(Canadian Press) A major Muslim charity is calling a new court ruling a green light for government overreach after losing its latest bid to halt a Canada Revenue Agency audit. The Muslim Association of Canada says the Ontario Court of Appeal decision […]
(Canadian Press) A judge has rejected the federal government’s request to recover legal costs it incurred during a major Muslim charity’s court bid to halt an audit of its activities. In his ruling, handed down last month, Ontario Superior Court Justice Markus […]
(Suburban) The Canada Revenue Agency alleged in March 2021 that some directors and employees of the federally funded Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) have been involved in … “an apparent Hamas support network.” The CRA, which visited the organization 30 times and […]
(Canadian Press) When Pierre Poilievre pitches the Conservative party to Muslim Canadians, he talks about “faith, family and freedom.” For months he has been pointing out what he sees as their overlapping values during visits to mosques, at community celebrations, with businesses […]
(Canadian Press) An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed a major Muslim charity’s bid to halt a Canada Revenue Agency audit, saying it is too early to intervene in the federal examination. In his ruling, Justice Markus Koehnen said while he is […]
(National Post) Another year, another conference, another tableau of speakers associated with antisemitism, homophobia, misogyny and hatred. The convening organization is not the grotesque Goyim Defense League, a Hitler-admiring American neo-fascist groupuscule linked to a spate of graffiti, leaflets and posters the […]
(Montreal Gazette) Six Muslim groups are asking a Quebec court to declare unconstitutional a new provincial edict that bans religious activity in public schools. In a lawsuit filed this week, the groups asked Quebec Superior Court to “declare constitutionally invalid, inapplicable, inoperative […]
(Canadian Press) A grassroots Muslim charity is pointing to internal Canada Revenue Agency documents in a bid to persuade an Ontario court that a long-running federal audit is fundamentally tainted by systemic bias and Islamophobia. The Muslim Association of Canada wants the […]
(CBC) One of Canada’s intelligence review bodies has launched an investigation into the Canada Revenue Agency’s work on charities in response to allegations of bias and Islamophobia. On Tuesday, the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) — the watchdog set up to monitor the activities […]
(CBC) Students at a high school east of Oshawa, Ont., are taking their concerns to the school board after a video appearing to show a student tearing up pages from a Qur’an and crumpling them up began to circulate last week. School […]
(Jerusalem Post) Canadian supporters of Israel and the Palestinians clashed in the Thornhill suburb of Toronto on Friday in front of a shopping plaza with mainly kosher stores. According to Melissa Lantsman, a member of Parliament representing Thornhill, pro-Palestinian protesters had gathered […]
(Jerusalem Post) Featured speakers who have supported terrorism, antisemitic conspiracy theories and anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments are being hosted at a Friday Toronto convention by the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC), which has received millions of dollars in funding from the Canadian government for […]
(CBC) A national charity that describes itself as Canada’s largest grassroots Muslim organization is launching a Charter of Rights challenge against the Canada Revenue Agency, claiming that a years-long audit of the charity has been tainted by bias and Islamophobia. The Muslim Association […]
(Canadian Press) Ontario students and teachers now have access to a set of online resources aimed at combating Islamophobia in schools. The Muslim Association of Canada, a national non-profit organization, launched a website Thursday that features three courses, four workshops and six […]
(Insauga.com) A Canadian Muslim advocacy group is adding its voice to a call for all federal parties to support the creation of a special office to try to dismantle the rising Islamophobia in Canada. On Wednesday afternoon, the National Council of Canadian […]
(Algemeiner) A top Canadian Jewish group expressed deep concern on Thursday regarding a speaker at a scheduled conference of Muslim students who has expressed violently antisemitic sentiments. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) described the invitation to cleric Tareq Al-Suwaidan […]
(Canadian Press) Ontario announced funding on Tuesday for educational programs to help fight Islamophobia, which police believe was the motive behind a vehicle attack that killed four members of a Muslim family. Education Minister Stephen Lecce said $225,000 will go to the […]
(CBC) The Canadian-Muslim Vote (TCMV) launched its Muslim Vote Weekend campaign on Friday, and Calgary’s Al Salam Centre took part. Featuring “Get Out the Vote” civic engagements and sermons in more than 100 mosques across Canada, the campaign is a partnership with the Muslim […]
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