Ms. Farzana Hassan

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  www.mississauganews.com/article/24354 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/25/2009    Last Visited: 2/25/2009  

  Promoting diversity is a noble idea, but in Canada multiculturalism can often mask abuse, said Farzana Hassan, president of the Mississauga-based Muslim Canadian Congress. "When subgroups within subcultures are marginalized because of certain practices such as polygamy, wife battery or women not having same opportunities as men, as prevalent in some cultures, you cannot endorse multiculturalism," said Hassan.

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  By Farzana Hassan
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  Farzana Hassan is a Director of the Muslim Canadian Congress.

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  By Farzana Hassan-Shahid
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  Farzana Hassan-Shahid is a member of the Muslim Canadian Congress.

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  Published on: 10/8/2009    Last Visited: 11/3/2009  

  Farzana Hassan, communications director of the MCC said, "Islamists are defending the burka as if it was the central pillar of Islam. They consider Muslim women who do not cover their heads and faces--the vast majority -- as sinners or lesser Muslims.
  
  "It is of utmost importance that the Canadian government take the lead and end this medieval misogynist practise once and for all," Ms. Hassan added.

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  Published on: 10/19/2009    Last Visited: 10/19/2009  

  That said, Farzana Hassan of the MCC is correct to say "gender equality is an absolute right in Canada," and that the burka denies women this right.
  
  An increasing number of women in Canada are being forced by husbands to wear what she calls a "loose robe and veil ... setting them apart from other Canadian women ... (and) have to cover your face or have to wear a virtual tent wherever you go."
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  Ms. Hassan recalled the appeal of an Ontario judge's ruling that a woman testifying against her alleged rapist does not have the right to wear a veil in court.

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  www.culturalrenewal.ca/qry/page.taf?id=39&_nc=71b2a0a7f - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/26/2009    Last Visited: 9/19/2009  

  In a recent CentreNews, we included an article by Farzana Hassan, former President of the Muslim Congress of Canada, in which she took to task the Centre for Faith and Media. Her primary accusation was that CFM had inadvertently been working with an organization with links to terrorism. She claimed that CAIR-CAN individuals who have participated in CFM events were Islamists with suspicious connections. She also complained that more Muslim voices and groups were not represented at CFM events.
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  Farzana Hassan, a freelance writer and former president of the Muslim Canadian Congress, has recently written an article for IPT News about the involvement of Heritage Canada with the Centre for Faith and the Media (CFM), an organization which she claims has "been used as a welcome mat for radical Islamism". She says that through the CFM, the Council on American-Islamic Relations Canada (CAIR-CAN) is being permitted to project itself as "moderate" at publicly-funded roundtables, even though it is suspected of terrorist connections.

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  Published on: 10/9/2009    Last Visited: 10/9/2009  

  'The burqa has absolutely no place in Canada,' said Farzana Hassan of the Muslim Canadian Congress.
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  Hassan acknowledged the Quran preaches modesty, but 'it doesn't have to be that you have to cover your face or you have to wear a virtual tent wherever you go. This is not a requirement of Islam or the Quran.'
  
  Hassan blamed extremist Muslims for its rising popularity in Canada. 'To counter this trend, we are asking for a ban on the burqa,' she said.
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  Hassan was not able to say exactly how many women in Canada wear the burqa, but said 'it is on the rise' in Toronto and Montreal.

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  Published on: 10/8/2009    Last Visited: 11/3/2009  

  "The burka has absolutely no place in Canada," said Farzana Hassan, of the Muslim Canadian Congress.

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  Published on: 7/14/2009    Last Visited: 9/29/2009  

  Farzana Hassan, Writer, Canada

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  Published on: 5/3/2009    Last Visited: 7/4/2009  

  Farzana Hassan, activist, writer, and former president of the Muslim Canadian Congress, was recently hired as the director of spiritual exploration at the Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga, Ontario. (The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life - Washington, DC 5.5.09)

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