Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Thank you very much, sir. Good evening, everyone. My name is Sikander Hashmi. I serve as an imam at the Kanata Muslim Association in Ottawa. I'm also a member of the Council of Imams of Ottawa-Gatineau. This evening I'm here with you as a spokesperson for the Canadian Council of

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  We would say that there should definitely be protection for individual physicians who want to avoid any type of participation in this type of procedure. I would also extend that to health care facilities that are faith-based to ensure that.... Again, it's a balance of rights. Tho

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  I think so. We have to respect the rights of the doctors or the health care providers with regard to their beliefs and their conscience, but at the same time we have to respect the Carter decision as well and the individual rights of the patients. In that case, yes, if a physic

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  We can absolutely make that available.

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  No, they would refer, but we're talking about participation in the practice.

Justice committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good evening, everyone. I'd like to extend our thanks to each of you for all the long hours that you've put in here doing some very important work for us. Thank you very much. In the Islamic faith tradition, neither euthanasia nor assisted suici

Justice committee  It could certainly be something that perhaps could be troubling for some. Of course, there are different views and different levels of comfort that people of different faiths have with regard to suicide. If a family finds out that the coroner's report shows that the death was by

Justice committee  I believe so, but different communities and different groups see suicide in different ways. If it becomes something that is known and public and the family find out, or friends, or relatives, or other members of the community find out, then it could be hurtful to the family.

Justice committee  Sure. What's making health practitioners and medical professionals of faith quite nervous is this uncertainty of not knowing how it's actually going to play out. As far as the patient's rights are concerned with regard to assisted dying, yes, the bill is there and everything seem

Canadian Heritage committee  On behalf of our members, thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, for giving our voices the opportunity to be heard today. The Canadian Council of Imams was established in 1990 and is the only Canadian body that represents imams from across the country. Canadian Mu

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, my comments would be similar, although I would say that the real question is how to define a hate crime. Also, once there is agreement about that, there should be specific measures in place, at the right places, to ensure that data is collected. There definitely is an issue

Canadian Heritage committee  It used to be that if you had bigoted views and you wanted to share them, or there was something socially unacceptable that you wanted to say, you had to go through a lot of effort. It's a lot easier now with the Internet. People are free to hold whatever views they want, but the

Canadian Heritage committee  We understand Islamophobia to mean anti-Muslim hate, but our focus is really on action and the problem itself. Whichever term you choose to use is really up to you. There's a problem, and we need to deal with it.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  There are members from across the country. It's Sunni as well as Shia imams.