More than this: more than half the respondents were connected to CAIR.CAN and a “good proportion” engaged in Islamic advocacy, Fothergill discovered. First, obviously, there’s the collaboration itself, which lends credibility and respectability to NCCM/CAIR.CAN and ISSA from two prestigious but allegedly neutral bodies, the CHRC and the Red Cross. Then there is the apparent CHRC and Red Cross failure of due diligence. Furthermore, some specialists say NCCM/CAIR.CAN strategically aims to silence its critics through “libel lawfare” — a pattern of lawsuits intended to chill free speech against the group and its brand of Islam. MFT is distressed by the activities of certain organizations claiming to represent Muslims while closely linked to the supremacist Muslim Brotherhood.

Source: National Post September 14, 2016 03:56 UTC