National Defence Act   is not primarily a war against the west. It is a war against moderate Islam. Al-Qaeda's objective is not to fight the United States. Al-Qaeda's objective is to remove moderate influences in countries which are primarily Islamic and to move those moderates out of the way, get rid of western

Criminal Code   several communities, religious and educational institutions that make the case of supporting Bill C-384 even stronger. On March 24, 2004, the Al Mahdi Islamic Centre in Pickering was intentionally set on fire. Its interior walls were spray painted with supremacist graffiti

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I want to welcome committee members. I welcome as well, from the Islamic Humanitarian Service, Shafiq Hudda, director—sometimes I shouldn't attempt some of the pronunciation; from St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church refugee outreach committee, Pierre Gauthier and Lisa Barnet

Afghanistan committee  Colleagues, I'd like to welcome you to the third meeting of the Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan. Tonight we have with us His Excellency Omar Samad, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Canada. Ambassador, it's a great honour to have

Anti-terrorism Act   have endured for many years. The fundamentalist Islamic regime as supported by al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, as represented by what happened under the Taliban in Afghanistan, represents the worst that possibly could happen and the worst perversion of the Islamic faith in a country

International Actions Against Terrorism   or for the Jews. In essence, what Osama bin Laden and terrorists like him are saying is that they will not be satisfied until every Jewish person and North American is dead. These are people we would call terrorists. It is not part of the Islamic religion. The Islamic congress has stated

Supply   to our time to the Tamils, who are not Muslims either, who act as human bombs and commit suicide to protest against the government of Sri Lanka. We must understand, after analyzing the issue, that the present problem finds its source in Islam. The present war is not only a war

Supply  Madam Speaker, I listened very carefully to my colleague from across the way and I am a little concerned. He is attempting to portray that certain factions within the Islamic world are very radical. Having travelled to Pakistan to meet with Pakistani officials as well

Supply   the Sahara desert to Timbuktu. The reason I begin with this story is that it was my first encounter and my most memorable encounter with Islam. What happened is we arrived in Algiers on the day before Christmas. On the day after Christmas we set out on our journey from Algiers, the city

Terrorism  Mr. Speaker, after the horrors of last Tuesday, I wish to tell the victims' families on behalf of all of the people of Brossard--La Prairie that we share their sorrow. If the terrorists have lost sight of the fact that the word “islam” comes from the word “salam”, which means

Criminal Code   or to protect Canadian citizens from such profiling. We have to struggle with the experience of Arab and Muslim communities in Canada in the post-September 11 period. Imam Zijad Delic, the national executive director of the Canadian Islamic Congress, and formerly the Iman of the mosque

Bill C-536 An Act to encourage accountability by Canada and the international community with respect to Sudan

and office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner. “Government of Sudan”« gouvernement du Soudan » “Government of Sudan” means the government in Khartoum, Sudan, that is led by the National Congress Party, formerly known as the National Islamic Front, or any successor

Human Rights  Mr. Speaker, from domestic organizations like the Canadian Islamic Congress to foreign tyrants like Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, no nation has fully succeeded in escaping the awful spectre of anti-Semitism. Yesterday B'nai Brith reminded us that anti-Semitic incidents

Citizenship and Immigration committee   of women who go to school, so a lot of them stopped going. We know some of them had acid thrown on their faces for coming without covering up or wearing the hijab--the Islamic dress--so there are a lot of things like that. Even the international community is not really taking the role

Tsunami Relief   Helping People which collected clothing and food to be sent to the region. The Integral Yoga Centre made its premises available as a staging centre. The Islamic Foundation of Toronto sent a team of doctors to Indonesia, and hosted a fundraising dinner with 10 other Islamic mosques