Winnipeg, Canada - Muslim Advocate's Discrimination Allegations Against B'nai Brith Drag On |
Winnipeg, Canada - A Jewish human rights organization says it is being unfairly targeted in a discrimination complaint that it can’t possibly defend.
Legal counsel for B’nai Brith Canada said the organization has been dogged by a four-year-old complaint to the Manitoba Human Rights Commission where specifics of the alleged wrongdoing have not been spelled out and the complainant never witnessed the alleged incident.
‘‘We’re involved in shadow-boxing,’’ lawyer David Matas said of B’nai Brith’s attempts to defend a complaint of discrimination.
‘‘It’s been 4 1/2 years and we don’t understand why this (complaint) hasn’t been dismissed as frivolous,’’ he said.
In February 2004, prominent Muslim advocate Shahina Siddiqui filed a complaint against B’nai Brith for hosting a counter-terrorism workshop for police, firefighters and paramedics which she said was biased against Muslims.
The workshop had been held the previous October and was given by an internationally renowned firm with expertise in counter-terrorism.
Siddiqui admitted she never attended the workshop, but filed the complaint after hearing comments from those she said had attended.
Matas said the commission staff have told him they’ve interviewed the individuals Siddiqui said passed the comments to her, but the commission refused to disclose the identity of those individuals or what it is they’ve allegedly told the commission.
Matas said B’nai Brith had little involvement in the October 2003 counter-terrorism workshop other than hosting it.
He said the organization was unable to find anything offensive in the presentation and could not locate any individual who believed the presentation was biased against Muslims.
Siddiqui could not be reached for comment and the executive of the Manitoba Human Rights commission did not return calls.
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Aug 31, 2008 at 10:32 AM Mark Levin Says:Report as Inappropriate
"In February 2004, prominent Muslim advocate Shahina Siddiqui filed a complaint against B’nai Brith for hosting a counter-terrorism workshop for police, firefighters and paramedics which she said was biased against Muslims."
OK, lets use our brains here for a second and then we could say it the way it is. The reason it 'may have been' biased against Muslims is because.....
Are you ready for this one????
How about now????
Perhaps not all muslims are terrorists but generaly all terrorists are muslims (or otherwise very connected to them).
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Aug 31, 2008 at 10:49 AM Milhouse Says:Report as Inappropriate
Unfortunately, Bnai Brith led the campaign to get these "human rights commissions" set up in the first place, in order to punish people who said things they didn't like (e.g. Nazi supporters). Now it's biting them in the backside, and I can't feel sorry for them. They destroyed free speech in Canada, but thought that they alone would be able to continue saying what they liked? Welcome to the Brave New World you created, Bnai Brith. Thank you very much.
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Aug 31, 2008 at 10:49 AM Gabby Says:Report as Inappropriate
This is silly - so incriminating
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Aug 31, 2008 at 12:15 PM clarification Says:Report as Inappropriate
"free speech" is currently non-existent in Canada
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Aug 31, 2008 at 03:16 PM vildechaia Says:Report as Inappropriate
Let's see: she heard from "someone" who had been there?! Let's get some actual facts first. That this has been ongoing and unresolved for so long is a shanda.
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Sep 01, 2008 at 12:10 AM Gabby Says:Report as Inappropriate
The police and fire dept should stand up to this claim ! Not the Host !