Toronto Muslim Does Not Endorse Replacing Canadian Law with Sharia Law

Supporters of Bill 21 argue it's a reasonable step towards enshrining the separation of church and state in Quebec, while critics say it is discriminatory, has made it more difficult for religious minorities to integrate, and that it unfairly ...

Thirteen challengers brought the case to court, including the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the National Council of Canadian Muslims, the World Sikh Organization of Canada and the English Montreal School Board. Watch: Isolation or neutrality: The cost of Quebec's secular law · Because Muslim women make up a larger share of Quebec's population than other religious minorities, they have been particularly affected, said Nadia Hasan, a researcher and associate professor at York University in Toronto.

The measure would expand Canada’s hate speech laws, create a new hate-crime offense and add penalties for intimidating or blocking people from accessing houses of worship, cultural spaces, schools, senior residences and cemeteries. The sharpest criticism of the bill focuses on its repeal of a long-standing defense for religious speech in some criminal hate speech cases. ... Christian and Muslim groups say the change could chill sermons, religious debate and other faith-based expression, while the Liberal government and some Jewish advocacy groups say the bill is aimed at combating antisemitism, not criminalizing religion.

Christian and Muslim groups say the change could chill sermons, religious debate and other faith-based expression, while the Liberal government and some Jewish advocacy groups say the bill is aimed at combating antisemitism, not criminalizing ...

In a top court case with far-reaching consequences for Canadian unity, opposing sides clashed this week over an increasingly used measure to override some rights in Canada’s Constitution. The long anticipated case at the Supreme Court of Canada focuses on a 2019 Quebec law on secularism and religious symbols.

CMF's ongoing work included the 2019 Parliamentary Day and public campaigns aimed at advancing the fight against Islamophobia, which helped ensure that the issue remained a central concern in Canadian politics. Motion 103 has been accused of "singling out Muslims for special treatment", by ...

Toronto Star's publisher, John Cruickshank, claimed that "a big segment of the Canadian media has been peddling ‘flat-out racism and bigotry’ against Canadian Muslims." The now-defunct Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC) started to monitor Canadian media coverage for Islamophobic sentiment in 1998. The CIC opposed the use of expressions such as "Muslim militants" and "Islamic insurgency" by arguing that no religion endorses ...

The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) are announcing our intention to appeal the Quebec Superior Court decision regarding Bill 21 to the Quebec Court of Appeal. ... Part of Quebec’s Bill 21 (anti-religious law) has been struck down. ... We are now entering the second stage of the trial challenging Bill 21 – the Laicity Act in Quebec. All of the evidence has now been presented before the court: the witnesses and experts have been examined and cross-examined.

Evidence before the courts shows that Bill 21 affects religious people of many faiths, including Jewish men who wear kippahs and Sikh men and women who wear turbans; but its impact falls particularly heavily on Muslim women who wear the hijab.