National Council of Canadian Muslims

Petition calls on the Federal government to mount a legal challenge to Quebec’s Bill 21

An online petition was launched today asking the federal government to mount a legal challenge to Quebec’s Bill 21. “Bill 21 is a law in Quebec that bans Muslims who wear the hijab, Jews who wear a Kippah, and Sikhs who wear Turbans from working in several public service

Bill C-51

NCCM pushes back against Conservative MP questions: 'McCarthyesque-type' questions unbecoming

(March 13, 2015) – “McCarthyesque-type questions protected by parliamentary privilege are unbecoming of this committee,” Ihsaan Gardee, National Council of Canadian Muslims Executive Director, told Conservative MP Diane Ablonczy during expert testimony Thursday night to the House public safety committee on Bill C-51. Gardee’s ‘McCarthyesque-type’ reference was to style

Canadian Muslims

Canadian Muslims asked to report hate crimes

(October 28, 2014) – Canadian Muslims who have been the victim of a hate crime are being asked to immediately report the incident to the police as well as to the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM). The advisory, issued by NCCM following the recent attacks in Ottawa and St-Jean-rue-Richelieu,

Canadian Muslims

RCMP takes issue with ‘adversarial’ tone of anti-radicalization handbook

(September 30, 2014) – The RCMP issued a statement today saying that they could not support the handbook produced by two Canadian Muslim organizations titled, “United Against Terrorism.” “After a final review of the handbook, the RCMP could not support the adversarial tone set by elements of the booklet and

iqra

Canadian Muslims denounce ISIS threat

(September 22, 2014) – The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) is calling the latest ISIS threat un-Islamic and deeply repulsive. “Any invitation to commit acts of terrorism, including the statement most recently attributed to ISIS, is both wholly un-Islamic and deeply repulsive to Canadian Muslims, as it is

Canadian Muslims

PMO receives libel notice from national Muslim organization

(January 28, 2014) – The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, has initiated a Notice of Libel against the Prime Minister’s Office for a “false, offensive and defamatory” statement made about NCCM by Jason MacDonald, the PMO’

Amira Elghawaby

Umbrella Muslim Body Gets Canadian Brand

(July 20, 2013) – A prominent Canadian Muslim civil liberties organization, the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR.CAN), has recently been re-launched under a new name to better reflect its Canadian heritage and to be a prominent voice for the country’s diverse Muslim community. “As of July 6,