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Conservatives divided on anti-Islamophobia motion
A House of Commons push to condemn Islamaphobia has created a wedge in the Conservative leadership race, driven by far-right blogs.
By Alex Boutilier
Toronto Star | February 14, 2017
OTTAWA — A push to condemn Islamaphobia in the House of Commons has created a wedge in the Conservative leadership race, driven by far-right blogs claiming it’s an attack on freedom of expression.
The motion, scheduled to be debated in Parliament on Wednesday, asks MPs to recognize the need to “quell the increasing public climate of hate and fear” against Muslims and condemn ...
Muslim leaders urge governments to fight Islamophobia after mosque attack
By Les Perrexau
The Globe and Mail | February 8, 2017
Muslim leaders hand-delivered a message to Ottawa Wednesday calling on governments on all levels to act against Islamophobia and other forms of discrimination in the wake of the bloody attack on a Quebec City mosque and the outpouring of support that followed.
Leaders from dozens of national and provincial organizations and the president of the Quebec mosque attacked by a gunman last week called on all three levels of government to take steps against the hate crimes, xenophobia and systemic discrimination.
At ...
Muslim leaders ask for national day of remembrance to mark mosque shooting
Muslim leaders want governments to create plan to combat systemic racism, Islamophobia
By Elysha Enos
CBC News | February 8, 2017
A coalition of Canadian Muslim leaders wants the federal government to recognize the day of the Quebec City mosque shooting as a national day of remembrance and action against Islamophobia.
The call for declaring Jan. 29 a symbolic day against Islamophobia came in an open letter signed by Muslim leaders and addressed to the Canadian people and politicians.
The letter was read during a news conference on Parliament Hill Wednesday ...
Thousands march in Charlottetown to show solidarity following Quebec mosque attack
By Mitch MacDonald
Charlottetown Guardian | February 4, 2016
More than 2,000 Islanders showed their support of the Muslim community during a massive silent march in Charlottetown on Saturday.
The group, which included Muslim and non-Muslim participants, held the march following last Sunday’s shooting at a Quebec mosque that saw six killed.
The solidarity march also included some prayers, speeches and meditative silences outside of province house.
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Omair Imiaz, who spoke on behalf of the National Council of Canadian Muslims, said the group was deeply ...
As Quebec shooting victims mourned, Montreal mosque vandalized
By Daniel Otis
CTV News | February 2, 2017
As three of the victims of the Quebec mosque shooting were being mourned at a memorial service in Montreal on Wednesday, a mosque in the city was vandalized -- part of a disturbing trend of Islamophobia shaking a country that prides itself on being a place of equality and inclusion.
Such an image of Canada was espoused by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the memorial, which was attended by thousands.
“As a community and as a country, together we will rise from this darkness, stronger and more unified than ever before...
Quebec shooting: Canadian Muslims mourn victims of deadly attack on mosque
By Giuseppe Valiante
The Canadian Press | January 30, 2017
QUEBEC — The victims of a mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque were fathers, businessmen, a university professor and others who had gathered for evening prayers, a Muslim community leader said Monday as he recalled through tears the horror of the attack that killed six and injured 19 others.
"It's a very, very big tragedy for us," said Mohamed Labidi, the vice-president of the Centre Culturel Islamique de Quebec, the mosque where the attack happened Sunday night. "We have a sadness we cannot express."
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‘We are horrified’: Religious leaders react to Quebec City mosque attack
By Jackie Dunham
CTV News| January 30, 2017
Security is being heightened at mosques and prayer centres across the country, Muslim leaders say, in the wake of a mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque that left six people dead and injured five others on Sunday evening.
Quebec provincial police said two men have been arrested after predominantly male worshippers were shot at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Quebec (Islamic cultural centre of Quebec) in the Sainte-Foy neighbourhood in what officials are calling a “terrorist attack.”
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The executive director ...
Education minister orders ‘urgent review’ of York Region District School Board
CBC News | January 26, 2017
Ontario's education minister has ordered an "urgent review" of the York Region District School Board after she says the board failed to adequately address governance and equity issues within the board.
Minister Mitzie Hunter issued a statement Thursday to say she has appointed two people to conduct the review: Patrick Case, a law professor and former trustee with what used to be the Toronto Board of Education, and Suzanne Herbert, a former deputy minister in Ontario, including deputy of education.
The move comes as the board remains ...
Canadians need to do a better job of calling out racist language and actions: panel
Election of Donald Trump has, in the eyes of many critics, helped to usher in an era where racist speech and hatred are becoming tolerated again.
By JESSE WINTER, Staff Reporter
Toronto Star | January 18, 2017
In order to stand up to Donald Trump and a rising tide of white supremacy, we need to look at problems in our country first, a panel discussion heard Wednesday night.
“Physician, heal thyself,” Karen Mock said during the discussion, hosted by the Mosaic Institute.
The election and inauguration on Friday of Trump as the U.S. president has, in the eyes ...
‘We have zero tolerance for hate,’ says Edmonton police chief
By Juris Graney
Edmonton Journal | December 11, 2016
First, the good news: Hate crimes in Edmonton in 2016 are down over last year.
The bad news? Hate crimes are still happening in the city.
In 2015, the number of reported incidents in the city hit 138 whereas this year, with just two weeks left in 2016, there have been 108.
Even though there has been a drop in reported incidents, it’s still too many for Edmonton police Chief Rod Knecht.
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That should come as welcome news to the National Council of Canadian Muslims, which earlier this week demanded ...