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Hamas-linked Canadian Muslim group accuses Harper government official of libel for saying it has Hamas ties

Jan 28, 2014 9:54 pm By Robert Spencer

NCCM

This takes chutzpah. Does the NCCM have ties to Hamas or not? The superb Canadian site Point de Bascule laid it all out last week. A sampling:

In order to understand the context of the PMO’s remarks, it is helpful to go back to the origins of CAIR-CAN. CAIR-CAN was established as a branch of the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) that had itself been founded by three leaders of a Hamas front group in the United States.

In their answers to FAQs provided when CAIR-CAN became NCCM, NCCM leaders completely falsified history and claimed that “There was never any operating or funding relationship between CAIR.CAN and CAIR.”

The operating relationship between a Hamas front group called Islamic Association of Palestine, CAIR and CAIR-CAN is presented in the following chronology:

June 1994 “ The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was established by three leaders of the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP): Nihad Awad, Omar Ahmad and Rafeeq Jaber. The IAP was a front group for Hamas in the United States in the eighties and nineties. In a video archived by the Investigative Project on Terrorism, Nihad Awad expresses his support for Hamas at Barry University in 1994. In 2002, an American judge presiding the case Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development v. Ashcroft concluded that the “Islamic Association for Palestine (“IAP”), has acted in support of Hamas.”

2000 Foundation of CAIR-CAN

December 29, 2000 “A CAIR-CAN press release issued in Washington provides the name of a US-based CAIR leader as contact to comment about a fire at a mosque in Canada. In this press release, CAIR-CAN is referred to as CAIR’s “office in Canada.”…

Jamal Badawi and Wael Haddara are two important pillars of the Muslim Brotherhood infrastructure in Canada. Both were members of CAIR-CAN Board of directors for ten years or so. Badawi was still identified as a CAIR-CAN leader on the organization’s website on May 28, 2013, while Haddara resigned his position on the Board on April 3, 2012. On March 3, 2004, both of them were simultaneously on CAIR-CAN’s Board and on the Muslim Association of Canada’s Board. That day, MAC issued a press release in which it openly endorsed Hamas. That was more than one year after the Canadian government, Liberal back then, had added Hamas to a list of terrorist organizations. The listing is available on Public Safety Canada’s website….

In 2002-2003, while he was on CAIR-CAN’s Board, Wael Haddara was also an administrator for IRFAN-Canada. In April 2011, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) revoked IRFAN-Canada’s charity status after it concluded that, for the period 2005-2009 alone, it transferred $14.6 million to the terrorist organization Hamas (GMBDR – Toronto Star). A CRA audit of IRFAN-Canada for the fiscal year 2002 confirms that Wael Haddara was on IRFAN-Canada’s Board of Directors at least from 1999 to 2003. (See pp. A-2 and A-3)

In 2002, while she was CAIR-CAN Chair, Sheema Khan endorsed Youssef Qaradawi by introducing him as a “renowned Muslim scholar” to her Globe and Mail readers. Youssef Qaradawi is the most important leader of the Muslim Brotherhood international network, its spiritual leader. He is also considered Hamas’ spiritual guide. In the past, his fatwas have been quoted by Hamas to justify its suicide operations against civilians at the heart of Israel.

Jamal Badawi and Wael Haddara are two important pillars of the Muslim Brotherhood infrastructure in Canada. Both were members of CAIR-CAN Board of directors for ten years or so. Badawi was still identified as a CAIR-CAN leader on the organization’s website on May 28, 2013, while Haddara resigned his position on the Board on April 3, 2012. On March 3, 2004, both of them were simultaneously on CAIR-CAN’s Board and on the Muslim Association of Canada’s Board. That day, MAC issued a press release in which it openly endorsed Hamas. That was more than one year after the Canadian government, Liberal back then, had added Hamas to a list of terrorist organizations. The listing is available on Public Safety Canada’s website….

