Jamel Twins  Mr. Speaker, I wish to extend my congratulations and appreciation to Mr. S.G.P. Jafry, a prominent member of the South Asian community, and to the Scarborough Muslim Association. Mr. Jafry was the fund raising co-ordinator respon- sible for raising over $175,000 to offset

Supply   the Croats and ask the Muslims who are the best. They will say the Canadians. They do not want us to leave because they know we are fair, we are impartial and we are tough. We are professionals. We are that way because it is a reflection of Canadian society and it is also a reflection

Bosnia  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of National Defence. The United Nations Protection Force in the former Yugoslavia is facing increasing provocation in Bosnia. This situation has led to Serbian artillery fire against four Muslim security zones placed under

Peacekeeping  , I would like to consider the diplomatic situation in Bosnia-Hercegovina. The efforts that went into resolving the conflict there paralleled the war itself. At the start of 1994, Muslims and Croatians in Bosnia reached an agreement resulting in a ceasefire and constituting

Peacekeeping   are to some extent responsible for atrocities: the Croats, Muslims and the Serbs. Some may be more prone to it than others but everyone is guilty to an extent. As I said just a few moments ago, Canadian resources are stretched to the limit. We should be aware of this and we have to accept

Peacekeeping  . An individual called Borislav Herak killed 230 anonymous civilians. Last August, 50 Serbian women and children were killed by two Croatian members of paramilitary forces. In Varjanta, more than 200 Muslims were massacred by the Serbian police. In May and June, between 2,000 and 3,000

Peacekeeping   the Montreal Gazette reported that there was a desperate food shortage in the Bihac pocket because of the heavy fighting between government troops and the alliance of Bosnia Serbs, Croatian Serbs and the renegade Bosnian Muslims. I would like to quote from the Associated Press report

Peacekeeping   ourselves that the Croats will not to start to fight with the Krajina-Serbs. Let us not delude ourselves that the Bosnian Muslims and the Bosnian Serbs will not attack each other. Let us not delude ourselves that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia would not get involved with the Krajina

Crimes Against Humanity   laid, for in these civil conflicts hatreds will be branded into the psyches of generations to come. Children are told by their parents to hate Muslims, to hate Jews, to hate Chechens, to hate Tutsis, to hate Hindus, Tamils, Croats, and the list goes on. They in turn tell

Immigration   to all those who dare denounce publicly the treatment of women by Muslim fundamentalists, particularly in Algeria, has been unjustifiably denied entry into Quebec and Canada. Because of her honesty and courage, Ms. Koudil must be given this visa so that she can show her film here

Canadian Advisory Council On The Status Of Women   to denounce through film the muslim fundamentalist attitude to the wearing of the hijab and the oppression of Algerian women. An important voice was missing in the chorus of protests, that of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women. The council would surely have publicly

Sergeant Thomas Joachim Hoppe   commanding a key observation post located between Serb and Muslim forces in Bosnia-Hercegovina. Sergeant Hoppe was also awarded the medal of bravery for rescuing three Muslim children who were under direct fire near Visoko in Bosnia-Hercegovina. Sergeant Hoppe is the first soldier since

Criminal Code   of this policy, Canada was identified by the world Islamic movement as an ideal place for Muslim immigrants to be exempt from the application of civil laws and instead be subjected to the sharia which, as you know, does not respect at all the principle of equality between men and women. When

Criminal Code   professional couple who was fleeing an extremely oppressive situation in a north African country. I will talk a bit about them and about my indirect personal experience with this terrible subject matter. These people were secular Muslims. They were persecuted by a fundamentalist regime

Bosnia   was created last year in Washington, D.C. Its creation signalled a small step toward peace in what has been a tragic and lengthy war. The federation is currently comprised of Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Muslims who have agreed to work together toward a lasting peace. The tragic events