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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)[2], whose American counterpart, CAIR-USA, has been listed by the FBI as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation[3] 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,[4] Egypt,[5] Saudi Arabia,[6] Syria and the UAE.[7]

After Hamas launched an unprovoked assault against Israel on 7th October, murdering about 1200 people, in a statement posted to X (formerly Twitter) shortly after on 8th October, the NCCM failed to condemn Hamas by name, instead criticizing Israel's response to Hamas' attacks with a small mention of images of "Israeli civilians". This despite images and videos of atrocities perpetrated and recorded by Hamas themselves having saturated social media and news cycles. 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.[8] In the face of criticism, the NCCM published a new statement the following day on 9th October, condemning Hamas attacks against Israeli civilians[9].

The NCCM has continued to harshly criticize Israel, frequently making claims in statements that Israel is committing genocide against Gazans while making no mention in those statements of 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 leading to the USA and Canada among other nations ceasing funding to UNWRA[10], 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.[11]

According to 2001 census, there were 579,640 Muslims in Canada, just under 2% of the population.[12] In 2021, the Canadian Muslim population was estimated to be 1.8 million or 4.9% of the population.[13]

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  1. ^ "Mom of boy on no-fly list 'really looking forward' to travelling after feds announce plan to end mix-ups". CBC. 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  2. ^ "CAIR-CAN evolves to NCCM" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Review of FBI Interactions with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Page 1)" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Bahrain FM: Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist group". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  5. ^ "Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood declared 'terrorist group'". BBC News. 2013-12-25. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  6. ^ "Saudi Arabia declares Muslim Brotherhood 'terrorist group'". BBC News. 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  7. ^ "U.A.E. Supports Saudi Arabia Against Qatar-Backed Brotherhood". Bloomberg.com. 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  8. ^ "CIJA criticizes the NCCM for failing to condemn Hamas". twitter.com. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  9. ^ "NCCM condemns Hamas 2 days after Oct 7 attacks".
  10. ^ "UNWRA links to Hamas and ceasing of funding from USA and other countries".
  11. ^ "NCCM - National Council of Canadian Muslims". NCCM - National Council of Canadian Muslims. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  12. ^ Population by religion, by province and territory (2001 Census) Archived 2008-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ 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.

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Council_on_American-Islamic_Relations

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