So thought that I would google this group.
City's battered Muslims wounded by baseless allegations
Wednesday, August 27, 2003 4:20 pm
Edmonton Journal, 27/8/2003
By Tim Weiss
(Tim Weis is an Edmonton member of CAIR-CAN’s advisory board)
Allegations and suspicions made in the public arena are very difficult to undo and more difficult to overcome - regardless of the poverty of their basis. It is for this reason that Edmonton’s Muslim community was baffled and disappointed to read in the Journal about defamatory statements made by the Toronto-based
Mackenzie Institute that alleged the Al-Rashid mosque has links to extremism.
The so-called "proof": the Al-Rashid mosque is listed in the index of all Canadian Islamic centers on the Canadian website of the Muslim World League. After reading the article, anyone with access to the Internet could quickly see that there is no claim of affiliation between the hundreds of listed organizations and the website hosts. Even Canadian government departments are listed.
The
Mackenzie Institute did not make its report available to the public and has refused to provide a copy to officials of Al-Rashid mosque who were faced with a serious allegation suddenly being printed citywide, based on nothing more than a list on the Internet. Given the vast and uncontrolled nature of the Internet, the emptiness of this claim is self-evident. Nonetheless, the fact that it was printed inevitably has real consequences for ordinary Canadian Muslims, calling into question our reputation and integrity.
http://www.caircan.ca/oped_more.php?id=497_0_10_0_CFounded in 1986 in Toronto, the Mackenzie Institute is an independent non-profit organization concerned with issues related to political instability and organized violence. This includes such matters as terrorism, political extremism, warfare and organized crime.
http://www.mackenzieinstitute.com/A Mackenzie Institute Occasional Paper
Canadian Attitudes Toward Gun Control: The Real Story
http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/Buckner/GUNCOVER.htmIt would be interesting to say the least to see the financial contributers for this institute.