• Canada

    Observers call on CSIS to better reintegrate terrorists in Canadian prisons

    by  • January 9, 2013 • Canada, Security and Counterterrorism

    News agencies – January 4, 2013   When Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced the return to Canada of Omar Khadr in September 2012, he said he was confident that the convicted war criminal would receive “appropriate programming” in prison to ensure his safe re-integration into society. Yet, when Postmedia News submitted an access-to-information...

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    Two Books Published on Shafia Family “honour” murders in Canada

    by  • January 9, 2013 • Canada, Gender Issues and the Hijab/Burqa, Security and Counterterrorism

    The Globe and Mail – December 14, 2012   Without Honour: The True Story of the Shafia Family and the Kingston Canal Murders, by Rob Tripp (HarperCollins, 350 pages, $29.99); Honour on Trial: The Shafia Murders and the Culture of Honour Killings, by Paul Schliesmann (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 207 pages, $21.95). Paul Schliesmann won...

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    Annual Reviving the Islamic Spirit convention takes place in Toronto

    by  • January 9, 2013 • Canada, Muslim Advocacy and Organizations

    News Agencies – December 19, 2012   Thousands of Muslims from across North America gathered in Toronto from December 21 through December 23 for the annual Reviving the Islamic Spirit convention. “The conference has always been about uniting and joining hands with scholars, journalists, academics, representatives from other faiths, and artists to promote messages...

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