The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) is a Canadian Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization.[1] NCCM was formerly known as the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN), whose American counterpart, CAIR-USA, has been listed by the FBI as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation case involving the funnelling of money to Hamas, a Palestinian offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood that has been designated as a terrorist group by several Arab nations including Bahrain,[2] Egypt,[3] Saudi Arabia,[4] Syria and the UAE.[5] One of the founding directors of CAIR-CAN was also listed as an unindicted co-conspirator in the same case.[6][7][8]
After Hamas launched an unprovoked assault against Israel murdering about 1200 people, the NCCM failed to condemn Hamas and instead put out a statement on X (formerly Twitter) criticizing Israel's response to Hamas' attacks. Shortly after, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), a Jewish advocacy organization in Canada, sharply criticized the NCCM on X. In response, the NCCM claimed to be speaking for justice and peace but failed to mention Hamas by name or even acknowledge the terror attacks perpetrated by Hamas against Israel.[9]
The NCCM has continued to harshly criticize Israel, frequently making claims that Israel is committing genocide against Gazans while not once mentioning Hamas' attack on Israel and its continued rocket attacks against civilian targets in Israel. Even after UNWRA staff were found to have directly taken part in the October 7th atrocities against Israeli civilians, the NCCM successfully lobbied the Canadian Government into resuming funding of UNWRA while having not once commented on the links between UNWRA and Hamas within Gaza.[10]
According to 2001 census, there were 579,640 Muslims in Canada, just under 2% of the population.[11] In 2021, the Canadian Muslim population was estimated to be 1.8 million or 4.9% of the population.[12]
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- ^ "Bahrain FM: Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist group". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood declared 'terrorist group'". BBC News. 2013-12-25. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia declares Muslim Brotherhood 'terrorist group'". BBC News. 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "U.A.E. Supports Saudi Arabia Against Qatar-Backed Brotherhood". Bloomberg.com. 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "NCCM - National Council of Canadian Muslims". National Council of Canadian Muslims. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- ^ "National Council of Canadian Muslims reveals anti-Islamophobia recommendations".
- ^ Eisen, Danny; Posted, Tom Quiggin (2014-05-12). "May 2014: Opinion: Terrorists in our midst". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "CIJA criticizes the NCCM for failing to condemn Hamas". twitter.com. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "NCCM - National Council of Canadian Muslims". NCCM - National Council of Canadian Muslims. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ Population by religion, by province and territory (2001 Census) Archived 2008-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "The Daily — The Canadian census: A rich portrait of the country's religious and ethnocultural diversity". www150.statcan.gc.ca.