Citizenship and Immigration committee  Are you familiar, sir, with the difficulties you would face in Greece if you were a Muslim, given the Muslim situation?

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act  Mr. Speaker, I know that in the hon. member's riding, he has a large population of Muslim Canadians, as do I. In fact, I think my riding has the third largest population of Muslims in Canada. Some of the Muslims in my riding are not very happy with my stance

Foreign Affairs committee  Of those here currently, yes. We chose Indonesia because of the progressive nature of Indonesia's Muslim community and the outlook that Indonesia had. Of course, you've had your share, with the Bali bombings and so on. The committee had extensive discussion with your

Anti-terrorism Act   to protect society against threats. In fact, I think there is a lot of outreach that the government and all parliamentarians should be doing. Under the previous Liberal government, we started a major dialogue with the Muslim community in Canada. I attended a meeting with the then prime

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   to demonstrate that you're the leaders of the Muslim world and you were putting Muslim populations at risk of—I don't know what you'd call it—a kind of friendly fire. That's just a thought. The other question I had, and this was raised a bit in one of the earlier questions, is about the fear

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  . As a Muslim, as a practising Muslim, I can witness that these people are taking advantage of the name of Islam.

Foreign Affairs committee   on. You talked about the Red Terror. I'm curious. We mentioned today the influence of China. Of course, the Soviet Union is no longer in existence. The west obviously understands the importance of the geography of your position. You're surrounded by Muslim neighbours. I get a lot

Foreign Affairs committee  --the Sinhalese, the Tamils, and the left-out Muslims, and if it is signed and documented, then the people who sign as witnesses and underwrite those covenants--especially Canada in the international community--can hold to task the Sri Lankan government or the three communities if they fail

Foreign Affairs committee  . It's the same issue when it comes to the Muslim community. For 23 years we have been sidelined. We are a Tamil-speaking minority community. For 23 long years we have been sidelined. Now there is a silver lining on the horizon--the lining of peace, the lining of hope. How is Canada

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. I know the peace process because I was one of those who initiated the peace process. You have my bio there. The failure of the peace process was not the failure of the will of the Tamil people and the Sinhalese people and the Muslims. The failure of the peace

Foreign Affairs committee  The Muslim community, which is at least one million strong, or maybe more, is all over the island, except in the north, where they were expelled by the LTTE in the early 1990s. They are very strong in the eastern province. They would make up about one-third of the population

Birthday of His Highness the Aga Khan   values. The well-being of his fellow Muslims has always been important to His Highness. On behalf of all Canadians, I wish His Highness the Aga Khan a happy 75th birthday. May he enjoy peace, health, joy and my favourite, serenity.

Foreign Affairs committee   Ismaili Muslim community. I've done the academic awards for that community for 15 years. Elizabeth Florescu is the research director for the millennium development goals. She lives in Calgary. So there are lots of opportunities for networking. The key aspect that I want to encourage

Health committee  Thank you. While our roots are connected to the Christian religion, today we are actually an organization involving people of all denominations. In fact, our incoming board chair is Muslim by faith. So we're an organization that celebrates all faiths today. On the spiritual

Criminal Code   would implore the government to work with Muslim communities and ask them to be much more vigilant within their communities when they find individuals espousing fundamental violent sentiments against our society. This affects Muslims and non-Muslims alike. It offends the vast