Talk:Kaleed Rasheed

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Muslim Brotherhood controversy

Rasheed was promoted to deputy whip on June 29, 2019 as part of the latest cabinet shuffle marking the first year of Doug Ford's PC government.

His members statements include one praising a Muslim Brotherhood linked group, the Al-Qazzaz Foundation for Education and Government as recorded in Hansard on April 17, 2019.

Members Statements > Al-Qazzaz Foundation for Education and Development

Mr. Kaleed Rasheed: "Mr. Speaker, this past week I had the privilege to attend the third annual gala hosted by the Al-Qazzaz Foundation for Education and Development. The Al-Qazzaz foundation is a not-for-profit organization that runs innovative, needs-based education and development programs serving disadvantaged communities in our province, country and around the world. They turn to creative education technology to fill gaps, address resource shortages and increase accessibility of resources to individuals who have no education and language skills, and to vulnerable communities such as refugees who arrive from war-torn lands to seek hope, home and future in Canada.

The foundation was founded by U of T graduates Khaled Al-Qazzaz and Sarah Attia. It was Khaled and Sarah’s passion for democracy, human rights and social justice, combined with their professional experience in education and development, which led to the birth of the Al-Qazzaz Foundation for Education and Development. Mr. Speaker, the foundation’s vision is to foster equity of access and outcome through innovative education and development projects rooted in the values of human rights, democracy and social justice.

Thank you, Khaled and Sarah, for your shared dedication to serving the community and creating such an astounding organization with such a great vision. I cannot wait to see what great programs and projects the foundation will be working on next." ^[1]

Rasheed was originally nominated under a slate of Muslim candidates under the tarnished leadership of Patrick Brown, and fronted by prominent Toronto lawyer Walied Soliman.

Mountaineer519 (talk)

Firstly, the Al-Qazzaz Foundation for Education and Development has certainly been alleged to be affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, but has not been confirmed as such. Secondly, until you can show that media covered his speech as news, Wikipedia gives zero shits about any of this. It's not our job to help you publicize your personal issues with politicians' statements and actions — our job is to summarize the media coverage he has, and anything that didn't get media coverage can fuck off. Bearcat (talk) 17:18, 29 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It is safe to say that Khaled al-Qazzaz^[2], who was one of Mohammed Morsi's foreign affairs advisers makes this a Muslim Brotherhood linked group, as praised by a Muslim Brotherhood MPP. With your logic, hypothetically if Joseph Goebbels somehow escaped to Canada and founded a similar advocacy group it would only be "alleged" to be affiliated to Nazis. The only reason they are able to operate in the open, is because Trump has not designated them as a terrorist group. It would not be something Canada could ignore. As for Walied Soliman, he was only named Chair of Norton Rose Fulbright because he brought in hundreds of millions of $ to the firm from the middle east, and was backed by Brian Mulroney. It has not been confirmed where the money came from, perhaps it was from Egypt or Syria. When the Qatar papers are released, there will be much "media coverage", I'm sure you will swear a blue streak then. Mountaineer519 (talk) 18:26, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Rasheed, K., PC, Mississauga East–Cooksville (April 17, 2019). "Members Statements > Al-Qazzaz Foundation for Education and Development". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Ontario, Canada: Ontario Legislature. pp. 4456–4457.
^ TOI and AP (June 15, 2013). "Egyptian president cuts all diplomatic ties with Syria". Times of Israel. Israel.

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[1] Rasheed, K., PC, Mississauga East–Cooksville (April 17, 2019). "Members Statements > Al-Qazzaz Foundation for Education and Development". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Ontario, Canada: Ontario Legislature. pp. 4456–4457.

[2] TOI and AP (June 15, 2013). "Egyptian president cuts all diplomatic ties with Syria". Times of Israel. Israel.

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