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Iftar at Canadian Parliament
7-12-2016
On June 15, members of Ottawa’s Muslim communities were invited for an iftar (meal to break the Ramadan fast) on Parliament Hill sponsored by 19 Members of Parliament (MPs) including Ahmed Hussen, Alexandra Mendes, Ali Ehsassi, Arif Virani, Bill Blair, Chandra Arya, Fayçal El-Khoury, Greg Fergus, Iqra Khalid, Majid Jowhari, Marwan Tabbara, Maryam Monsef, Omar Alghabra, Rob Oliphant, Salma Zahid, Shaun Chen, Terry Duguid, Yasmin Ratansi, and Ziad Aboultaif.
The event was co-sponsored by the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) and Paramount Fine Foods.
NCCM is moving forward with their #Stronger Together Campaign, being able to have open dialogue with MPs will become even more important. “The iftar on Parliament Hill is definitely a positive step in the #StrongerTogether campaign. We will be rolling out four different campaigns starting with Bill C-51 and having Canadian Muslims and our allies meeting with MPs across the country to express their concerns around this legislation and to hold the government to account on the promises that it has made to ensure that the new law and the amendments that they make to this law are more effective at striking that balance between national security, civil liberties and human rights.”
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