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Written by Matthew Behrens
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Thursday, 09 May 2013 21:17 |
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In what some critics called an opportunistic move, the Harper government swiftly scheduled debate on, and passed, new anti-terrorism provisions (Bill S-7) in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing and the subsequent Canadian arrests of two men alleged to be involved in a plot against VIA Rail.
The most controversial of the provisions – involving preventive arrests (detention without charge for up to three days, followed by release under draconian bail conditions) and secretive investigative hearings, both part of the original Anti-Terrorism Act in 2001 – expired after five years due to a sunset clause. The federal Liberals, who joined with other opposition parties to reject an attempt to revive the provisions in 2007, voted in favour of S-7 under leader Justin Trudeau.
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Written by Noman Bajwa
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Tuesday, 19 March 2013 22:56 |
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Abraar School has been ranked the best performing elementary school in the city.
The private Islamic school in Ottawa’s west side was rated the best performing school for reading, writing and math scores by the Fraser Institute, a public policy think-tank. Abraar scored 9.4 points out 10, putting it in the top 50 schools among over 2,700 schools in Ontario. The provincial average was 6.0.
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Written by Matthew Behrens
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Tuesday, 19 March 2013 22:29 |
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 Ahmad Abdorahman Awatt, faces serious threats to his health because of his immigration status. Awatt, a Kurd originally from Iraq, came to Canada in 1999. Although he lost his refugee case, he cannot be deported because his country of origin is on a moratorium list of unsafe countries that prevents Canada from returning him there.
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Written by Amira Elghawaby
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Friday, 01 March 2013 04:31 |
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Over 100 people, including students, leaders, lawyers, community activists, academics and scholars, recently gave up their wintry Saturday to attend the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations’ first-ever leadership boot camps held in Toronto and Vancouver respectively.
Several Ottawa residents drove up to the Toronto boot camp held on Jan. 26 to join over sixty people in the day-long event which featured six workshops ranging from media engagement, Islamophobia, civil liberties, Islam awareness, public speaking, national security and discrimination cases.
“It was truly humbling to see the positive energy and passion among our Muslim activists and Muslim youth,” says Kashif Ahmed, CAIR-CAN’s Board Chair who initiated the boot camps as a pilot project. “They attended with a keen readiness to learn in service of their communities. They walked away with the skills they need to be effective advocates.”
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Written by Ahmed Rajab
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Monday, 18 February 2013 23:45 |
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France’s military intervention in Mali, which began on Jan. 10, could turn the West African country into its Afghanistan. The move, widely viewed in Africa as neo-colonialist in intent and humiliating for the continent, runs the risk of further destabilizing the already fragile Malian state and provoking radical Islamism in the Sahel (region comprising Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Gambia, Cameroon and Nigeria) as well as the larger West Africa region.
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