Does the NCCM really think they can keep all this information out of the public eye and the hands of the Harper government? Harper has already shown himself to have considerably more courage on this point that virtually anyone with political power in the U.S. “Muslim group demands apology from Harper, chief spokesman,” from The Canadian Press, January 28 (thanks to all who sent this in):

A major Canadian Muslim group is demanding an apology from Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his chief spokesman for a comment it says linked the organization to the militant group Hamas.

The National Council of Canadian Muslims has filed a notice of libel in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice that accuses Jason MacDonald of acting maliciously when he made the comment earlier this month.

The council had criticized the inclusion of a controversial rabbi in Harper’s delegation that went to the Middle East last week.

“Rather than responding to our legitimate concerns, the PMO’s director of communications attacked us and attempted to smear our name by claiming NCCM had ‘documented ties to a terrorist organization such as Hamas,”‘ Ihsaan Gardee, the council’s executive director, told a news conference Tuesday.

“Nothing could be further from the truth. NCCM will not let the PMO’s false statement stand.”

The council says MacDonald’s comment was a deliberate attempt to discredit the group and Harper is responsible for the words uttered by his spokesman. On CBC News Network’s Power & Politics, Gardee told host Evan Solomon that “this is school-yard bully tactics – an attempt to silence dissent from anybody who has a differing view or anybody who asks a question of this government that is more difficult to answer than did the sun rise in the east this morning.”

The libel notice is the first step in what could become a formal lawsuit….

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  1. mortimer says

    Jan 28, 2014 at 10:52 pm

    They probably want to find out what Canada’s spy agency has on them and how they got it. This is not going to happen. They should all lose their passports and residency permits. Ship them to Berzerkistan.

    • Mulakush says

      Jan 29, 2014 at 10:51 am

      They have dug their own hole here. Let the trial proceed. And their nefarious deeds and connections will come out in the open. I think that the trial is a good thing.

      • Murad says

        Jan 29, 2014 at 4:13 pm

        Canada too timid to investigate Muslim criminals.

  2. mortimer says

    Jan 28, 2014 at 10:56 pm

    What a hoot! CAIR was created to impose censorship on views opposing Sharia!

    Yet they have no shame in accusing the Canadian government of “an attempt to silence dissent from anybody who has a differing view “.

    That’s what these supremacists are set up for! To enforce Sharia anti-blasphemy censorship!

    CAIR-CAN only wants to shut down points of view that differ from the Muslim Brotherhood’s ! Shameless hypocrites and vile liars!

  3. RodSerling says

    Jan 28, 2014 at 10:59 pm

    NCCM (CAIR-CAN) gives Notice of Libel to Prime Minister’s Office. They are being represented by Clayton Ruby’s law firm. Full document viewable from the linked page:

    http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/muslim-group-serves-pmo-with-libel-notice-1.1659370
    —————————-

    NCCM would be foolish to try to take this further than the Notice itself, given the facts that could come out to the general public. On the other hand, the media is (mostly) favourable to such Muslim groups and hates Harper, and the NCCM would not have trouble finding a judge biased in their favour and against Harper.

  4. gravenimage says

    Jan 28, 2014 at 11:10 pm

    Hamas-linked Canadian Muslim group accuses Harper government official of libel for saying it has Hamas ties

    This takes chutzpah. Does the NCCM have ties to Hamas or not? The superb Canadian site Point de Bascule laid it all out last week…
    ……………………………

    In Islam, an assertion need not be false to be considered “libel”. It is enough if it is something that the Muslim doesn’t not want known…

    And this is increasingly becoming the case in the West, as well. When Mark Steyn was dragged before the “human rights” council in Canada, he was told that the truth was not a consideration.

    The fact is that CAIR and CAIR-CAN have clear ties to Hamas.

    Now we just have to hope that Canada is not so far gone that such a “libel suit” can fly there.

  5. EYESOPEN says

    Jan 29, 2014 at 1:45 am

    Same old bullying and intimidation tactics that is the norm for those infused with the islam virus. I hope Harper tells them to “Butt out.”
    (Actually, I would appreciate a more militant response; but alas, that is not something we are likely to see from any politician. But I can still hope!)

