.”
The warnings came after the Islamic State’s co-ordinated killings in Paris and an ensuing spate of anti-Muslim hate crimes in Canada. The incidents ...
Trudeau ‘deeply disturbed’ by mosque fire in Peterborough
By Kendra Mangione, CTV News
November 16, 2015
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he was "deeply disturbed" by a suspicious fire that destroyed part of the only mosque in Peterborough, Ont., over the weekend.
Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime. Officers said the fire was deliberately set at approximately 11 p.m. on Saturday in the city, located about 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto.
In a statement released on Monday, Trudeau said that the federal government would work hard to bring those responsible to justice.
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The cause of the ...
Canadian Muslims worried about backlash after Paris attacks
By Levon Sevunts | Radio-Canada International
November 16, 2015
Canada’s Muslim community already reeling from the Friday attacks in Paris and the deadly bombings in Lebanon and Iraq, is now worried about an anti-Muslim backlash, says a Muslim civil rights advocacy group.
That fear was further reinforced over the weekend when a mosque in Peterborough, Ontario, was intentionally set on fire on Saturday. No one was injured in the blaze, but the fire caused about $80,000 in damage.
Police in Peterborough are investigating the arson, though they have drawn no link ...
Canadian Muslims report more backlash after Ontario mosque torched
By Hilary Beaumont | Vice News Canada
November 16, 2015
Canadian Muslim groups are hearing reports of backlash toward community members — including bullying toward Muslim children and the torching of an Ontario mosque — following the attacks by the Islamic State that killed 132 people in Paris Friday night.
The Kawartha Muslim Religious Association in Peterborough was set ablaze Saturday at around 11 pm in what the association said was "clearly a hate crime." The police are investigating it as such. The same building, which is the city's only mosque, was ...
National Council of Canadian Muslims warns community to be vigilant of backlash after Paris
The Canadian Press | November 16, 2015
OTTAWA — A Canadian Muslim group is advising Muslims to be vigilant about the potential for a backlash against them in the wake of Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris.
The executive director of the National Council of Canadian Muslims says there is concern in the Muslim community about being targeted.
“In our experience, following these kinds of tragedies or when Islam or Muslims are portrayed negatively in the media, we do tend to notice a spike in the number of hate crimes and hate incidents that are reported to ...
Mosque in Peterborough deliberately set on fire, police say
Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press
November 15, 2015
Just a half hour before their mosque was set ablaze on Saturday, members of the Kawartha Muslim Religious Association were in the building celebrating the birth of a baby, said the president of the association, Kenzu Abdella.
Shortly after the party left, a neighbour noticed smoke and called 911.
The fire was set deliberately around 11 p.m., police confirmed Sunday. Abdella said the group left at 10:30 p.m.
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"We call on authorities to investigate this arson as a hate crime so a clear message is ...
Letter was hurtful and unfair
Letter to the Editor
November 3, 2015 | The Barrie Examiner
Re:'Canadians know what Islam is: writer' in the Oct. 29 edition of the Examiner
I can only imagine how a young Muslim boy or girl reading your newspaper or online site would feel upon reading the hate-filled letter penned by Barry Kendall.
"Islam is a criminal enterprise seeking to enslave the world. A Muslim who is not a terrorist is a bad Muslim."
How utterly hurtful and grossly unfair. Such reprehensible and wholly inaccurate and slanderous views have no place in our communities, and certainly ...
2 Muslim inmates file rights complaints against Alberta prison
'Our religion was trumped because of band practice,' complainant says
By Maureen Brosnahan, CBC News
November 3, 2015
Two Muslim inmates have filed complaints with the Canadian Human Rights Commission over their treatment at Grande Cache Institution, a federal prison in northwestern Alberta.
Nicolas Hovanesian, 30, and Mohammed Karim, 35, say they have been called terrorists, subjected to racist jokes and refused adequate time for prayers and ceremonies in the prison chapel.
The alleged incidents took place over the past two years.
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Amira Elghawa...
Ottawa shooting inflated the rhetoric of ‘homegrown terrorism’
Muslims bore brunt of government's fear-mongering in wake of Oct. 22, 2014, Parliament Hill shooting, say some
By Kazi Stastna, CBC News
October 22, 2015
As Canadians mark the one-year anniversary of the Ottawa shooting today, Muslim communities around the country will be sharing in the sorrow at the deaths of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent but will also be reminded of some of the ugly rhetoric that accompanied the tragedy and the unwelcome attention it drew to their faith.
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Ihsaan Gardee, the executive director of the National ...