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U of T event hosting convicted Palestinian terrorist leader cancelled

January 29, 2025 Clayton DeMaine

(True North) The University of Toronto has cancelled a speaking event featuring a convicted member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a listed terrorist entity in Canada. The PFLP is a Marxist-Leninist organization which has been linked to a […]

UN official withdraws from Montreal conference featuring Canadian leader of Samidoun terror group An updated list of individuals participating in the inaugural 'Coordinating Council 4 Palestine' conference has removed Albanese's name as the keynote speaker on Saturday evening

November 1, 2024 Ari Blaff

(National Post) United Nations special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese has withdrawn from a Montreal conference featuring Charlotte Kates, the founder of Samidoun, a designated terror group. An updated list of individuals participating in the inaugural “Coordinating Council 4 Palestine” […]

Controversial UN official to speak at Montreal event featuring leader of designated terror group Charlotte Kates is on a panel at the 'Coordinating Council 4 Palestine' conference and Francesca Albanese will give the concluding keynote address

October 31, 2024 Ari Blaff

(National Post) Francesca Albanese, the embattled United Nations special rapporteur overseeing the Palestinian territories, is set to headline a Montreal event featuring Charlotte Kates, a leader of Samidoun, a designated terror group. The inaugural “Coordinating Council 4 Palestine” conference will be held on […]

Canadian universities cancel speeches over speaker’s Hamas atrocities ‘celebration’ Ten days after the Oct. 7 atrocities, Hamdi spoke at an event where he told an audience to 'celebrate the victory' of the Hamas massacre which left over 1,000 Israeli[s] dead

February 9, 2024 Ari Blaff

(National Post) Concordia and Carleton universities have apparently cancelled speaking engagements featuring Sami Hamdi, a British political commentator, over his comments celebrating Hamas atrocities during the terror group’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. Hamdi spoke at Western University on Thursday and is […]

Former U of T imam says he was let go for social media post he never made, petition calls for reinstating him Screenshots with no username, later including imam's handle, shared with school by Hillel Ontario

February 6, 2024 Unlisted Author

(CBC) A former campus imam alleges he was dismissed by the University of Toronto Scarborough after a social media post he says was falsely attributed to him, which he maintains the school failed to properly investigate. Omar Patel says the university formally cut ties with […]

Review of how CRA audits Muslim charities ‘inherently flawed,’ groups say in open letter to PM

December 3, 2022 Olivia Bowden

(CTV) Dozens of Muslim philanthropic groups and several civil liberty organizations are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ensure that the taxpayers’ ombudsman office can access all the information it needs to conduct a systemic review of how the Canada Revenue Agency […]

National Muslim charity launching legal challenge of CRA audit, calling it Islamophobic Ottawa has pledged to address Islamophobia within the federal government

April 13, 2022 Nick Boisvert

(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 […]

Tax Court tried to steer Jewish judge from cases involving Muslims, court record shows

September 12, 2021 Sean Fine

(Globe and Mail) The Tax Court of Canada tried to ensure no Muslims appeared before a Jewish judge who was under investigation amid allegations of bias related to the Israel-Palestine conflict, a court record shows. Last fall, while the Canadian Judicial Council […]

Muslim student in Ottawa ‘weirded out’ by unexpected CSIS meeting Former CSIS analyst said calls are about building relationships

August 11, 2019 Unlisted Author

(CBC) Biftu Hulo still remembers the day — not long after she became head of the Carleton University Muslim Students Association — that her phone rang. When she picked up, she couldn’t believe who was on the line: a representative from the Canadian Security […]

When CSIS comes knocking: Amid reports of Muslim students contacted by spy agency, hotline aims to help Creators of University of Toronto-based student support line say spy agency often on ‘fishing expeditions'

August 7, 2019 Shanifa Nasser

(CBC) When Ramz Aziz received a nervous phone call from his mother-in-law two years ago, it wasn’t to check in on his new baby. Instead, two men were at her door, looking for him. The pair identified themselves as public safety officers, and […]