  6. SM ISAC says

    Jan 29, 2014 at 8:47 am

    Gutsy (and factually correct) response from Jason MacDonald is refreshing and welcome, especially coming from a politician.

  7. Shobhna Kapoor says

    Jan 29, 2014 at 10:17 am

    I am very proud of our PMO’s office for standing up to the bullying by NCCM. I would ask the PMOs office to go further and look into other Muslim Brotherhood front groups like MSAs which infest university and college campuses with their hatred

  8. Brian C. Hoff says

    Jan 29, 2014 at 1:49 pm

    Thomas Morse the far right wing Christian law firm lost they legal case against CAIR, the local city council , the police chief and local school board for canceling than anti-Islam speaker event was cancel by the police chief. The speaker claim to be than ex-muslim that was found to be false by the Federal court, he is than Christian that worked for Pat Robson. Thomas Moore sue CAIR for asking the school to cancel the speaker which they have the constitution right to do. The speaker claim to be than Islam Religious leader with than phoney title make up by Pat Robson which never exsit in Islam.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 29, 2014 at 6:10 pm

      You never say whether you support Hamas, “Brian C. Hoff”.

      Really, what does “DefenderofIslam” have to say about these Jihadists?

      • Brian C. Hoff says

        Jan 29, 2014 at 9:35 pm

        Pat Robson was very dishonest setup one of christian worker to run than fake Islamist organizuon than have than other one of his christian worker pretent to be than ex-muslim with than 25,000,000 price on his head to the chief of police who only rgan small police department at the last minutes so the police chief order the event shut down which he can do legal, there where other events where taken plave with childern. That why Thomas More Law Firm agree to have all of those lawsuits dismiss they would have lost big time.

  9. canadian lady says

    Jan 29, 2014 at 9:52 pm

    Mr Harper has already stated the truth previously and publicly that the the biggest threat to world peace is Islam. imo the truth ! Hamas a terrorist organization ? lol thats a no brainer just follow the grief and death from Russia to Lebenon ,then Syria to Africa as most here know already.
    I am glad our prime minister has legal training/education ,this so called libel is just a tactic to test Canadian resolve to see who they can depend on to continue the jihad in the west from within.If these Arabs consider the United states has been over taken already Obabba included then imo we are being tested

    • RodSerling says

      Feb 1, 2014 at 8:38 am

      “Mr Harper has already stated the truth previously and publicly that the the biggest threat to world peace is Islam.”

      Islam? Harper is much better than most Western politicians on Islam-related issues, but I’d be surprised, very surprised, if he’d said Islam. I would imagine most of the media in Canada would still have not recovered if Harper had said Islam is the biggest threat. I believe you are referring to an interview with Peter Mansbridge of the CBC, where Harper said “Islamicism” was the biggest threat. (I believe he meant to say “Islamism”; “Islamicism” generally refers to the scholarly study of Islam.)

      If Harper does believe that Islam is the biggest threat to world peace, that hasn’t had any effect on the massive unchecked flow of Muslim immigration into Canada.

      “I am glad our prime minister has legal training/education”

      Harper’s education is in Economics.

  10. Brian C. Hoff says

    Jan 29, 2014 at 10:10 pm

    I than the security guard at the mosque sunday school to make sure that no man have sexual act or harm the little childern. Our city is the dumping ground for any sex offender no one want in the state plus we board than mexican city that can have mexicain who is than sex offend to. It isnot my job to make sure that girls and women wear the Hijab some brothers want me to do. I than also to make sure nobody park in the fire lane at the mosque. Three teenager girls where not wearing the hijab that I was worry one of our brother would do something to them,I was ready to talk to then about it I was told by than moslim sister who is than missory that I could not so as I have touble expression myself, she talk to then about that an they start to wear the hijab.

  11. IndianTiger says

    Jan 30, 2014 at 10:22 pm

    Islamic thugs are now using libel jihad to silence their critics. I would be happy to contribute to any group that launches a class action suit to ban koran as hate literature for advocating violence against kaffirs. We must give them back their own (bitter) medicine.

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