Arar case back in court
In June, a federal Appellate Court in New York tossed out Canadian engineer Maher Arar's suit against John Ashcroft and other officials for shipping him to Syria to...U.S. deserter facing deportation
HinzmanJeremy Hinzman, who deserted the U.S. army in 2004 to avoid being sent to Iraq, has been ordered to leave Canada by Sept. 23. It is uncertain if he...Opposition critic talks of Palestine and Israel
Bob RaeBob Rae, the opposition Liberal Party's foreign policy critic, spoke to an audience on Parliament Hill on August 6, at the invitation of the National Council......
How Victor spent his summer vacation
Victor MacDiarmid, a University of Toronto student from Kingston, Ontario, spent the first part of his summer vacation working with the International Solidarity...Protesters want Khadr brought home
Demonstrations took place recently in major cities across Canada to demand Omar Khadr's return. On July 25 and 26, there were gatherings in Toronto, Montreal......
Palestinian village sues Canadian builders
The West Bank Palestinian village of Bili'n has filed suit in Quebec Superior Court for $2 million against two Montreal firms, Green Park International and Green Mount...Ottawa man’s family farm bulldozed by Israelis
Monzer Zimmo is an Ottawa Muslim who is deeply involved in interfaith activities. The following is an e-mail from him which has just been forwarded to me,......
Jordan wants to go nuclear
Israel has the bomb. Iran wants nuclear energy for power, allegedly, though it is sitting on a sea of oil. Syria is trying to join the club. Now Jordan...Terrorism trial begins in Ottawa
It's been a long time since Momin Khawaja was arrested by the RCMP back on March 29, 2004, but his trial finally got off the ground in Ottawa on June 23, after years......
Arab-Australians avoid mental health treatment
Australians who speak Arabic tend to avoid help from mental health specialists. That is the finding of a field survey and literature review conducted by Jacqueline...
This and that on reasonable accommodation
June 13th, 20080 The hearings and the report of Quebec's Bouchard-Taylor Commission on Reasonable Accommodations covered many topics. Let's look at three areas. To begin, the......
Joint bereavement for victims of violence
According to Ali Abu Awwad, establishing peace between Israel and the Palestinians is simple. Just make the Israelis buy their cigarettes in the Occupied...Quebec report on accommodating minorities
The report of Quebec's Bouchard-Taylor Commission on reasonable accommodation of minorities has been received with a rocky start, but better may follow. ......
Saudi death sentence being appealed
Mohamed KohailTwenty-three-year-old Mohamed Kohail, a Canadian citizen, is appealing his death sentence for killing Munzer Haraki in a schoolyard brawl in Saudi...Can we learn from the Irish experience?
Canadian General John de Chastelain was the invited speaker at a public meeting held at the National Library in Ottawa, under the auspices of Potlucks for......
Omar’s brother fights deportation & The Harkats are Stuck
Omar Khadr's older brother Abdullah is currently fighting extradition from Canada to the United States. He is accused of participating in al-Qaeda training camps...NEWS FROM CANADA
Israeli ambassador fears Muslim immigrants On the occasion of Israel's 60th anniversary, Alan Baker, Israel's ambassador in Ottawa, expressed concern......
Finklestein: Middle East powder keg ready to blow
According to Norman Finklestein, not only Israel and the Arab world but all of us may be on the edge of the pit. Speaking at the University of Ottawa on May 2...Open letter on ‘Toronto 11’ to authorities
Ottawa, Canada — In an open letter, the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) in partnership with the Canadian Arab Federation (CAF), Canadian......
More Canadians fighting in Iraq
The lie that Canada has stayed out of the war in Iraq is becoming less and less believable. There is an ongoing rotation of Canadian generals serving with the...Would-be Mountie wins case
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled on April 16 that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had harassed and discriminated against Ali Tahmourpour, a......
Government goes into hiding
When Amnesty International and the British Civil Liberties Association filed a complaint with the independent Military Police Complaints Commission about the...Canadian pro-peace Jews organize
Naomi KleinJournalist and author Naomi Klein gave the keynote address at a meeting in Toronto over the last weekend of March of more than 100 Jews from across......