The National Post – October 15, 2010 Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay’s banning of a leading imam from the military’s Islamic History Month event has exposed an executive-level rift in the Canadian Islamic Congress between forces of progress and orthodoxy. In a letter to the National Post today, CIC president Wahida Valiante openly disavows her…
A new national president marks the 10th anniversary of the CIC. The CIC Board appointed Ms. Wahida Valiante as the organization’s national president; she previously served as its Vice President. Ms. Valiante noted, “I am most fortunate to assume my duties at time when CIC has both an extremely strong Board of Directors and an…
Mohamed Elmasry, a professor of microchip design and national president of the Canadian Islamic Congress, takes issue with the treatment of Islam in Canada’s weekly news magazine publication, Maclean’s Magazine. After considering how to best respond, whether with a criminal complaint or a civil case, Elmasry and the CIC decided on a quasi-judicial compromise by…
