We [National Council of Canadian Muslims] are at the Supreme Court of Canada this week to launch our new battle to strike down Quebec’s Bill 21 law that bans people from wearing hijab and other religious symbols in the public service.

After the London Terror Attack that took away four members of the same Muslim family, our community has pushed hard for a free standing hate crime provision in our Criminal Code that delivers real accountability.

The Online Harms Act would establish a baseline standard to keep young people safe online and uphold freedom of expression. Now, more than ever, online platforms must take responsibility—and be held accountable—for protecting kids from the harms embedded within online platforms. Everyone in Canada deserves to be safe in all aspects of their lives, including online.

Kitchener, February 23, 2024: In light of the sentencing of the killer of the Afzaal family, the Coalition of Muslim Women of Kitchener-Waterloo (CMW) stands in solidarity with the surviving members of the family, for this must be undoubtedly a difficult moment. The killings were designated as a “textbook example of terrorist motive and intent” by Superior Court Justice Renee Pomerance.

LONDON, ON, Feb. 22, 2024 Today, sentencing in the Afzaal family trial concluded with a decision that has met the expectations of the family members and Canada's Muslim communities. This decision will have profound reverberations throughout Canadian society.

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Members of the Afzaal family, along with community leaders and representatives from the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), held a press conference this Thursday morning at the Courthouse in London, Ontario before victim and community impact statements are made during the sentencing of the terrorist who carried out the London terror attack in June 2021.

Toronto - November 18, 2023

We are sharing the below statement from the Toronto Islamic Centre issued today:

Vaughan, ON, Nov 17, 2023 — The Islamic Shia Ithna Asheri Jamaat (ISIJ) of Toronto responded to a security threat at one of its centres, the Jaffari Community Centre at 9000 Bathurst Street in the City of Vaughan, on November 16, 2023, at 9:15 p.m.

OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 3, 2023 This week, I met with the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, to discuss the spike in Islamophobia, and to share the concerns and fears of Canadian Muslims.