Thank you.
I want to thank all of you for being here today. Certainly you bring to us a scenario where a lot of your groups are facing doom and gloom. I'm not going to sit here and dispute that, because I've seen it first-hand, I would say, for all three groups.
I'd like to share my time with my colleague, but my question will be simple to some of you.
Mr. Mahdi, I have seen the blood of innocent Ahmadis in Pakistan against a mosque—a monk, I believe. I understand the same thing is starting to happen in Indonesia.
Having travelled to Indonesia and seen first-hand what is happening there, I wonder, sir, if you would tell us if this government that we have today has taken any initiatives to send a diplomatic note to the Government of Indonesia. If not, why not?
But allow me to pose a question to Mr. Sam Fanous. You mentioned something about abduction of young ladies. I wonder if in the deliberations you can tell us a little bit more about what happens. How many girls have been abducted?
I've talked first-hand in Cairo to an individual, a father, from Alexandria. He said he went back to the police to ask about his girl who had been abducted. He mentioned that the police beat him up and jailed him. He did not elaborate as much as this.
Are young women from the Coptic religion allowed to convert to Islam? If so, in that process, when they're allowed to convert, what fears are there among the family? If you can elaborate on that part of the community where it's happening, I would appreciate it.
Mr. Isaac, you did mention what is happening right now in Iraq. The citizenship and immigration committee is doing a report, and I know you were there. It's something I brought forward. In view of what is happening in that part of the world, what would you want to see the Government of Canada do? Should it take a proactive step there, or allow more people to come to Canada from that part of the world?