OP-EDs
The ‘other’ has no place in PQ’s charter of values
Only ‘pure laine’ Quebecers would seem to have a stake in Pauline Marois’ province.
By: Amira Elghawaby | Toronto Star, September 3, 2013
It wasn’t too long ago in Quebec’s storied history that a miffed separatist leader blamed “money and the ethnic vote” for stealing the dream of a separate nation-state.
It seems that those “ethnics” haven’t stopped the sabotage and that the time has come to put them in their place.
At least that’s the narrative Quebec Premier Pauline Marois is not-so-subtly portraying with her ...
Standing up for religious freedom abroad but not at home
Ottawa's policy on prison chaplains discriminates against non-Christians.
By: Amira Elghawaby | Toronto Star, March 31, 2013
When it comes to promoting religious freedom, the government could do with a little more fairness right here at home.
Less than a month after the Conservative government officially established the Office for Religious Freedom, a multi-faith flock of Canadians is taking the government to court for violating the very freedoms the government pledges the new office will promote abroad.
In a united front that ...
Putting ‘radicalization’ in context
By Amira Elghawaby, Special to the National Post | January 8, 2013
In a January 3 news item, the National Post profiled a Canadian Security Intelligence Services (CSIS) report released under the Access to Information Act. The report concludes that Islamist extremists are radicalizing Canadians at “a large number of venues.” The heavily redacted document offers a few general examples of “non-traditional venues” where this radicalization allegedly is happening — including prisons, and within families.
However, what we do not find is any evidence to justify ...