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Canadian Association of South Asian Lawyers Pakistan Flood Relief Fundraiser (November 4, 2010)
October 30, 2010 – 11:10 am | Comments Off

Canadian Association of South Asian Lawyers 
Will be holding its
Pakistan Flood Relief Fundraiser
On
Thursday November 4, 2010
 At
Azuba Authentic Indian Flavours Restaurant
(for Map click here)
1510 Drew Road Mississauga, ON L5S 1S5
(Dixie Rd, south of Hwy 407)
Tickets: …

Vote Tuesday to End Torture!
October 30, 2010 – 11:07 am | Comments Off

Dear Friends:
When Scott Brown was elected to be a Senator from Massachusetts after publicly declaring his support for torture, we all thought it was an aberration. On Tuesday, November 2nd, however, we face the possibility …

Former British MP George Galloway announces ten-city speaking tour of Canada
October 30, 2010 – 11:06 am | No Comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Wednesday, October 27, 2010

 

Toronto – Former British MP George Galloway will appear in ten cities on a pan-Canadian speaking tour from November 16 to 27, 2010. Organized by local peace coalitions …

The BCCLA launches report on the U.N. Security Council’s 1267 terrorist blacklist
October 30, 2010 – 11:05 am | No Comment

   It is available at:  http://www.bccla.org/othercontent/1267.pdf
October 28, 2010
For Immediate Release
BCCLA report criticizes Canada’s adoption of U.N. Security Council’s terrorist blacklist
The BC Civil Liberties Association is launching a report today at UBC’s law school on the UN’s …

Ottawa ignored CIDA green light when it halted aid group’s funding by Kim Mackrael
October 30, 2010 – 11:02 am | No Comment

Courtesy: The Globe and Mail
The Harper government ignored advice from its own civil servants when it ended funding to a church-based aid group last year, documents show.
Kairos, representing 11 churches and religious groups, had received …

The peril of refugees: It’s wrong to create a new class of refugees By Peter Showler
October 30, 2010 – 10:59 am | No Comment

October 27, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
Bill C-49, the government’s new act to deter human smuggling, has two different targets: the smugglers and the people being smuggled. The bill proposes some reasonable measures to punish and deter …

Europol’s Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TESAT) 2010 shows that terrorist attack decrease in Europe by Mathias Vermeulen
October 30, 2010 – 10:53 am | No Comment

Posted on 29 April, 2010 by Mathias Vermeulen

According to Europol’s 2010 EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report fewer than 300 acts of terrorism were registered in Europe last year and only one was an attack …

Domestic violence: a global problem, not a religious one by By John L. Esposito and Sheila B. Lalwani
October 30, 2010 – 10:47 am | No Comment

Courtesy: The Los Angeles Times
An Oct. 28 Times editorial hit the nail on the head by noting that the United Nations‘ newly released report, “The World’s Women,” makes a disturbing point: Violence against women remains …

The world doesn’t get it’ by Omar Khadr
October 30, 2010 – 10:45 am | No Comment

Courtesy: The Globe and Mail
Note to readers: This is a verbatim transcript. Square brackets have occasionally been used for clarification.
Dear Dennis,
I’m writing to you because sometimes there are things you can’t say, but rather write …

Family in Muslim clothing ejected from flight at Memphis International By Jason Miles
October 30, 2010 – 10:43 am | No Comment

Courtesy: WMC-TV
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) – Comments about seeing people on a plane who appear to be Muslim got National Public Radio analyst Juan Williams fired last week.
Some cannot help but think their appearance had something …

Oklahoma voters face question on Islamic law By Laurie Ure, CNN
October 30, 2010 – 10:40 am | No Comment

Courtesy: CNN.COM
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (CNN) — Oklahoma voters are considering an unusual question that will appear on their ballots this Tuesday: whether Islamic law can be used in considering cases in state court.
The question is …

Mohammed tops list of English baby names By Richard Allen Greene
October 30, 2010 – 10:27 am | Comments Off

Courtesy: CNN.COM
London, England (CNN) — Hit the road, Jack.
Last year’s most popular name for baby boys in England has been knocked off — by Mohammed.
That’s not immediately obvious from data put out this week by …

Why ARE so many modern British career women converting to Islam? by the Daily Mail
October 27, 2010 – 11:37 am | No Comment

Courtesy: The Daily Mail
Tony Blair’s sister-in-law announced her conversion to Islam last weekend. Journalist Lauren Booth embraced the faith after what she describes as a ‘holy experience’ in Iran.

She is just one of a growing …

Major U.S. Charities, Foundations and Constitutional Rights Groups Urge Appeals Court to Require Knowledge of Terror Ties for Criminal Conviction of Material Support
October 27, 2010 – 10:58 am | No Comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Major U.S. Charities, Foundations and Constitutional Rights Groups Urge Appeals Court to Require Knowledge of Terror Ties for Criminal Conviction of Material Support

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 27, 2010)
Late yesterday, 20 diverse U.S. organizations …