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• National Council of Canadian Muslims cancels Trudeau meeting over hate crimes

  The National Council of Canadian Muslims abruptly cancelled a meeting Monday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, accusing his government of failing to protect Palestinians.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2024
  
• Toronto police investigate reports woman wearing hijab threatened with a knife on subway

  The National Council of Canadian Muslims said that, on March 9 around 5 p.m., a man brandishing a knife threatened a woman wearing a hijab.

  Crime

  Mar 13, 2023
  
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• Future of the ‘Our London Family Act’ unknown following Ontario election results

  With the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario being re-elected for a second term with a sweeping majority, it brings to question the future of the Our London Family Act.

  Canada

  Jun 3, 2022
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• Charges laid after alleged attack on Muslim woman near Edmonton mosque: police

  A man is facing charges after an alleged attack on a Muslim woman near a mosque in Edmonton, a city that has seen several similar assaults in the last few years.

  Crime

  Jan 25, 2022
• Muslim leaders call for Ontario to tackle Islamophobia

  Imam Aarij Anwer of London, Ont., says the time has come for Ontario make legislative changes to help protect Muslims.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2021
• London, Ont. mosque offers 61 recommendations ahead of National Summit on Islamophobia

  The London Muslim Mosque, alongside the Muslim community, called for the summit after the London vehicle attack that killed four members of the Afzaal family on June 6.

  Canada

  Jul 19, 2021
• No option but to ‘take the high road’, advocates say of Singh’s turban incident

  "I think Jagmeet has found himself not just as the leader of the NDP but as a representative of racialized Canadians," said a spokesman for the World Sikh Organization of Canada.

  Politics

  Oct 3, 2019
• Quebec’s face-coverings law hit with legal challenge

  The National Council of Canadian Muslims, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Marie-Michelle Lacoste filed the challenge Tuesday.

  Politics

  Nov 7, 2017
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• Canada is 150 and still needs to face its racism problem: advocates

  An Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Global News found that 25 per cent of Canadians say they have experienced racism.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2017
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• Hate crimes in Canada are outliers, not evidence of an epidemic

  With the announcement from Statistics Canada that police-reported hate crimes against Muslims increased in 2015 many are responding, perhaps predictably, as though there is an epidemic of hate in Canada. Not true, writes Andrew Lawton.

  Commentary

  Jun 16, 2017