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COMMENT: No-fly lists are an ineffective way to fight terrorism
March 14, 2007 – 6:36 pm | No Comment
COMMENT: No-fly lists are an ineffective way to fight terrorism

By Faisal Kutty
As Transport Canada 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 to …

COMMENT: Human rights as we know them: a western construct
December 8, 2006 – 6:34 pm | No Comment
COMMENT: Human rights as we know them: a western construct

By Faisal Kutty
TORONTO, ONTARIO – Fifty-eight years after the universal declaration of human rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, the debate continues as to whether the documentis truly universal.
Upon its adoption on …

Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) to Rule Whether U.S. Deserters are Refugees
May 19, 2006 – 6:29 pm | No Comment
Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) to Rule Whether U.S. Deserters are Refugees

By Faisal Kutty
“Our children did not enlist to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity,” said Cindy Sheehan, the prominent American anti-war activist who lost her son. During a visit to Ottawa last week, she …

COMMENT: Faith-based arbitrations in Ontario: A lost opportunity
March 24, 2006 – 6:26 pm | Comments Off
COMMENT: Faith-based arbitrations in Ontario: A lost opportunity

By Faisal Kutty
Lawyers Weekly
March 24, 2006
September 11, 2005 is etched in the minds of many Ontario Muslims. On that fateful Sunday, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced his decision to preclude the use of any religious laws …

Free Speech or Hate Speech?
February 24, 2006 – 6:25 pm | No Comment
Free Speech or Hate Speech?

By Faisal Kutty
“I don’t know of anything more important than freedom of expression,” said former Supreme Court Justice Peter Cory commenting on the Court’s decision to uphold Jim Keegstra’s conviction for willfully promoting hatred in …

FOCUS ON ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION – Boyd’s recommendations balance needs of religious communities with rights of vulnerable
January 21, 2005 – 6:22 pm | No Comment
FOCUS ON ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION – Boyd’s recommendations balance needs of religious communities with rights of vulnerable

By Faisal Kutty
Should Muslims be able to use their religious principles to resolve family and inheritance matters under the Arbitration Act?
Faisal Kutty of Baksh & Kutty reflects on the recently released Boyd report on Ontario …