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

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

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

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  . Countries, eventually also including Canada, finally did get with the program and caught up to it. Now, again, things are shifting a bit. Obviously, as we move into a phase of elections, and given the fact that decidedly religious parties, the Muslim Brotherhood being an obvious example

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  When we go back to the Iranian revolution in the 1970s, that began as a student revolution. As it evolved, the clerics hijacked it. We have concerns being raised here by government members and others about the Muslim Brotherhood. For the elections, we understood that they were

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   of changes, which clearly would be unique to the Egyptian people. They haven't had them in forever, or for a very long period of time. Do you think the Muslim Brotherhood, since they are expected to form a government, would bring about these kinds of changes? Do you think they would feel

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Well, I'm a human rights advocate. I live in eternal optimism, but determination as well. I think part of what we need to see happen with respect to Egypt, whether it's the Muslim Brotherhood or anyone else who comes to govern or share in governing the country

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   community. We've already seen the results of that, with one of our witnesses actually giving his life in that regard, trying to fight those laws. We've had some very strong testimony here regarding the Muslim Brotherhood. Could I ask you how you'd characterize that group?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   to that with respect to the Muslim Brotherhood to ensure that all of these concerns, but particularly in equality and non-discrimination agendas--religious minorities and women are right at the top of the list--will be something they are truly held to account about.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. They are Shia Muslims.