Collective Letter Against the Office of Elghawaby, over 200 signatories
Amira Elghawaby’s Office does Not Facilitate Constructive Dialogue
“We, Quebecers and Canadians of all origins, women and men, wish to express our opposition not only to the nomination of Ms. Amira Elghawaby but also to the very office of special representative on combatting Islamophobia.
After displaying so much prejudice against Quebecers, Ms. Elghawaby simply does not have the moral authority to hold such a position. In order to build bridges and pursue a constructive dialogue, one must be able to inspire confidence. Her belated apology under intense political pressure seems more coerced than spontaneous.
[…] we see no benefit to this appointment or to the position itself.”
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2023-04-01: Warsaw, Atheist Days, Talk by David Rand
Comparison of English and French Models of Secularism and the Importance of Universalism
Presentation given by the author at Atheist Days 2023 in Warsaw, Poland, organized by the Kazimierz Łyszczyński Foundation in collaboration with the Fundacja Wolność od Religii (Freedom from Religion Foundation).
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In the News: Ottawa Must Stop Funding the NCCM
Collective letter, signed by some 40 persons, including the president of Atheist Freethinkers, asking the federal government to cut all funding to the National Council of Canadian Muslims which repeatedly denigrates Quebec and Quebeckers, as part of its campaign against Bill 21, and makes false allegations about the effects of that law.
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