Circulating Unenlightened, Racist, Bigoted Muslim Views in Canada

 

"Allegations of rape made by Israel are false. It's a lie. Just like every other allegation made by Israel turns out to be a lie, including the mass slaughter of Israeli citizens on the 7th of October. That too was a lie."

"The taking of hostages is a very important part of any strategic sort of military action or act of resistance or the such because for every hostage you can then negotiate."

"Having lunch with the #Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh."

"[Canadian authorities are] under pressure not to admit me [as] my views on Palestine were unacceptable to them."

"I would, frankly, have had more respect for the Canadian immigration authorities had they simply said ... that they were under pressure not to admit me. That my views on Palestine were unacceptable to them. That my criticism of Israel's crimes against humanity was intolerable."

Anas Altikriti, British-Iraqi Muslim activist, member of British Muslim Brotherhood 

Anas Altikriti pictured in 2009. Photo Leon Neal/AFP via Getty Images

 

"Inadmissibility concerns may be identified before a person travels to Canada, at the time that they seek entry to Canada, or after they are already inside Canada."

"Generally speaking, individuals who are found to be inadmissible cannot travel to or enter Canada."

Canada Border Services Agency  

Scheduled to speak by invitation of the Muslim Association of Canada as a keynote presenter at the group's annual convention, his official bio published beforehand identified him as someone of note in the Muslim world: "his work spans public advocacy, political discourse, civil rights and even hostage negotiations". His name, along with those of others on the convention's roster attracted the attention of Canadian Jewish groups sensitive to the potential presence of 'activists' of this man's caliber all of whom have a distinct tendency to slander Israel and falsely charge the Jewish state with slanderous blood libels.

 

Anti-extremist organizations are also on the alert for the presence of those, like Altikriti whose incendiary remarks are beyond controversial. On arrival at Montreal's Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to begin his visit to Canada at the behest of the Muslim Association, the man was detained, undergoing hours of questioning by border authorities, the end result of which was that he was denied entry to Canada, and was instead escorted onto a flight back to the United Kingdom from whence he had departed. 

"Muslim Brotherhood organisations in the UK – including charities – are connected to counterparts elsewhere in Europe."

"Mab are associated with the Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe (FIOE), established by the Muslim Brotherhood in 1989."

"FIOE subsequently created the European Council for Fatwa and Research, another pan-European Muslim Brotherhood body, intended to provide religious and social guidance to Muslims living in Europe."

British Government Report  

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As far as Michal Cotler-Wunsh, of the International Legal forum is concerned, the scheduled gathering in Toronto at the Enercare Centre was in reality a 'Muslim Brotherhood conference'. The Jewish Onliner publication highlighted 2023 comments by Altikriti where his description of the October 7 terrorist attacks in southern Israel  represented a 'lie'. That statement and other supporting statements denying the reality of any such Palestinian terrorist attack on Israel had been published by Britain's The Telegraph.

 

Photographed with Ismail Haniyeh, a senior Hamas member at the time of the attacks of October 7, Altikriti had a very personal relationship with one of the chief strategists of the terrorist group. Other scheduled speakers for the conference were Ebrahim Rasool, a politician with the African National Congress who had hosted a Cape Town memorial for Haniyeh after his 2024 assassination by Israel when the architects of the October 7 atrocity were hunted down by Israel.

 

According to the Jewish Onliner, multiple speakers that were to appear at the conference "have held positions in, or have been publicly linked to, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's political ecosystem". At a previous such Muslim Association of Canada annual conference, an Egyptian-born  preacher, Sheikh Nashaat Ahmed, was a keynote speaker who in social media posts referred to Jews as "descendants of pigs and apes". Which the Muslim Association of Canada explained away as that Muslim scholars occasionally "use the term 'Jews' interchangeably when discussing Israel".

  

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"The upcoming Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) conference is scheduled to platform speakers whose public records raise serious concerns about extremism, terrorist-support networks and incitement. B’nai Brith Canada’s investigation identified 11 scheduled speakers or participants with documented links to five organizations that have been criminally prosecuted, terrorist-designated or formally cited by foreign governments in connection with Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood or other extremist activity. "

"After B’nai Brith Canada shared its findings with federal law enforcement, one of the individuals, Anas Altikriti, who was scheduled to speak at the conference, was denied entry into Canada earlier today."

"MAC’s decision to include these speakers is a serious failure of institutional responsibility. No credible public organization should need outside intervention to identify speakers whose records involve associations with extremist networks, support for terror, criminal charges, incitement and endorsement for “armed jihad.” MAC must explain how this conference program was approved, who reviewed these speakers, and why Canadians were expected to accept this platforming as legitimate community programming. "

B'nai Brith Canada