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Why Is Raheel Raza Screaming?

DATE : October 1, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

Having recently addressed the U.S. Congress, Clarion spokeswoman and board member Raheel Raza this week took on Canada’s parliament. Speaking to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, she urged an end to hate and the promotion of Muslim reformers.

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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.

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What Real Islamic Reform Would Look Like

DATE : August 13, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

We know that the Christian Reform movement is celebrating 500 years going back to 1517 when Martin Luther published a protest against the church as it then existed. Reform Hinduism is a movement also known as revivalism. There is reform in Judaism.

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Raheel Raza: Let’s Defeat the Ideology

DATE : August 3, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

I testified before Congress Thursday on the subject of radical Islam, “Homegrown Terrorism” and “Countering Violent Extremism.”

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Jihadi Jackpot!

DATE : July 6, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

A few days ago we celebrated Canada’s 150th birthday, and I wrote a glowing piece about my love for this country that I call home. This is why when I see something going terribly wrong, it hits me right in the heart.

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Clarion’s Raheel Raza at the UN Human Rights Council

DATE : June 27, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

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.

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O Canada: Muslim Accommodation Gone Too Far?

DATE : May 14, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

Last week I traveled to Pakistan to attend to my mother-in-law who was very ill. Although I visit my land of birth once a year, this was my husband’s first visit in 16 years.

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Raheel Raza: How To Improve Muslim Integration in West

DATE : March 28, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

To some extent radicalization would be lessened if Muslims were better integrated into the West (U.S.) but I would define integration not only as physical but mental and emotional integration as well.

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Canada Heading Towards Blasphemy Law

DATE : February 13, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

On December 5, 2016, Canadian MP Iqra Khalid proposed a bill against Islamophobia (Motion 103). She began her statement in parliament by saying, “Mr. Speaker, I am a young, brown, Muslim, Canadian woman…”

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It’s A Global Jihad, Stupid

DATE : December 21, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy and a fellow reformist Muslim, has just suggested a new mantra in the fight against terror: “It’s the global jihad, stupid.”

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