The Canadian Arab Federation is taking Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to court over his decision to stop funding the group’s language-training programs for newcomers to Canada. Kenney’s department decided to end its contacts with the federation, worth nearly $2-million over two years, after its president Khaled Mouammar called the Minister “a professional whore”…
In a case believed to be a Canadian first, a Superior Court judge will hear arguments next week about whether a Muslim woman can testify in a sexual-assault case while wearing a veil that leaves only her eyes visible. The case turns on two competing human-rights principles: religious freedom versus the right of defendants to…
As hostilities in Gaza cooled off last month, tensions on campuses across Canada have heated up with “Israel Apartheid Week.” At Toronto’s Ryerson University, left-leaning teachers and students hosted a conference called “Gaza: War? Occupation? Apartheid?” the lead-up to Israel Apartheid Week. More tensions have arisen at Toronto’s York University. At York, two police forces…
The Masjid el-Noor mosque in Toronto has begun offering an intervention program to young local Muslims that aims to shield youth from radical ideologies. Mohammed Shaikh, the mosque’s director, told news agencies, “We just want to encourage them to be faithful and not to take the law into your own hand” by offering a 12-step…
The decision by a Toronto judge to compel a Muslim woman to testify in court without wearing her niqab has raised the question of how freedom of religion fits into the legal system and other Canadian Charter rights. The ruling, stemming from the preliminary hearing into a sexual assault trial, could be the first time…
