Barbara Kay: Crucial case challenges defamatory accusations of Islamophobia designed to intimidate and silence
Canadians’ right to express evidence-based opinions on Islam’s texts, history, and political causes without fear is on trial
Islamism — defined most benignly as “the belief that Islam should influence political systems”— is, according to Joe Adam George, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s National Security Analyst, the “biggest existential threat to Canada within its borders.”
Leaning on the charge of Islamophobia, the NCCM launched a successful campaign to oust human rights lawyer Collin May from his positions as director of the Alberta Human Rights Commission and Tribunal (AHRC) shortly after his May 2022 appointment. Two weeks ago, the Lawfare Project and law firm Zacharias Vickers McCann LLP announced the filing of a defamation lawsuit against the NCCM on May’s behalf.
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