Supply   century. We can go through the Islamic expansion of the 14th century. Very clearly we start to see the effects of not only the people but of external forces coming into play. We have to also recognize the way governments rule. The Muslim rule of the 15th century was pretty grim stuff

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, Canadians of the Islamic faith want the government to consider guardianship as an option to adoption. They point out that guardianship, as they see it, would include the same legal and moral obligations as adoption. The petitioners point out that guardianship

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

Supply   and was wondering why she could not live in the country to her liking rather than to the liking of English Canadians. "Canadians want a multicultural society, she said, but I do not. This would leave the door open to social ghettoes. I am for integration and against the wearing of the Islamic

Immigration   that Mr. Abdennour who, according to the Quebec-Algeria committee, is a lawyer close to the Islamic salvation front, was granted a visa by the Canadian embassy, in Paris. How does the Minister of Immigration explain the fact that a person close to the Islamic salvation front can come

Immigration   refusing to grant a visitor's visa to this Algerian woman, while at the same time refusing to immediately expel Mr. Rahmani, who is accused of being a religious extremist as well as an active member of the Islamic Salvation Front, the group behind the death threat to this filmmaker?

Immigration   of belonging to the radical wing of the Islamic Salvation Front. Since this individual is strongly suspected of terrorist activities, does the minister intend to take immediate action by launching an investigation and, if need be, deporting him quickly from this country?

Petitions  Madam Speaker, in this petition the petitioners, Canadians of the Islamic faith, want the government to consider guardianship as an option to adoption. Guardianship would include the same legal and moral obligations as does adoption now. These petitioners point out

Algeria  Mr. Speaker, Mohammed Abder Rahmani, the chief editor of the Algerian daily El Moudjahid was buried yesterday in Algiers. He is the 35th journalist to be assassinated in Algeria in the unending struggle between Islamic and government forces. Mr. Abder Rahmani, the dean

Public Security   intricate conspiracies. Yet these two attacks had two very different groups behind them. The attack on the World Trade Centre appears to have been the work of a fundamentalist Islamic group carrying on with its traditional battle against what it perceives as American imperialism

Violence Against Women  Mr. Speaker, to our dismay and indignation, we heard yesterday that Algerian Islamic fundamentalists took another young girl as the innocent victim of the intolerance that now rocks that country. Since five leaders of the Islamic Front were sentenced to death by a symbolic

Human Rights  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Secretary of State for Latin America and Africa. In Pakistan, Salam Masih, 14, and his uncle Rehmat were convicted to die for writing anti-Islamic slogans on a mosque wall. I am pleased to hear that the conviction was overturned by the high

Religious Freedom   30, 1948 was incorporated as the Royal Canadian Legion. The best conclusion that I can offer this Chamber is undoubtedly the one that preceded us by 24 hours, in Montreal. Yesterday, the Quebec human rights commission published a legal opinion concerning the banning of the Islamic

Global Climate Change   comprehensive time scale there is much evidence of climate change within the last couple of thousand years. For example, I have examined ancient mine workings in the deserts of North Africa and Yemen. These mines date from the very early days of the Islamic period. They come complete

Cultural Diversity  Mr. Speaker, a few weeks ago, a young high school student in Montreal was sent home because she was wearing a hijab, the traditional Islamic veil, and a long tunic not considered acceptable according to the school's dress code. Our schools play an important role in teaching our