El-Farouk Khaki is on Cultural Wars' with John Oakley - 640 am radio - the issue 'Racial profiling in the name of Security'
El-Farouk Khaki Wishing you all a very happy holiday season, and a 2010 filled with Joy.
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"For us it's disappointing, because there's no accounting for
homophobia. So the fact that there is no appeal mechanism really does
leave people at the whim of a decision maker who may not be very
sympathetic to them," says El-Farouk Khaki, a refugee and immigration
lawyer who sits on the Egale Canada board as well as Egal...e's legal
affairs committee.
Khaki ran as an NDP candidate for Toronto Centre in the last two federal elections.
"You need to have oversight and accountability that's accessible to
people, and right now, it's not accessible because the only option you
have if you receive a negative refugee decision is to go to the Federal
Court for a judicial review," Khaki adds. "A judicial review is much
narrower in scope than an appeal. It basically leaves out a lot of
people — it leaves them out to dry."
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With a tie-breaking vote cast by the speaker, Bill C-291 died on third reading in the House of Commons Dec 11. The bill would have seen the creation of a long-overdue Refugees Appeal Division, leaving refugees no internal mechanism to fight bad decisions.
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Activist El-Farouk Khaki capped off the night as one of the finalspeakers. He noted that the bill will introduce a death penalty foranyone living with HIV who is convicted of "aggravated homosexuality." "This is taking the step of controlling our bodies that much further,"said Khaki. "It not only criminalizes and stigm......atizes queers, but itabsolutely furthers HIV and AIDS stigma. We can't forget that. It'sbeen mentioned only once tonight."
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Xtra.ca reporter Ryan Carter attended a meeting in protest of Uganda's anti-gay bill at The 519 Community Centre in Toronto.
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Global Human Rights For Queers. El-Farouk Khaki is the Founder of Salaam and is the 2009 Pride Parade Marshal. He is a Canadian refugee and immigration lawyer and human rights activist on issues including gender equality, sexual orientation and progressive Islam.
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Five O'Clock Train - CHUO 89.1 FM radio interview with politician, lawyer and activist El-Farouk Khahi
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Toronto-based
human rights lawyer El-Farouk Khaki, who specializes on
LGBT rights and has worked on Russian cases in the past,
says the situation in Russia and Eastern Europe is
interesting for a number of reasons.
“The
strategy may h...ave changed, but the hate has not,”
Khaki said from Toronto. “Now there are gay
bars in cities like Moscow but you can’t leave
at night because you face the risk of being attacked by
skinheads and gangs while the cops do nothing.”
“The
‘morality’ standards only apply to [LGBT
people] and not heterosexuals.”
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In ahigh-profile same-sex marriage case in Moscow that has sparked outrage and protests from people on both sides of the issue, on Wednesdaya court held up a Russian lesbian couple’s appeal of theirbeing denied the right to marry.
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El-Farouk Khaki (left) who has known Manji for more than a dozen years, criticized The Trouble With Islam on several counts, including that it's not written to engage Muslims, but to be marketed to "small-c conservatives in the U.S. and Canada."
While
Khaki {a gay activist, like Manji, and a one-time NDP candidate}
doesn'...t completely discount that a fanatic Muslim might want to do harm
to Manji, he says "sensationalism sells." He notes there is a strong correlation between vigorous book sales and an author in possible danger.
Khaki,
a Vancouver-raised lawyer who now specializes in refugee law in
Toronto, says Muslims would never deny Manji the right to identify
herself as a follower of Mohammed. Still, he questions Manji's motives
in doing so.
"In the end, Irshad says Islam has to answer to her.
It's very egotistical," says Khaki, a member of the Muslim Canadian
Congress. "It's all centred around her. I don't see a love of Islam.
She's like a 14-year-old private-school girl who's pissed off at her
friends and lashing out."
Khaki also says Manji cherry-picks her anecdotes in an intellectually suspect way. "She's
looking at the worst of Islam and comparing it with the best of
Christian or Jewish theory. She also doesn't grapple with issues of
race or colonialism."
Khaki says Manji's giving the false
impression she's one of the only Muslims in North America taking on the
excesses of reactionary Islam.
Other reformers, Khaki says, are also
challenging Islam's many fundamentalist leaders (especially those in
U.S.-backed Saudi Arabia) and actively advocating ijtihad.
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The Panelists
Ali Kazimi, director of Continuous Journey
El-Farouk Khaki, immigration lawyer
Dan Doreen, representative, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
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The second film in Noor’s Our Home and Native Land? film festival, Continuous Journey will serve as a starting point for examining acts of exclusion both inside and outside of Canadian borders.
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|| Pride Toronto is zeroing in on Global Human Rights for Queers, taking the fight worldwide.
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(L-R) El-Farouk Khaki ( Founder of Salaam, 2009 Pride Toronto's Grand Marshal) and Kim Crosby, Panel Discussion, Queer Peers, a Human Rights Panel Discussion on International Transgender Politics,An evening ...
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El-Farouk Khaki, a refugee and immigration lawyer, described the
difficulties faced by applicants in same sex relationships, including
complications in documenting or proving the validity of conjugal
relationships that have not been disclosed to friends and family, or in
countries where same sex marriage is not legal. Part...ners or spouses may
not be declared by the applicant for fear of reprisals and children are
sometimes not declared to reinforce the legitimacy of the applicant's
sexual orientation.
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In celebration of Asian and South Asian Heritage Month, the Law Society of Upper Canada hosted a forum to discuss current immigration issues and trends, focusing specifically on issues around spousal sponsorship, same sex-couples and the Live-in Caregiver Program. ...
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This year’s Grand Marshal, of the Pride Parade was El-Farouk Khaki,a Tanzanian born Muslim lawyer, who has been at the forefront infighting for refugees and the protection of human rights. He is also anactivist on issues including gender equality, sexual orientation, and progressive Islam.
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Today, Sunday June 28th, marked the 29th Annual Pride Parade in Toronto. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, communities from all over North America, and the world converge on the city once a year, to celebrate, and recognize their hard earned achievements in the struggle to gain equal rights. ...
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If you are in To and free tonight, please join us @ the following event. i am speaking from the Muslim perspective.
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Everyone Welcome
Lieu :U of T-Larkin Building on Devonshire Place (Room 211)
Date/heure :jeudi 29 octobre 2009 18:30
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