(Canadian Press) Hearings for one of the most highly anticipated Supreme Court of Canada cases in years are scheduled to begin March 23. The country’s top court has set aside five days for arguments on Quebec’s 2019 secularism law, which prohibits public […]
(CBC) The Bloc Québécois is planning to introduce an amendment to a Liberal government bill that would remove a religious exemption from Canada’s hate speech laws, a source has told CBC News. The Criminal Code currently includes an exemption for hate speech, […]
(CBC) A Calgary man who travelled to Syria with his cousin more than 12 years ago has been found guilty of terrorism offences after a judge ruled that the evidence shows he was fighting for ISIS. Jamal Taan Borhot, 35, was convicted […]
(Montreal Gazette) The National Council of Canadian Muslims says it is considering legal action after the Quebec government tabled a new secularism bill Thursday. Quebec’s minister for secularism, Jean-François Roberge, presented the Bill 9, which builds on Quebec’s existing legislation, Bill 21, […]
(CBC) The Quebec government wants to place limits on praying in public and extend a ban on wearing religious symbols to daycare workers as part of a sweeping new secularism bill tabled Thursday. Bill 9, titled An Act Respecting the Reinforcement of […]
(Global News) A new policy at a New Brunswick school district that requires parents to apply for approval for religious accommodations has one parent concerned it will alienate students. The approval would be needed for accommodations such as access to a prayer […]
(Iran International) Canada told Iran International on Thursday it does not automatically reject Iranian men’s permanent residency applications solely for compulsory IRGC service, after a conscript said he was ruled inadmissible for his involuntary service. In a written response via email, Immigration, […]
(Juno News) Canada is dangerously unprepared for the growing threat posed by the Muslim Brotherhood, according to a national security analyst. The expert is demanding Ottawa launch its own probe into groups tied to the Islamist ideology, warning that the danger to […]
(Juno News) A propaganda account promoting the Iranian regime and terrorism has been exposed as likely operating right here in Canada, thanks to a new location feature on the X platform. Former Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Goldie Ghamari, a refugee from Iran, […]
(Iran International) A Canadian federal judge has upheld an immigration officer’s decision to deny permanent residency to an Iranian asylum seeker because of his mandatory military service in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). In a decision issued on Monday, Justice Anne […]
(Canadian Press) Quebec’s secularism minister says the province needs tighter rules to keep religion out of the education system — and even out of public places. More than six years after the Quebec government passed its religious symbols ban, Jean-François Roberge will […]
(National Post) A Somali woman barred from Canada for five years for giving false names and birth dates for herself and her two children while applying for refugee status here, dodging the fact that she had entered into a polygamous marriage with […]
(CBC) A youth in the Greater Toronto Area has been charged with terrorism-related offences after allegedly editing and posting ISIS propaganda videos, say the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. In a news release Tuesday, the RCMP said its Central Ontario team and GTA […]
(CBC) The Quebec government plans to enact a series of measures expanding its secularism rules across public institutions, including a ban on prayer rooms in universities and CEGEPs and restricting the offering of religion-based meals. Radio-Canada confirmed the contents of the province’s […]
(Toronto Sun) As the United States prepares to declare a contentious Islamic group a terrorist entity, pressure is growing here at home for Canada to follow suit. On Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump reinstated his administration’s intention to declare the Muslim Brotherhood […]
(National Post) A Canadian Jewish advocacy group is demanding answers after an anti-Israel tribunal was held at the Senate of Canada over the weekend. “It is completely unacceptable that the Senate provided its space to speakers with documented histories of promoting antisemitism […]
(Global News) Usama Ali is an alleged Hamas operative, leader and financier. He is also Canadian. And so are others in the Palestinian terrorist group that killed 1,200 and took more than 200 hostages on Oct. 7, 2023, Global News has learned. […]
(Western Standard) A Conservative MP is introducing a bill that would criminalize the promotion of terrorism. Roman Baber, MP for York Centre, announced a motion in the House to criminalize its willful promotion. Baber states in the clip, “Colleagues, we need a […]
(National Post) Zachareah Quraishi of Airdrie, Alta., was released from the Canadian Armed Forces reserves on July 10, last summer. Within 12 days, he’d bought a plane ticket to Israel, rented a car, and obtained a large kitchen knife. Israeli authorities say […]
(Toronto Sun) First he was charged for allegedly burning an Israeli flag — now, seven months later, he’s been arrested for allegedly crashing an event featuring an Israeli soldier. The name Qabil Ibrahim looked familiar. “That’s the guy,” Israel Defense Force (IDF) […]
(Iran International) Canada disrupted multiple potentially fatal plots by Iranian intelligence services targeting perceived enemies on Canadian soil, spy chief Dan Rogers said on Thursday. “In particularly alarming cases over the last year, we’ve had to reprioritize our operations to counter the […]
(BNN Bloomberg) Once seen as a niche market, halal investing is gaining traction with investors for reasons beyond faith. While the growth is driven by Canada’s 1.5-million-strong Muslim population, interest is expanding outside the community as investors look for alternatives that promote […]
(Globe and Mail) The Supreme Court of Canada has tentatively scheduled its landmark hearing on Quebec’s secularism law and potential limits on the Charter’s notwithstanding clause for March. The court’s registry office on Monday advised lawyers involved in the case that the […]
(Toronto Sun) To help combat a worrying rise of pro-terror support at Canadian protests, a local council of concerned imams developed a guide to help police and lawmakers identify commonly seen flags and symbols. Entitled Symbols of Terror, the guidebook — produced […]
(Juno News) Pringle Creek Public School in Whitby posted an Instagram video last spring showing kindergarten students dancing to a Ramadan and Eid-themed Arabic song, while Easter was marked with a “Design an Easter basket” craft. A review of the school’s Instagram […]
