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Canada, U.S. mourn Grand Imam who took on Osama
Vancouverite 15 March 2010
By Karen Mullins
CAIRO – One of the most influential clerics in the Islamic world – the Grand Imam Mohamed Sayyid Tantawi – who took on the 9/11 attackers and described them as cowards, has passed away. Canada and 
Immigration: 'Child bride' loophole can't be closed
Toronto SUN 15 March 2010
By TOM GODFREY
Federal immigration officials say there’s little they can do to stop "child brides” from being sponsored into Canada by much older husbands who wed them in arranged marriages abroad. Top
Canada adds al-Shabab to its terrorist list
Globe and Mail 8 March 2010
Ottawa has opened a new front in its global conflict with Islamic extremism by joining the attack on al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group in East Africa that draws young recruits and support
Muslims Won’t Play Together
New York Times 28 February 2010
WE may scoff at the idea that the Olympic Games have anything to do with the “endeavor to place sport at the service of humanity and thereby to promote peace,” as the Olympic charter enshrines as its ideal. But at least nations across the world were able to put aside differences for two weeks of friendly competition in Vancouver.
Airport safety has hefty price tag
The Vancouver Sun 27 February 2010
By Meagan Fitzpatrick
The Conservative government plans to hike the security fees paid by airline passengers to fund millions of dollars worth of added security measures at airports. Transport Minister John Baird
Quebec man found guilty on terrorism charges
Vancouver Sun 17 February 2010
By Sue Montgomery
MONTREAL – Said Namouh has been found guilty of four terrorism-related charges. The 34-year-old allegedly planned to detonate an explosive in a public place.
Canadian Muslims mock 9/11, call Obama 'Mr Black Man'
Examiner.com 17 February 2010
By Kathy Shaidle
On Sunday, this meeting of 300 people took place not far from my home, as reported by Joseph Brean of the National Post: "Western media have a 'spiteful policy' toward Iran of inventing
Quebec court hands Namouh life sentence for al Qaida-linked bomb plot
AFP 17 February 2010
MONTREAL - A rural Quebec man was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for his role in an overseas terror plot hatched by an al-Qaida affiliated group. Said Namouh was found guilty last October
Is Assaulting Jewish Students on Canadian Campuses Now Legitimate Criticism of Israel?
Human Events 15 February 2010
By Richard L. Cravatts
In a country where multiculturalism has a reverent following and criticism of protected minorities has essentially been criminalized as "hate speech,” it is more than ironic that on some Canadian
"Reviving the Islamic Spirit” or Promoting Islamic Dominance?
FrontPage Magazine 5 February 2010
By Jonathan Usher
Billed as "Canada’s largest Muslim convention,” Reviving the Islamic Spirit – 8th Convention was held in Toronto on December 25 – 27, 2009. Having heard the reports that
'Jihad Chill'
National Review Online 27 January 2010
By Mark Steyn
As I mentioned the other day, Ezra Levant, my comrade in the battle to restore free speech to Canada, is being sued by the same Islamist sock puppet who attempted to make me legallly unpublishable up
B'nai Brith Canada denounces 'blood libel' article
Ynetnews 18 January 2010
By Dan Verbin
British Columbia newspaper pulls article from website, issues apology after being condemned by B'nai Brith Canada for publication of article headlined 'Ukrainian kids, new victims of Israeli organ
Canadian Muslim Paper Condemned For Blood Libel
Honestreporting.com 14 January 2010
A Canadian Muslim newspaper publishes disgraceful accusations claiming Israel was trying to harvest the organs of 25,000 Ukrainian children. Canadian investigative journalist Terry Glavin recently
Accused terrorist wanted Toronto Al Qaeda branch
Toronto Star 14 January 2010
Accused terrorist Shareef Abdelhaleem wanted to pack a truck with two tonnes of explosives and detonate it outside the Toronto Stock Exchange to cause "blood, glass and debris (for) several blocks,"
Cartoonist lives under death threat
Toronto Sun 7 January 2010
By MICHAEL COREN
Toronto Sun columnist and blogger Michael Coren (blogs.canoe.ca/corenscomment) explains why the attack on cartoonist Kurt Westergarrd is not surprising, but should disturb all of us. Late on the
Fanatic convert to terrorism spent year in Toronto
Toronto Star 4 January 2010
One of the most visible leaders of an Al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist militia in Somalia spent a year in Toronto ingratiating himself into the Somali immigrant community as a convert to Islam.
Canadian terror suspect Rana refused bail by Chicago judge
Toronto Star 16 December 2009
CHICAGO – A Canadian citizen accused of helping plot a terrorist attack in Denmark was refused bail on Tuesday, the day after federal prosecutors alleged he knew of last year's terrorist siege on
Arab countries fail on human rights—report
The INQUIRER 10 December 2009
By Samer al-Atrush
• Report Summary - EN
• Report Intro - EN
• Annual Report - Arabic
Human rights deteriorated across the Arab world in 2009 with torture widely practiced in several countries, an Arab watchdog said in a report released on Tuesday
CAIRO - The report by the independent Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies surveyed 12 countries and said that most of them repressed human rights activists, press freedoms, and discriminated against religious minorities. The state of human rights in the 12 countries—Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen—"has worsened compared to 2008," the report said.
Court backs sharia law for Muslim patriarch
Edmonton Journal 9 December 2009
By Andrea Sands
As 64-year-old Samir Sweiss lay dying in hospital after his heart stopped, his family grappled with a terrible but urgent decision --let doctors turn off his ventilator or fight to keep him alive in
Canadian man gets four years in France for terror links
AFP 3 December 2009
PARIS - A French court on Thursday sentenced a Moroccan-born Canadian man to four years in prison for providing fake identity papers to Islamic extremists who allegedly plotted terror
