Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. Members of the committee and ladies and gentlemen, thank you for inviting me to share my views on a subject that's very close to the hearts and minds of those of us who are Muslim Canadians and who came here to flee the hell that's unfolding in Iraq, Syria,

Foreign Affairs committee  Absolutely. In fact, I would go a step further. If you have, say, 1,000 mosques in this country and at every Friday congregation all the imams are praying for the defeat of non-Muslims at the hands of Muslims—and we as the taxpayers are contributing to the upkeep of those chari

Foreign Affairs committee  I would say whoever made that suggestion should see a physician, not come to me.

Foreign Affairs committee  I would take very practical measures. As I have suggested, we need to suspend immigration from failed states. When I say “failed states” I mean states that exist: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, and Somalia. We need to identify very clearly any religious institutions in which men,

Foreign Affairs committee  May I add something?

Foreign Affairs committee  I would differ with my colleague here. I think the 2003 intervention was a catastrophe. It undermined the moral authority of many of us who spoke. It was a mistake for which we are paying a very huge price.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm just putting it on the record.

Foreign Affairs committee  I would suggest to you that it is one of the major mistakes made by the current administration in authorizing what is called “de-radicalization” which, in fact, is radicalization. We have an incident where someone working very closely with the RCMP took it upon himself to go to Q

Foreign Affairs committee  Let me give you my impression of the Canadian Muslim mosaic. Our best estimate, as to who is saying what, comes from the survey done just after the Toronto 18 terror trial, in which 12% of Muslim Canadians thought the Toronto 18 were justified in the terrorist action they had pla

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, Turkey was a member of NATO when NATO needed troops to send to Korea. It had a surviving army after the Second World War because it didn't take part in it. Turkey was essential to guarding the southern flanks of the Soviet Union. Today Turkey is the leading force behind Is

Foreign Affairs committee  I would say no. I know Turkey. I am a student of Turkish history, and I can tell you that there are two Turkeys, but Professor Mansur would be better qualified to shed light on that.

Foreign Affairs committee  Islam doesn't require them to do hajj. It's very simple. If you can't afford it you don't do hajj. The money comes from Saudi Arabia. Part of it pays for the tickets and part of it is left over for administration. It's those administrative costs and the money laundering that t

Foreign Affairs committee  To begin with, the New Democrat members of Parliament who are Muslim share the same views as I do. They are members of Parliament primarily as politicians not because they're Muslim.

Foreign Affairs committee  We just ended up over here. I didn't come to Canada to be a Muslim. I came from Saudi Arabia to get away from the atrocities over there. So I have deep respect for not only the women but the gentleman, my namesake in your caucus, who is also.... They have a French background. The

Foreign Affairs committee  But they don't talk to us.