This takes chutzpah. Does the NCCM have ties to Hamas or not? The superb Canadian site Point de Bascule laid it all out when the NCCM first started threatening to sue. 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 to proceed with libel suit against Stephen Harper and spokesman over ‘terrorist’ comment,” Toronto Star, May 26, 2014:
OTTAWA—A national Muslim organization is proceeding with a lawsuit against Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his chief spokesman for a comment it says linked the organization to a terrorist group.
The National Council of Canadian Muslims is filing a statement of claim in Ontario Superior Court after failing to get an apology from the Prime Minister’s Office for the January remark.
Lawyer Jeff Saikaley says the council is seeking a public retraction and damages of up to $100,000.
The comment in question came after the council criticized the inclusion of controversial rabbi Daniel Korobkin in a delegation accompanying Harper to the Middle East.
In January the council took its first legal step by filing a notice of libel which quotes Harper spokesman Jason MacDonald as saying, “We will not take seriously criticism from an organization with documented ties to a terrorist organization such as Hamas.”
The comment was “categorically false, offensive and defamatory,” Ihsaan Gardee, the council’s executive director, said at the time.
Discussions between the parties have not resolved the matter.
“We did have conversations with the lawyer representing Stephen Harper and Jason MacDonald, and we weren’t able to reach a satisfactory agreement. So we have no choice but to proceed to the next step,” Saikaley said.
“We’re still hopeful that something can be done to avoid an actual trial, but for the time being this is what’s been required to protect our client’s interests.”
The council describes itself as an independent, non-partisan, non-profit group that has worked for 14 years on human rights and civil liberties issues on behalf of Canadian Muslims.
A half-dozen other rights groups, including the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Canadian Association of University Teachers, have offered support to the Muslim group.
There is never a shortage of Useful Idiots.
Bhagwan says
Isn’t this great – assuming they go ahead with the suit, the info can come out to the public? Or have i missed something?
Peter Buckley says
This is great. As much PRESS PUBLICITY as possible from this, please.
Harper’s people will know a lot about Islam.
Remember these Islamist organisations exist mainly to keep secular/moderate/nominal Canadian muslims on “the right path” (i.e.sharia-compliant).
The question on my mind is this:
When they finally admit defeat , and have to pay costs, where will the cheque be traced back to? Who is funding this mob?
All roads lead back Saudi……………
Hilarious.
Eli says
Oh you bet it can come out in public. Libel laws in Canada are very different then they are in the US…discovery gets to be interesting.
45charlie says
The problem in Canada vs the USA is that in the USA the Plaintive must prove the allegation false. In Canada it is the defendant that must prove it is false. It generally puts all the burden on the defense. Makes it less likely you will accuse anyone unless you have proof.
45charlie says
Not to worry . “Prime Minister Harper Fires back at Hamas-CAIR: “We will not take seriously criticism from an organization with documented ties to a terrorist organization such as Hamas”
As I previously reported earlier today, National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), the Canadian branch of the Hamas-tied Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), wrote to Steven Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada, demanding that Rabbi Daniel Korobkin be removed from the PM’s delegation because the Rabbi attended and spoke briefly at my September talk in Canada. (read the whole thing here).
The Prime Minister’s office has responded — brilliantly, I might add.
Jason MacDonald, the prime minister’s director of communications, slammed the NCCM — formerly known as the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR-CAN — for even making the suggestion.
“We will not take seriously criticism from an organization with documented ties to a terrorist organization such as Hamas,” MacDonald said.
Of course, Hamas-CAIR has threatened litigation jihad. NCCM executive director Ihsaan Gardee said: “Our legal counsel is of the view that this statement is defamatory and libelous and we will be taking this up with the PMO.”
I look forward to such a lawsuit. Does Canada have “discovery”? Should the Prime Minister need substantiation, there is a mountain of evidence against the Muslim Brotherhood group in the successful prosecution of the Holy Land terrorist funding trial case, in which CAIR was a named an unindicted co-conspirator.”
Best PM ever !
el cid says
Harper has such clarity on the issues here.
Hopefully, this can actually proceed to trial and gets worldwide attention since trashing these Islamic skinheads will show the world true leadership that leads to others taking action in their own jurisdictions.
And, it will give permission to the Republican candidate in the next presidential election to be outspoken about the problem and will lead to the public worldwide having less patience for lawfare aimed at shutting down free speech.
The outcome of such a fight will set precedence for years to come. And, it may prevent another bozo, Justin Trudeau, who like Obama is a vacuous pretty boy playing to the ladies with cute speeches, from being taken seriously.
