Supply   in those Islamic radical groups and we should think of those radical groups inflaming, infiltrating and performing terrorist acts in Canada. We should think of the over 100 million presently very peaceful Indian Muslims in India and the Middle East, or the Islamic world being inflamed

Iraq  Madam Chairman, I thank the hon. member for his thoughtful question. It would be difficult for me to blanket the entire Islamic community in Canada as either supporting the UN or not, but I have had it communicated to me by a number of different members, some in my own community

Foreign Affairs committee   on the outside, and they've done what they've done. There are Taliban and Taliban, I guess. But that was one thing. Second, sharia law doesn't necessarily equate directly to Islam, because in a country like Turkey they don't have sharia law--at least not yet. I want to reinforce what Ms

Foreign Affairs committee   can't go to work, or even that a woman must cover her face. So their version of the Koran...I mean, they were making it up as they went along and they were getting away with it. In terms of the effect, this is an Islamic state, and what you have now is sharia law, tribal law

Afghanistan  % of that country. When in control of Afghanistan, the Taliban imposed a strict regime of Islamic law, barring most women from education and work. Women were not allowed to work even if they had starving children and no husband or male relatives to support them. The Taliban even prohibited

Afghanistan   Islamic law as a tool with which to limit women's rights. In 2007 more women killed themselves in Afghanistan than ever before-- I will repeat that: In 2007 more women killed themselves in Afghanistan than ever before--that shows that the situation hasn't got any better

Foreign Affairs committee   report, we were writing around the time of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and things looked very grim indeed. I think the defeat of the Islamic extremists in the election can only be described as a promising sign. There is no question that the inability to secure the border

Afghanistan   two, which he has tried to draw. The biggest problem with the member's argument is this call for an immediate unilateral withdrawal of our military from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The United States, the United Kingdom and Canada pursued a policy of isolation in the 19th

Foreign Affairs   and security and regional stability by groups supported by Iran is undeniable. Iran's support for Hezbollah, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad, coupled with its backing of violent insurgents in Iraq, has helped destabilize a region of strategic global importance. Canada must continue

Foreign Affairs   and International Development has adopted an NDP motion to undertake a study of Canadian companies whose business is directly or indirectly contributing to the crisis in Darfur. On Iran, it should be borne in mind that the NDP has been very clear in its criticism of the Islamic Republic regime

Foreign Affairs   that it is difficult to assess: the effectiveness of those regimes at infiltrating our intelligence services. For example, testimony given by people from Iran or the Sudan, who are now here, reveals that they engage in disinformation. It is clear to observers that the Islamic regime cannot

Afghan Women   of women. More women are committing suicide. Women are being raped by local commanders of fundamentalist parties. Women are being killed for expressing their political opinions. Islamic law still limits women's rights. All of these things show that there are still major obstacles

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The Islamic Republic of Iran really is a theocracy, not a democracy, as you have said. It's rarely ever used, but it is a theocracy run by religious leaders. It is a unique situation, because even with the resistance movements.... I asked a question last week on the arrest

Foreign Affairs committee  , the vast majority of Afghans voted in favour of a moderate Islamic republic; they voted against the extremes. We haven't been able to follow through properly on that vote of confidence. One of the biggest problems—and I think it goes to the question of this culture of impunity

Foreign Affairs committee  , Islamic country and change it into a maybe secular, human-rights-embracing nation without generations and generations of intervention by us? And maybe, even with that, it isn't what we, (a), should be doing, because it would be an act of hubris; and (b), it may not be possible at all