(Juno News) A Durham mother says she pulled her son out of Colonel J.E. Farewell Public School after discovering that his Grade 4 class was being tested on Islamic teachings while Christian holidays were reduced to chocolate and cartoons. Her son’s work […]
(CTV) A 27-year-old man from Mississauga, Ont., who’s serving a prison sentence in the U.S. for his role in a thwarted 2016 terrorist attack in the name of ISIS, has pleaded guilty to stabbing two correctional officers with a weapon he made […]
(Juno News) Ontario’s third-largest school board released a report via email guiding staff on how to support Muslim students and challenge Islamophobia. The 39-page guide, produced in collaboration with the National Council of Canadian Muslims, has raised concerns from parents and policy […]
(Juno News) Soldiers at a Canadian Armed Forces base in New Brunswick are now only being served Halal-certified chicken, according to a National Defence spokesperson. After receiving a tip from an anonymous source in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), True North discovered […]
(Western Standard) A month ago, Raheel Raza, a high-profile Muslim Pakistani Canadian journalist, beloved human rights activist, and fearless critic of Islamist extremism, learned that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is targeting her. Despite media exposing her plight, no Canadian official […]
(Juno News) Canada’s national security watchdog review is being used to pressure the government to curtail or abolish the unit responsible for monitoring terror-financing risks within the charitable sector on the grounds that its work constitutes “systemic Islamophobia.” The National Security and […]
(Canadian Press) The Quebec government has passed a law extending the province’s ban on religious symbols to everyone who interacts with students in schools. The law also prohibits students from wearing face coverings in a bid to strengthen secularism in schools. The […]
(Juno News) Canada’s national security watchdog is facing criticism for allegedly advising the federal tax agency to reduce terrorism-financing audits of Muslim-led charities. The recommendation comes from a two-year review by Canada’s security watchdog — the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency […]
(Western Standard) A proposed federal law restricting street protests outside synagogues could “curb the civil liberties of millions,” the legal director of the National Council of Canadian Muslims told MPs. Blacklock’s Reporter says Nusaiba Al Azem appeared before the Commons justice committee […]
(CTV) Some daycare managers say they’re worried about Quebec’s proposed ban on religious symbols and the impact it will have on their hiring abilities and the quality of care. On Thursday, Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge confirmed the provincial government will table legislation […]
(Globe and Mail) An Islamic preacher who was banned from Britain earlier this year has now been barred from entering Canada for a planned countrywide speaking tour. The preacher, Sheik Uthman ibn Farooq, was prohibited from entering the U.K. by the British […]
(Canadian Press) The Quebec government says it will ban religious symbols for daycare workers in its latest bid to tighten secularism rules across the province. Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge said Thursday the government is acting in the best interests of children. “I […]
(TheJ.ca) Uthman Ibn Farooq, an Islamist preacher barred from entering the United Kingdom after officials said his presence was “not conducive to the public good,” has arrived in Canada for a speaking tour that includes a scheduled appearance at the Université du […]
(CBC) Premier François Legault’s fiery promise to defend Quebecers from “radical Islamists” by banning prayer in public has reignited a debate that has dominated the political agenda in the province for the last 20 years. In a speech to open the latest session […]
(Canadian Press) A TikTok video from October asked viewers to “imagine” receiving an email from a teacher asking parents not to pack pork in their children’s school lunches lest it offend religious students. Some who shared the video claimed Ontario and other […]
(National Post) On Thursday, the Toronto District School Board had planned to put more than 2,600 students in an Arabic calligraphy workshop run by a niqab-wearing woman who uses her art to call for the obliteration of Israel. It was cancelled just […]
(Montreal Gazette) The trial of a Montreal teen facing terrorism charges has been delayed until December after the crown announced that some evidence could not be shared with the defence at this time. The 17-year-old, accused of planning to carry out a […]
(CTV) A principal at a Toronto high school has apologized after an Arabic version of “O Canada” was played during morning announcements on the Oct. 7 anniversary of the deadly Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians. The apology from the principal of Earl […]
(Juno News) A University of Toronto Mississauga student union event titled “honouring our martyrs,” which took place on the second anniversary of the deadly October 7 massacre, included death toll numbers from the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between […]
(Toronto Sun) Saying he doesn’t “believe” it was accidental, Ontario’s education minister lambasted a Toronto high school Tuesday for playing an Arabic version of O Canada as Jewish students mourned the second anniversary of the barbaric mass murders of Oct. 7. Education […]
(Juno News) A Toronto high school broadcast O Canada in Arabic on the morning of the second anniversary of the Hamas Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel that left more than 1,200 people dead. Earl Haig Secondary School, one of the Toronto […]
(NY Post) Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani used the second anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack to blast the Israeli government for launching a “genocidal war” in Gaza and argue the US “has been complicit through it all” in a statement that […]
(Daily Caller) Pro-Palestinian student organizations across the country are holding vigils on Tuesday to honor “martyrs” and “rally for rage” on the anniversary of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel. Campus groups — many affiliated with the anti-Israel Students for […]
(National Post) Hamas victims’ families and Canadian Jewish groups are condemning anti-Israel protesters’ plans for events commemorating the “martyrs of Palestine” on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks. “When you think they can’t sink any lower, they do,” said […]
(Hill) The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider reviving Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s defamation lawsuit against prominent Jewish organizations that called him antisemitic. Lower courts threw out the suit against the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal […]
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