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If the ‘Mosque’ Isn’t Built, This Is No Longer America by Michael Moore
September 19, 2010 – 12:46 pm | Comments Off

Courtesy: The Huffington Post
September 11, 2010
I am opposed to the building of the “mosque” two blocks from Ground Zero.
I want it built on Ground Zero.
Why? Because I believe in an America that protects those who …

Islam and democracy: They can work together – Canadian political scientist Nader Hashemi travels through history to make his points about the Islam of today
July 9, 2009 – 7:33 pm | No Comment
Islam and democracy: They can work together – Canadian political scientist Nader Hashemi travels through history to make his points about the Islam of today

Reviewed By FAISAL KUTTY
Published in The Globe And Mail
Nineteenth-century French thinker Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that the relationship between religion and democracy in the West was the “great problem of our time.” While arguably it …

George Galloway banned from Canada
March 20, 2009 – 3:05 pm | 2 Comments
George Galloway banned from Canada

• Anti-war MP banned on grounds of national security
• ‘This idiotic ban shames Canada,’ says Galloway
Deborah Summers and agencies
Anti-war MP George Galloway has been banned from Canada, it emerged today.
A Canadian spokesman confirmed that the …

Defend Yoo or End Impunity?
February 13, 2009 – 7:45 pm | No Comment
Defend Yoo or End Impunity?

JURIST Contributing Editor Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says the Obama administration should not call upon US Justice Department lawyers to defend John Yoo and other former members of the Bush …

OPINION: Veils and Justice
February 4, 2009 – 6:38 pm | One Comment
OPINION: Veils and Justice

By Faisal Kutty
Toronto Star, February 04, 2009
Here they go again. Muslims just don’t give up trying to change our values and roll back hard fought rights of equality and justice. Though this time, we may …

Jihad reconsidered – Jailan Halawi assesses the possible impact of Jihad founder Sayed Emam’s revised ideology on the global movement
December 8, 2007 – 8:48 pm | No Comment
Jihad reconsidered – Jailan Halawi assesses the possible impact of Jihad founder Sayed Emam’s revised ideology on the global movement

By Jailan Halawi
CAIRO, EGYPT – What will be the impact of Jihad leader Sayed Emam’s recently published Rationalising Jihad in Egypt and the World on the ideology of extreme Islamist groups, and in particular …

ISSUES & IDEAS – Understanding the Hajj. Hajj links humanity across religions
December 4, 2007 – 8:10 pm | No Comment
ISSUES & IDEAS – Understanding the Hajj. Hajj links humanity across religions

By Faisal Kutty
THOUSANDS of Canadians are performing the annual rites of Hajj [next] week.
Hajj literally means, “to continuously strive to reach one’s goal.” It is the last of the five pillars of Islam (the …

OPINION: No-fly lists provide false sense of security – How can someone be too guilty to fly and yet be too innocent to be charged on the ground, asks Faisal Kutty
May 15, 2007 – 9:16 pm | One Comment
OPINION: No-fly lists provide false sense of security – How can someone be too guilty to fly and yet be too innocent to be charged on the ground, asks Faisal Kutty

By Faisal Kutty
TORONTO, ONTARIO – “Nothing personal sir, but your packages are not allowed on passenger airlines,” said a United Parcel Service customer service agent, sitting in an American call centre. She was explaining to …

Canada’s no-fly list — another watch register
May 3, 2007 – 9:15 pm | Comments Off
Canada’s no-fly list — another watch register

By Faisal Kutty
“Nothing personal sir, but your packages are not allowed on passenger airlines,” said a United Parcel Service (UPS) customer service agent, sitting in an American call centre.
She was explaining to me that my …

The Passenger Protect program
April 23, 2007 – 12:56 pm | No Comment
The Passenger Protect program

By Jane Williams, April 23, 2007
Show Notes:
You won’t find out you’re on it till you get the airport, you’ll never know why your name’s is there and it’s exceedingly hard to get off it once …

Too guilty to fly, too innocent to charge?
April 1, 2007 – 7:34 pm | No Comment
Too guilty to fly, too innocent to charge?

Transport Canada must not be given a carte blanche to deprive Canadians of our liberty, mobility, equality and privacy rights, even though aviation security has now become a legitimate national security concern.
By Faisal Kutty
As the …

OPINION: Grounded in Canada – Putting names on “no-fly” watch lists is not the way to protect liberty and combat terror
March 29, 2007 – 8:46 pm | No Comment
OPINION: Grounded in Canada – Putting names on “no-fly” watch lists is not the way to protect liberty and combat terror

Grounded in Canada – Putting names on “no-fly” watch lists is not the way to protect liberty and combat terror, writes Faisal Kutty
As the Canadian government forges ahead with its cleverly named “Passenger Protect” programme, …

Faisal Kutty: Too Guilty to Fly, Too Innocent to Charge?
March 29, 2007 – 8:34 pm | Comments Off
Faisal Kutty: Too Guilty to Fly, Too Innocent to Charge?

By Faisal Kutty
2007-03-29 | As the Canadian government forges ahead with its cleverly named Passenger Protect Program, the timing could not be better to seriously reconsider what is for all intents and purposes a no-fly …

Canada’s No Fly List – Too Guilty to Fly, Too Innocent to Charge?
March 22, 2007 – 6:20 pm | Comments Off
Canada’s No Fly List – Too Guilty to Fly, Too Innocent to Charge?

By FAISAL KUTTY
As the Canadian government forges ahead with its cleverly named Passenger Protect Program, the timing could not be better to seriously reconsider what is for all intents and purposes a no-fly list.
The attention …