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"Canada: Muslim community reacts angrily."
GLobe and Mail ^ | 07/14/06 | SONYA FATAH
Posted on 07/13/2006 10:55:39 PM PDT by Pikamax
"Muslim community reacts angrily SONYA FATAH"
From Friday's Globe and Mail
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Members of Toronto's diverse Muslim community reacted angrily to the identification of Mubin Shaikh as an RCMP and CSIS agent.
“This is like the pot calling the kettle black,” said Tarek Fatah, communications director for the Canadian Muslim Congress.
“He was the embodiment of extremism in the city. He was the exponent of sharia law in the city.”
Indeed, Mr. Sheikh has been a chief proponent of sharia law, lobbying for using the Islamic legal code at the Al-Noor Mosque, where he ran the Al-Noor Arbitration Centre, the only such centre in Canada.
“He was supporting some of the most extremist groups in Canada. Now, he's throwing up modern and Canadian values.
“It brings into question whether he's trying to salvage his own problems with the authorities.”
Mr. Fatah says that Mr. Shaikh's divisive views on the Muslim community hardly represent Canadian values.
A different but equally damning view was expressed by Aly Hindy, the controversial imam of the Salahuddin Islamic Centre in Scarborough, attended by some of the 17 arrested youth."
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"CJPAC backs two anti-terrorism bills"
By SHELDON KIRSHNER
Staff Reporter
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "If Josh Cooper has his way, the families of Canadian victims of terrorism may one day be able to sue foreign states that sponsor or harbour terrorists.
Cooper, executive director of the Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee (CJPAC), has come out in support of pending legislation in Parliament designed to help Canadians fight terrorism.
If passed, Bills C-346 and S-218, sponsored respectively by B.C. Conservative MP Nina Grewal and Senator David Tkachuk, would enable Canadians to take legal action against the backers of terrorism.
“Today, Canadians have no recourse against sponsors of terrorism in Canadian courts,” said Cooper, whose organization was launched last November, on the eve of the federal election.
“These bills enable the families of Canadian terror victims to launch civil suits against foreign countries and local sponsors of terrorism responsible for the death or injury of loved ones.”
Cooper, who ran unsuccessfully as a Conservative party candidate in Thornhill in the 2004 federal election, said the bills could deter states and organizations from sponsoring terrorism and provide compensation to the victim’s family.
He added that the private members’ bills, apart from some minor technical differences, are essentially identical.
As for when they may become law, he said, “It can be a long road.”
In the meantime, Cooper is pleased that at least two MPs from all major parties – Conservatives, Liberals, NDP and Bloc Quebecois – have rallied behind C-346, which was introduced last month.
“MPs realize that this is not a partisan issue,” he said. “It’s a Canadian issue.”"