The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) is a Canadian Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization.[1][2] NCCM was formerly known as the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN).[3][4]

In 2014, the NCCM sued former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his spokesman Jason MacDonald for defamation for alleging that the organization had "documented ties" to Hamas, a designated terrorist group in Canada.[5] In February 2015, Jason MacDonald was questioned under oath in the defamation case and Stephen Harper claimed parliamentary privilege to avoid testifying.[6] That same month, MacDonald resigned as the Prime Minister's communications director.[7] In March 2017, in a publicly announced settlement of the libel lawsuit, MacDonald admitted that his statements regarding the NCCM were inaccurate.[8] The Government of Canada also issued a statement "disavowing MacDonald's suggestion that the council had terrorist ties."[8]

In contrast to The Global Imams Council, which after the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel condemned the 'genocidal antisemitism' of Hamas, and barred members from attending pro-Hamas rallies, an NCCM statement issued on the day following the attack failed to make any reference to the Hamas attack that had targeted civilians in Israel, and instead referenced only “Israeli attacks on Gaza,” and accused Israel of “war crimes.”[1]

According to 2001 census, there were 579,640 Muslims in Canada, just under 2% of the population.[9] In 2021, the Canadian Muslim population was estimated to be 1.8 million or 4.9% of the population.[10]

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  1. 1 2 "Canadian-headed Muslim group condemns Oct. 7 attacks, bans members from rallies | National Post".
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "NCCM - National Council of Canadian Muslims". National Council of Canadian Muslims. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  4. ↑ "National Council of Canadian Muslims reveals anti-Islamophobia recommendations".
  5. ↑ "Muslim group takes next step in court action against PMO spokesman | CTV News". www.ctvnews.ca. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  6. ↑ Am; Feb 18, a Connolly Published on; 2015 1:00pm (2015-02-18). "Harper invokes parliamentary privilege in libel lawsuit". iPolitics. Retrieved 2019-06-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "Jason MacDonald leaving Prime Minister's Office 7 months before election". CBC. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  8. 1 2 "Stephen Harper's ex-spokesman admits he wrongly suggested Muslim group had terrorist ties".
  9. ↑ Population by religion, by province and territory (2001 Census) Archived 2008-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ 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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