Canadian Council of Imams – Eye on Islamism

Muslim groups urge government to abolish the CRA’s terror-financing unit 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.

October 30, 2025 Melanie Bennet

(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 […]

London MPs respond to petition banning them from mosques across Canada Muslim groups say politicians shouldn't use their mosques for political gain without action

February 23, 2024 Arfa Rana

(CBC) Federal politicians in London are vowing to strengthen ties with the Muslim community after a local imam was among many to call for an end to using mosques for political theatre. More than 300 Muslim organizations across Canada signed a petition to […]

Muslim groups say MPs won’t be welcome in mosques until they call for Gaza ceasefire In letter to MPs, Muslim groups call for restoration of UNRWA funding, condemnation of Israeli 'war crimes'

February 22, 2024 Yasmine Hassan and Raffy Boudjikanian

(CBC) With Ramadan just around the corner, a national Muslim organization and several local congregations are warning members of Parliament they won’t be welcome in their mosques until they call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, demand restoration of funding for the UN’s aid agency and […]

Imams ask Conservative candidate to quit over poor followup on apology for posts

September 19, 2021 Unlisted Author

(Canadian Press) The Canadian Council of Imams says the Conservative candidate in Nova Scotia’s Central Nova riding must resign because his apology for Islamophobic media posts was an insincere attempt at damage control. Two weeks ago, Steven Cotter apologized on Facebook for […]

Radical Islam, social networks and the Conflans attack

October 18, 2020 David Roe

(Radio France) The possible involvement of radical Islamist movements, particularly those active on social networks, in the beheading of a history professor in the Paris region on Friday by an 18-year-old Chechen Russian, is causing concern to the intelligence services and the […]

Canadian Council of Imams alleges ‘Islamophobia’ at CRA after Ottawa mosque loses charity status

May 29, 2020 Andrew Russell

(Global News) The Canadian Council of Imams is calling on the federal government to investigate their allegations of Islamophobia within the Canada Revenue Agency for making what they call “false” and “misleading” claims against two Muslim leaders. The allegations come after the […]

Some Toronto-area mosques remain open despite dire warnings about COVID-19 Group of imams disappointed worshippers are still gathering, despite calls for people to stay home

March 25, 2020 Nazim Baksh

(CBC) A group of Ontario imams and Islamic scholars is fighting an uphill battle to convince management at a handful of Toronto-area mosques to completely shutter their doors. They say that while a majority of mosques are closed — some a whole week […]

A man ‘cannot do that to a woman’: Why polygamy in Canadian Muslim community could be another #MeToo moment Possibility of prison sentence of up to 5 years not a deterrent for some Muslim men

January 14, 2019 Nazim Baksh

(CBC) Zaib’s life began to unravel with an unexpected phone call from her husband in early 2018. He told her he had married a second wife, an announcement that took the Toronto woman by surprise. “I went into shock mode. I was […]