IQ al Rassooli says
Dear Robert
The total lack of Logic, Morality and Decency exhibited by CAIR -USA & Canada are nothing compared to their Hypocrisy, Mendacity, Duplicity & Arrogance
The most Racist, Disloyal, Aggressive, Warmongering, Hate mongering, Misogynist & Intolerant belief system in the history of humanity was founded by Muhammad, his Quran, his Sunna and Sharia
All anyone should ask the lawyers of CAIR are the following very simple questions:
According to Islam (Sharia) what are the judge, lawyers and ALL none Canadian Muslims called?
Answer should be: INFIDELS/ Kuffar
What is the destiny of Kuffar according to Islamic teachings?
Answer should be:
1. Conversion to Islam
2. Submission in humiliation and degradation to Sharia for ever
3. Failing the above, EXTERMINATION
Case closed
Please correct me if I am wrong
IQ al Rassooli
Kafir & Proud!
45charlie says
This SOB lived minutes from me. His father was a VIP at the local Mosque I have had words with. “Canadian gets life in embassy bomb plot
Mohammed “Sammy” Jabarah, the St. Catharines school boy who grew to be a high-ranking al-Qaeda terrorist with direct ties to Osama bin Laden, has been sentenced to life in a U.S. prison for plotting to bomb American embassies in Southeast Asia.
By The Ottawa CitizenJanuary 19, 2008
Mohammed “Sammy” Jabarah, the St. Catharines school boy who grew to be a high-ranking al-Qaeda terrorist with direct ties to Osama bin Laden, has been sentenced to life in a U.S. prison for plotting to bomb American embassies in Southeast Asia.
The heavy penalty was due to “the nature of your participation in two conspiracies at the very highest level,” U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones told the 26-year-old Canadian in a New York courtroom yesterday.
Prosecution documents unsealed by the court reveal fresh details in the case, which was so shrouded in secrecy that American justice officials have never acknowledged they were holding Mr. Jabarah, who was arrested in 2002.
The new information portrays a Canadian teenager who became so thoroughly indoctrinated by radical Islam that by 2001, at the age of 19 and with a “clean” Canadian passport in his pocket, he was rising to become one of al-Qaeda’s earliest and most trusted operatives from North America.
He pledged allegiance to Mr. bin Laden in person that summer and met the al-Qaeda leader to discuss strategy on at least three other occasions. His first controller was none other than Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Mr. Jabarah, who was 12 when his family moved to St. Catharines from Kuwait in 1994, now stands as Canada’s only convicted “homegrown” Islamic extremist (he holds dual citizenship), the first to plead guilty to waging a jihad against Americans, and the highest-ranking known al-Qaeda member from Canada.
“Jabarah was a deadly serious terrorist,” said Mark Mershon, assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York office. “Fortunately he did not succeed in his plans, the consequences of which would have been devastating.”
In her 2004 book Seeds of Terror, Jakarta-based investigative journalist Maria Ressa, who had access to CSIS and FBI files, chronicles Mr. Jabarah’s progression from a Roman Catholic school in St. Catharines, through the radical Muslim education system to the terrorist training camps of Afghanistan.
As a teenager, he returned to Kuwait for summer holidays and, along with an older brother, Abdul Rahman, became increasingly involved with radical Islamic teachings. He later trained in guerrilla warfare, explosives and electronic operations, ambush and assassination techniques, sniper courses, the use of hand-held missiles and as a candidate for Mr. bin Laden’s corps of bodyguards.
When he saw pictures of the hijackers following the 9/11 attacks, he recognized four as fellow trainees. He also picked out Richard Reid, the British shoe bomber who was overpowered while trying to ignite a bomb on a transatlantic flight.
Shortly before the 9/11 attacks, Mr. Jabarah tried to persuade Mr. bin Laden to assign him to an attack in North America because of his excellent English.
“I have a clean Canadian passport. I can travel anywhere and merge into western cities better than others who work for you,” he argued, according to the book.
Thomas Quiggin, Canada’s only court-appointed expert on jihadism and a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore, said the Jabarah case is another in series of signals that Canada has a radicalization problem and, “we are doing little to address the ongoing issues or prevent further radicalization.
“We are seeing an increasing amount of evidence that radicalization is occurring in Canada, but we have no religious rehabilitation program to deal with this kind of individual. If he were to serve his time in Canada, would we know how to deal with him, or would he continue to spread his views of radicalized Islam in the jail system?”
In 2001, before the al-Qaeda attacks in the U.S., Khalid Sheikh Mohammed dispatched Mr. Jabarah to meet with terror group Jemaah Islamiyah in Southeast Asia and organize attacks on western embassies and other targets there.
The idea was to strike in Manila, preferably at the U.S. or British embassies, with Mr. Jabarah — code-named “Sammy” — acting as a key planner and paymaster, according to Seeds of Terror. But the targets were hard to hit, and they moved on to Singapore with the same type of target in their sights. Again there were problems as Singapore cracked down in the wake of the New York and Washington attacks.
