(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 […]
(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 […]
(CBC) A now 17-year-old accused alongside another teen of plotting to violently attack Jewish people in Ottawa has been granted bail under strict conditions ahead of his trial next year. He was 15 when he was arrested and charged with terrorism offences in February 2024 by INSET, […]
(CBC) The Canada Revenue Agency could not always justify why it audited certain charities for potential terrorism links, raising the possibility that its decisions “are driven by bias and discrimination,” one of the country’s intelligence watchdogs concluded after a lengthy investigation. The […]
(Montreal Gazette) With the opposition parties accusing the government of using inflated language, Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge says Quebecers need to “wake up” to the threat of radical Islamic groups infiltrating society. And far from backing down on comments about radicals he […]
(Montreal Gazette) Premier François Legault has revealed his roadmap for the year ahead. It includes financial relief for taxpayers, more secularism legislation to counter what he says is the assault on Quebec values by “radical Islamists,” and a plan to speed up […]
(CBC) Members of the CAQ, including at least one minister, have voted in favour of a proposal calling for a complete ban on face coverings in public spaces. The original resolution, presented by the youth wing at the party’s policy convention in […]
(Vancouver Sun) A B.C. woman who used to belong to ISIS and is charged in Canada with terrorism offences has elected to have her trial next year heard by a judge and jury. Kimberly Polman appeared in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday […]
(Canadian Press) If the Parti Québécois (PQ) forms the next Quebec government, it pledges to ban “ostentatious” religious symbols for elementary school students. The PQ consulted its members in recent weeks to find out whether they agreed with this proposal; 90 per […]
(Juno News) Ontario’s Ford government has accredited the Canadian Islamic College (CIC) — a new private institution launched by the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC). The accreditation took place despite a sealed CRA audit raising concerns about MAC’s fundraising activities. The college […]
(CBC) Justice Minister Sean Fraser tabled new legislation Friday introducing four Criminal Code offences, including one that would make it a crime to intentionally promote hatred against identifiable groups in public using certain hate- or terrorism-related symbols. If passed, the Combatting Hate Act would target symbols used during the Holocaust, […]
(CBC) The Liberal government is introducing new legislation on Friday to make it a crime to intentionally promote hatred against identifiable groups in public using certain hate- or terrorism-related symbols like swastikas, CBC News has learned. A source with knowledge of the […]
(CTV) Photos of a Muslim woman in which she is not wearing a hijab are not intimate images, a B.C. tribunal has ruled. The Civil Resolution Tribunal published its decision on the case Friday, dismissing a claim for damages under B.C.’s Intimate […]
(Canadian Press) The case against a 17-year-old Montreal boy who allegedly intended to carry out an attack on behalf of the Islamic State has been postponed once again. Defence Lawyer Tiago Murias asked for another month to prepare his client’s defence, pushing […]
(National Post) The Canadian government is “urgently” looking for a way to dissolve the not-for-profit status of Samidoun, a Vancouver-based anti-Israel organization that has been [designated] as a terror group, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly announced on social media on Thursday. “It is […]
(Global News) Writing under the alias “Sulaiman Dawood al-Kanadie,” he penned fiery propaganda for the Islamic State about attacks that would dwarf Sept. 11, 2001. In the ISIS magazine Voice of Khurasan, he praised the terror group’s late leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, […]
(Toronto Sun) With anti-Israel activism within Canada showing no sign of diminishing, one group is urging the government to close loopholes in Canada’s terror laws. In a new initiative, Canadian Women Against Antisemitism (CWAA) want sections of the Criminal Code of Canada […]
(Western Standard) Cabinet’s $191,000-a-year special representative on combating Islamophobia insists she had no correspondence with the Muslim Association of Canada, despite being photographed at the group’s June 6 conference where its chair accused Israel of committing genocide. “No records exist,” Amira Elghawaby’s […]
(Jerusalem Post) The United States and Canada banned the terrorist front group Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in October 2024, but the organization has continued to operate freely in these countries through a network of agents, shell organizations, and newly created proxy […]
(Toronto Sun) Canada’s “open and accessible” financial sector is vulnerable to terror groups looking to finance their overseas operations, a new government report details. The report, entitled 2025 Assessment of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks in Canada, was quietly released by […]
(Global News) Quebec’s announced move to ban prayer in public spaces is being condemned by civil liberties advocates, while legal experts say it could further test the limits of the notwithstanding clause in Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Secularism Minister Jean-François […]
(CTV) Quebec plans to introduce legislation to ban prayers in public spaces in the fall, but one Muslim group says they feel targeted. The head of the National Council of Canadian Muslims says the ban is concerning. “The idea that somehow prayer […]
(Canadian Press) A 17-year-old boy who allegedly intended to carry out an attack on behalf of the Islamic State is facing a new charge of assaulting a peace officer, a federal crown prosecutor said Friday. Prosecutor Marc Cigana told reporters at Montreal’s […]
(National Post) With Quebec promising on Thursday to ban “street prayers,” the province’s minister of laicity has avoided mention of any particular faith. Jean-François Roberge issued a Thursday statement referencing only a “proliferation of street prayers” in Quebec. Roberge added that it […]
(Canadian Press) The Quebec government says it is planning to ban prayer in public places as part of a move to strengthen secularism in the province. The announcement makes good on an idea first mentioned last winter by Premier François Legault, who […]
(CityNews) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) is questioning the legitimacy of a Quebec committee report that proposes, among other things, that the province extend its religious symbols ban to daycare workers. “What we’re really looking at is recommendations from the […]
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