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I just returned from attending the 35th session of UNHRC in Geneva. It’s been a year since I’ve been there, and much has changed. Earlier, NGO’s had two minutes to make a statement, now they have cut down our time to a minute and a half. Security is also much tighter in terms of visitor passes, so I am fortunate that The Centre for Inquiry accredited me to attend.
On the question of why one attends these sessions when many think ...
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If M-103 is passed, it will silence constructive criticism and widen the gulf between Muslim and non-Muslim Canadians. It will hurt, not help, our efforts to build a more peaceful, tolerant and equal Canada. For these reasons, it is not phobic to oppose M-103. It is, in fact, the duty of every citizen of our democracy.
February 22, 2017 – National Post
On Dec. 5, 2016, Canadian MP Iqra Khalid proposed Motion 103 (a motion against Islamophobia) and began her statement in ...
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IN TIMES OF CRISIS, IGNORANCE DOES NOT HELP!
By Raheel Raza, The Clarion Project June 14, 2016
In wake of yet another attack of terrorism by Jihadists in Orlando Florida we are deeply saddened but not shocked. This attack is not the first or the last. It’s just another checkmark in a string of attacks by the extremists as they gleefully cross off the targets they have destroyed while planning for more attacks.
Once again media pundits and experts are using the language ...
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http://www.pressreader.com/canada/national-post-latest-edition/20151010/281938836746186/TextView
Raheel Raza
October 10, 2015
Source: National Post
This federal election is a watershed event in Canada’s political history. For the first time issues related to radical Islam and terrorism have become electoral factors for the country as a whole. This is not an aberration in our political discourse. It is reflective of similar changes in other western countries and is likely to remain a permanent fixture of our electoral reality for the foreseeable future.
The Liberals and the ...
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October 3, 2015
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/10/03/past-time-to-stop-barbaric-treatement-of-women-and-girls#.VhE5lLQ2G8g.mailto
Raheel Raza – September 25, 2015
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/raheel-raza/niqab-burka-ban-canada_b_8189112.html
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