Mr. Jabarah fled to Thailand and Oman, where he was arrested and deported to Canada. After confessing to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, he surrendered to the FBI in April 2002 and soon after pleaded guilty to conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens in the plots.
While Mr. Jabarah was pursuing his bombing campaign in Southeast Asia, his brother, Abdul Rahman, one year older, was doing his al-Qaeda duty in Saudi Arabia. (He died in a 2003 gun battle with Saudi police.)
Jemaah Islamiyah, meanwhile, switched to Plan B, the bombing of the Sari Club and Paddy’s Bar in Bali, killing 202 people, mainly foreign tourists.
After his arrest, Mr. Jabarah initially co-operated with authorities. But the death of a friend killed by U.S. marines in his native Kuwait turned him against the Americans. “By Allah I will Revenge your death,” he wrote on a newspaper article about the death that was found in his cell.
Officials say he started, “secretly planning to exploit (a) perception of co-operation,” so he could get close enough to FBI agents and prosecutors to kill them with steak knives.
“Weapons and papers seized from Jabarah during an impromptu search of his quarters left little doubt that Jabarah was bent on carrying out a martyrdom mission to murder the ‘infidel’ agents and prosecutors whom he considered responsible for his capture,” according to sentencing memorandum made public in court yesterday.
Mr. Jabarah asked the judge to allow him to return to live with his family, which has moved back to Kuwait, instead of being sent to prison. He said he would like to study medicine and become an ophthalmologist.
“I do not believe in terrorism, violence or killing,” he told Judge Jones. “I am not, I repeat, I am not an infamous terrorist who was indoctrinated at an early age to kill Americans on a terrorist mission.”
The judge said it was “tragic” that he had ceased co-operation with the government and told him that, while he claimed that he’d been brainwashed at age 19 by the al-Qaeda leadership, it was his decision to participate in the terror plots.
“I understand how young people can make foolish mistakes,” the judge said. “It seems to me that even a 19- or 20-year-old who’d make a decision to go ahead and kill people at the embassies had gone past being duped.”
Mr. Jabarah’s lawyer, Kenneth Paul, said his client intends to appeal the sentence.”
45charlie says
It is called Law Fare. They use the courts to intimidate. They did the same against Ezra Levant SUN Media. Not sure what the out come was but the Muslims feel they win even if they lose. Hasn’t slowed Ezra down one bit. The answer to law fare is a civil action for Malicious Prosecution.
Louise from Canada says
Those S.O.B. are doing everything to make money. That is their goal: money, money, money then after start killing us.They know how stupid the law is so they ALWAYS take advantage. I just hope that the Canadians and Americans wake up SOON. I cannot stand ANYTHING that comes from these muslins anymore. And my Lord wants me to like those piece of sh… It is becoming harder and harder to even look at their so ugly satanic faces.
alyn21 says
Pamela Geller was right when she called Stephen Harper the new leader of the free world. I don’t expect he is losing any sleep over the threats being made by those lowlifes at Cair Canada.
As our national anthem states, ” We are the true north strong and free.” Musiims please take note, we intend to stay that way.
Salah says
God bless Harper, a true leader of the free world.
John C. Barile says
Amen.
baconlover says
He is about the only World Leader with a set, him and the Israel PM and will go down in history as one of the best PM’s Canada has ever had.
Obozo will go down in history as the WORST President the USA has ever had. I don’t even like to look at this man’s face anymore. I remember when he was first running for Pres., he had me fooled at the time as well. He is a good speaker and he sucks in the masses. Can’t wait until 2016, bye, bye, Obozo the top clown!
BW022 says
Lawfare won’t work against the Prime Minister’s office.
First, the government of Canada will pay to defend any such lawsuit. As such, it will never settle.
Second, Canada has a loser-pays legal system. When he looses, he’ll be ordered to pay reasonable defense costs. This won’t be a fraction of what the actual defense costs is, but it will be sufficient to bankrupt or seriously cripple this guy financially.
Third, the PMOs office has massive powers of investigation and resources.
Forth, in Canada, not only to you have to prove that what was said wait false and damaging, you have to proof that a reasonable person would know it is false.
Fifth, this is going to generate massive amounts of bad publicity. The entire history of CAIR-CAN, CAIR, its leaders, etc. will be spelled out again in front of the public.
Jonathan Kay for the National Post reviewed a current lawsuit from a former CAIR-CAN member against Ezra Levant aptly entitled “Ezra Levant’s trial echoes a time when Canada’s radical Muslim activists were taken seriously”.
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/03/07/jonathan-kay-ezra-levants-trial-transports-us-back-to-a-time-when-muslim-radicals-were-taken-seriously/
45 says
I agree it won’t work. In Canada Defamation suits, the Defendant must prove his statements are true or reasonably believed they are true. The burden is on the Defense.