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The Canadian Arab Federation
The coalition was fashioned in 1967 to symbolize the interest of Arab Canadians concerning the
public policy construction in Canada. At present, the federation consists of 40 member
organizations.
Mission of CAF
The federation aimed to protect civil liberties and human rights and combat racism and hatred
within the nation of Canada.
The movement has been the most vocal organization in the fight in contradiction of anti-Arab as
well as anti-Muslim actions witnessed in country. The federation has delivered numerous
situation papers to the entire administration concerning the country's policies within southern
parts of Asia in addition to issues of internal settlement rules. The foundation releases its
partisan responsibilities by constructing government and broadcasting relations and gaining
public backing via numerous projects of volume construction inside the community of Canadian
Arabs and endorsing the Arab and Muslim culture.
History of Canadian Arab Federation
Since the establishment of this foundation in 1967, the foundation has always represented the
community of Arab concerning the ranging domestic and foreign affairs. Khaled Mouammar
first led the foundation in 1970, and he also led the organization from 1980 to 1982. From 2002-
2005 the organization was led by Omar Alghabra as their president, and he was again reelected
back in 2006 (Wildeman and Jeremy, 2033; 2017). The current leader of the organization is
Farid Ayad. The federation opposed the Camp David accord engaged by the Egyptian president
Anwar el Sadat in partnership with the chief minister of Israel Menachem began in September
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1978. They also protested against the visit of the beginning to Canada. In the year 1982, the
federation ordered a revision concerning the portrayal of Arabs within the partisan animations
printed amid 1972 and 1982 in Canada's dailies. The study was printed in 1886, and it
established how Arabs were being represented in a stereotyped manner as cruel fanatics,
uninformed, backward and untrustworthy. The investigator indicated the threat of such
unescapable negative imagery, as he recalled the character exercised by the German artistes as
they portrayed comparable portrayals to the Jews. The foundation also participated in the
Canadian council of churches (CCC) initiative in launching the three-party westewards Asian
debate cluster for the Jewish Legislature of Canada, CCC, and the CAF.
During the gulf war period, the federation of CAF documented many violent anti-Arab incidents
as they called out for over a thousand Arab-Canadians' security roundup, the greatest
encompassing security sweep within the history of Canada (Arat-Koҫa and Sedef. 319 ; 2017). In
June 2004, the federation in partnership with the board of America-Islamic associations in
Canada, represented a Canadian superior directive fixed up before the Arar commission to
inspect the unexpected execution plus torment of Maher Arar, who was a resident of Canada
with a derivation of Syria.
Achievements of Canadian Arab Federation
The alliance of CAF opposed the pledge of moving the Canadian delegation in Israel town after
Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by Canadian prime minister. The confederation hold demonstrations in
Toronto in contradiction of the carnage witnessed by amid 762 and 3500 citizens, with most of
them being Palestine's and Lebanese. The federation late joined the association of Arab-Palestine
in helping discover guarantors for the offspring bereaved during those outbreaks. After the chief
minister of Canada realized Palestine's right to a homeland, he was supported by the CAF as
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stated by their president. The federation also reported that the Montreal Company that hired
technicians of aircraft to labor in Israel they were practicing inequitable performs alongside the
Muslim communities. Reports from CAF indicated that the engineering services of LPL
informed their applicants that they were disqualified for the applied position due to their religion.
The federation of CAF reported that it would apply to the Canadian hominoid privileges
directive or the hominoid civil rights commission. The similar time, CAF condemned Canada's
administration for refusing to permit the Rev. Archbishop Hilarion Capucci, who had served
several years in prison because of expending his political position to rustle arms to the Palestine
Deliverance Army. According to the association, the bishop's execution was part of the policy to
remain expressed and conversant spokespersons for the cause of Palestinian out of the communal
eye.
The CAF likewise offered sustenance for a reject of Israel's merchandises. In a report from the
reporters which was responding to the attacks of Israel on Gaza in operation identified as the
seasonal rains, the federation advised the administration of Canada to juncture the cathedrals in
Canada in addition to the combinations by shunning the properties from Israel, depriving from
Israel businesses then even in impressing approvals till Israel withdrew from all their engaged
Arab grounds, destroy entirely its settlement as well as tearing down all the apartheid wall.
Reports from the CAF congress in 2008 indicated that Jewish states escalated their genocidal
crimes against the indigenous Palestine people.
Activities of CAF
In 2007, the president of CAF, Khaled Mouammar, wrote to the Jewish president, addressing
him that he was targeted because of his speak volumes of the middle eastern origin about the
racism which was increasing in Israel society (Bahdi and Reem, 92; 2019). This was not a
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surprise to many Palestine Arab people of Israel who were Muslims and Christians.
Discrimination that these populations experience every day resulted from official xenophobic
strategies formed by the administration of Israel. However, their opposition B'nai Brith Canada
criticized their comment about racism in Israel. They argue that Israel was a self-governing
civilization, vibrant and originated by their principles of respect and tolerance to all their
citizens. According to their report, this constituted the one million Arabs who termed Israel as
their homestead and participated in the party-political course and even attained high-level ranks
within the societies (Ziadah and Rafeef, 9; 2017). However, this was not true as racism in Israel
was becoming mainstream. The federation also supported the flyer's contest as they stated that
Canadians had a right to know the correct information provided.
In 2009, the federation of CAF was criticized by the Tarek Fatah, the Muslim congress founder.
In the editorial printed by the domestic post, Fatah, who had been rewarded the highest award
from CAF, stated that the current leadership in CAR had crooked the federation into the
spokesperson for Hezbollah in addition to Hamas within Canada. He noted the union was
customed to funding deliberations on the advantages as well as disadvantages of the Oslo
concord consensus but currently, they label any supporter of the two-state resolution as a
conspirator to Muslims' cause.
The federation also defended the Hamas and Hezbollah as they argued that the two groups were
genuine partisan celebrations that had ordinary backing. They were signified in the government
also the cabinet of Palestinian and Lebanon authority. These two groups were fighting the illegal
Israel occupation of Palestine and Lebanon, which is assured under international law. The
federation Moammar criticized utterance by Bob Rae as he claimed that Israel's values were also
values of Canada. He said that Canadians devour a right to blame statesmen like Bob, who offer
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provision to an apartheid national which obligates severe hominoid privileges defilements.
People similar Stephen harper and Paul martin who were had no shame in declaring Israel were
Canadian values.
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