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REPORT ON A TRIP TO MINNEAPOLIS

DATE : February 11, 2018 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

On January 23, I went on the trip to Minneapolis, Minnesota to meet with some State Representatives and activists. Between 2008 and 2013, about 40 young men left Minneapolis to join al-Shabaab, the militant, radical Islamist insurgent group at war in Somalia, between approximately 2008 and 2013. Since then, 11 people from the Twin Cities […]

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CANADIAN AWARD TO CANADIAN ACTIVIST

DATE : January 31, 2018 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : One Comment

On January 29, 2017 an event was hosted by Muslims Facing Tomorrow to celebrate Raheel Raza receiving the Senate Sesquicentennial Medal in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Senate of Canada in recognition “valuable service to Canada”. Senator Linda Frum made the presentation. Barbara Kay, journalist and author par excellence delivered […]

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POOR ZAINAB – A TINY PAWN IN A LARGER POLITICAL GAME IN PAKISTAN

DATE : January 14, 2018 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : One Comment

The horrific tragedy of Zainab Ansari, an eight year old girl who was raped and murdered in Kasur, Pakistan has the attention of the whole world. It’s heart-breaking and gut wrenching to read the news and see her parents sorrow. Ten other girls have been sexually assaulted in a similar way in Kasur, while law […]

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2017 ROUNDUP

DATE : December 31, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

2017 was a ‘bumper’ year for travel and media. Overall I gave approximately 300 media interviews and took over 50 flights. January • Travelled to Israel where I attended workshops, conferences and had meetings with various individuals including one-on-one with The Clarion Project. February • Was invited for a one-hour interview on the Mark Steyn […]

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CARNAGE AT CHRISTMAS

DATE : December 24, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 2 Comments

It was the fifth year of Mohammad’s Prophethood and his followers were being ruthlessly persecuted by his enemies. Prophet Mohammad advised a small group of Muslims to leave Mecca and take refuge in Abyssinia, where he knew the Christian King known as Negus, was just and fair. The group of Muslims under the leadership of […]

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NEW YORK ATTACK

DATE : November 1, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : One Comment

Once again evil has struck New York City. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims and those injured. Facts are quite straight forward: • Its cowardly • It will happen again • This is part of the “war on the West” declared by the Jihadists • There are no ‘lone wolves’ […]

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MEETING GEORGE W. BUSH FOR LUNCH – an eye-opener

DATE : October 29, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

Islamic history is something we do not debate or discuss. We accept it as handed down to us. So we have villains who have been made into heroes and heroes who remain unidentified. Case in point, Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was a ruthless and merciless ruler who had no qualms about assassinating his brothers or imprisoning […]

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TO SILENCE ME…PLEASE STAND AT THE END OF THE QUEUE!

DATE : October 4, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 7 Comments

“To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing” Certain quarters on the Left, probably under a lot of $$$$ influences, are suggesting that I’m anti-Muslim. These organizations are not even Muslim themselves so how dare they question my faith, my relations with fellow Muslims who are my family and friends and my right to […]

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TESTIMONY ON M-103

DATE : October 1, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 4 Comments

Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage 42nd. Parliament, Wednesday Sept 27, 2017 – M 103 Raheel Raza, President Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow Madame Chairman, members of the Committee, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the opportunity to address this Committee. My name is Raheel Raza and I am President of The Council for Muslims Facing […]

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Free Raif Badawi: Plea at UN Human Rights Council

DATE : September 24, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

President Donald Trump in his address to the UN General assembly in New York last week critiqued some of those countries holding positions in the human rights council that offer no human rights for their own citizens. I tend to agree with him as I have seen during my trips to the UNHRC in the […]

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