Public Safety committee  To sum up, as representatives of a Canadian Muslim association we have talked about the impact of Bill C-51. The narrative about it is harming the Muslim community, first by leading to an increase in Islamophobia and then by having a negative impact on freedom of speech

Public Safety committee   mentioned, the rising Islamophobia, the curtailment of freedom of speech, the targeting of the Muslim identity as the religious identity of radicalism, what emerges is that basically the whole preventive approach focuses on Islam as if it were the problem, whereas in fact there's a big

Public Safety committee  Okay. I'd be interested in seeing some of that. The media have created this word “Islamophobia”, and nobody really knows what it means. If I were to come out and criticize radical Islam, meaning the terrorist component and the bad part of it, would I be considered Islamophobic

Public Safety committee  No, I don't think the expressed condemnations of any attacks on individuals would constitute Islamophobia, whether or not they were done by Muslims, but I think oftentimes the rhetoric around it could. It could say, “I condemn this attack because Muslims are known to be violent

Public Safety committee   Canadian Muslim advocacy organization. Its mandate is to protect human rights and civil liberties, challenge discrimination and Islamophobia, build mutual understanding between Canadians, and promote the public interests of Canadian Muslim communities. We strive to achieve this through

Public Safety committee   put forward some recommendations for governments at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels to take concrete actions to address the growing climate of Islamophobia and hate we have seen and our organization has documented, in addition to what has been documented by Statistics

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Gentlemen, thank you to all of you for being here. I still have a no-fly list question. I want to move on to something else. Mr. Gardee, you talked about Islamophobia and Motion No. 103. What I'm trying to get my head around is the definition

Public Safety committee  In terms of the definition of Islamophobia, the term itself came into popular use around 1997 when Runnymede put it out in a publication that they created. I would argue that the concept dates back to the beginning of the faith itself. The Ontario Human Rights Commission

Systemic Racism and Religious Discrimination  moved: That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) recognize the need to quell the increasing public climate of hate and fear; (b) condemn Islamophobia and all forms of systemic racism and religious discrimination and take note of House of Commons’ petition

Systemic Racism and Religious Discrimination   the support they needed. It is also very important that we look at the reality that Islamophobia is a growing discrimination in our country today, and we need to address it. How does the member think the study will impact the Muslim community, and how does she envision the study

Systemic Racism and Religious Discrimination  Mr. Speaker, it is so important to engage in conversations to recognize a problem and to tackle that problem. Through this motion, I think by recognizing Islamophobia and then a call to action would really help Canadians come together. It would create a dialogue among our policy

Systemic Racism and Religious Discrimination  . That leads us to today and to Motion No. 103, which is highlighting one religion in particular but without clear language on what that means. It is unfortunate that this motion does not encourage conversation, because in the content of the motion the focus is on one term, Islamophobia

Systemic Racism and Religious Discrimination   all be proud, one of which we have a long history. Let us do that work together. I hope to see everyone stand in this place, stand up against Islamophobia and support the motion.

Systemic Racism and Religious Discrimination  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address Motion No. 103, introduced by the member for Mississauga—Erin Mills. The motion calls on the House to recognize the need to quell the increasing public climate of hate and fear, and condemn Islamophobia and all forms of systemic racism

Systemic Racism and Religious Discrimination  . Second, the focus of Motion No. 103 is on the undefined term Islamophobia rather than on protecting Muslims as individuals. This implies that what Canada needs is state protection for faiths rather than for the safety of the faithful. Finally, the Conservative motion specifically