Posted on 08/31/2008 12:08:58 PM PDT by Alouette
WINNIPEG — A Jewish human rights organization says it is being unfairly targeted in a discrimination complaint that it can’t possibly defend.
Legal counsel for B’nai Brith Canada said the organization has been dogged by a four-year-old complaint to the Manitoba Human Rights Commission where specifics of the alleged wrongdoing have not been spelled out and the complainant never witnessed the alleged incident.
‘‘We’re involved in shadow-boxing,’’ lawyer David Matas said Thursday of B’nai Brith’s attempts to defend a complaint of discrimination.
‘‘It’s been 4 1/2 years and we don’t understand why this (complaint) hasn’t been dismissed as frivolous,’’ he said.
In February 2004, prominent Muslim advocate Shahina Siddiqui filed a complaint against B’nai Brith for hosting a counter-terrorism workshop for police, firefighters and paramedics which she said was biased against Muslims.
The workshop had been held the previous October and was given by an internationally renowned firm with expertise in counter-terrorism.
Siddiqui admitted she never attended the workshop, but filed the complaint after hearing comments from those she said had attended.
Matas said the commission staff have told him they’ve interviewed the individuals Siddiqui said passed the comments to her, but the commission refused to disclose the identity of those individuals or what it is they’ve allegedly told the commission.
Matas said B’nai Brith had little involvement in the October 2003 counter-terrorism workshop other than hosting it.
He said the organization was unable to find anything offensive in the presentation and could not locate any individual who believed the presentation was biased against Muslims.Siddiqui could not be reached for comment and the executive of the Manitoba Human Rights commission did not return calls.
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Seems like Canadian liberals also like no show jobs.
Canadian (and American) Jews need to stop supporting socialist vermin. Period.
Nobody expects the Canadian Inquisition.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Sit in that comfy chair and we'll beat you with hockey sticks, eh!
Just wonder when this stuff starts happening here...you have two liberals running for the presidency whp value illegal aliens over US citizens...this is scary
Doesn't surprise me a bit. The Canada's "official" Jewish community, like the "official Jewish community" everywhere outside Benei Beraq and Me'ah She`arim, is pretty liberal.
What is happening in Canada right now...didn’t George Orwell write a book about this?
These “human rights” tribunals are, IMO, as evil as other forms of oppression because they are the gateway to it.
CHR wants them to settle, rather than having the charge hanging over the organization's heads
Sucks when the Human rights commission and all that hate law BS and anti free speech BS the B’nai Brith has advocated over the years comes around full circle to bite them in the @ss.
You reap what you sow, B’nai Brith.
It already IS happening here.
Muslim is higher than Jew on the victim scale, oops!
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