The federal diversity minister says he is taking action over “disturbing” tweets by a senior adviser on an anti-racism project that received $133,000 from his department. Ahmed Hussen asked Canadian Heritage to “carefully review the situation” after what he called “unacceptable behaviour” by Laith Marouf, a senior adviser involved in the government-funded project to combat racism in broadcasting. Marouf’s Twitter account is private, but a screenshot posted online shows a series of tweets with his photo and name. One tweet said: “You know all those noisy bags of human excrement aka Jewish White Supremacists; when we liberate Palestine and they have to go back to where they came from, they will go back to their quiet dogs (sic ) Christian/Secular Masters of White Supremes”. Marouf declined to comment, but when asked about the tweet, a lawyer for Marouf asked that his client’s tweets be quoted “verbatim” and that a distinction be made between Marouf’s “clear reference to ‘Jewish white defenders’” and Jews or Jews in general. Marouf harbors “no animosity toward the Jewish faith as a collective group,” attorney Steven Ellis said in an email. Last year, the Community Media Advocacy Center received a $133,800 grant from the Department of Cultural Heritage to build an anti-racism strategy for Canadian broadcasting. Marouf is listed as a senior advisor on CMAC’s website and is quoted as saying CMAC is “thrilled to launch” the “Building an Anti-Racism Strategy for Canadian Broadcasting: Conversation & Convergence Initiative” with funding from its Anti-Racism Action Program Heritage. He expressed gratitude to “Canadian Heritage for the cooperation and trust placed in us,” saying CMAC is committed to “ensuring the successful and responsible execution of the project.” Hussen, who is based at the Department of Cultural Heritage, said in a statement: “We condemn this unacceptable behavior by an individual who works for an organization dedicated to fighting racism and discrimination.” “Our position is clear — anti-Semitism and any form of hatred have no place in Canada. That’s why I’ve asked Canadian Heritage to carefully review the situation involving disturbing comments made by the individual in question. We will deal with this with organization accordingly, as this clearly goes against the values ​​of our government,” Hussain added. CMAC did not respond to a request for comment. Irwin Cotler, a former Liberal justice minister who was appointed Canada’s special envoy on anti-Semitism by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said Marouf’s tweet referring to “bags of human feces with loud mouths” was “beyond the pale.” Kotler said he plans to speak to officials working in the anti-racism heritage department about the issue. Simon Kofler Fogel, president and CEO of the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said Canadians “should be horrified” by his tweets. “Canadian Heritage must review its oversight policies to ensure that Canadian taxpayer dollars are provided to groups committed to cherished Canadian values ​​and to the fight against racism, hatred and discrimination,” he said. This report by The Canadian Press was first published on August 19, 2022.

title: “Fed Investigates Disturbing Tweets By Consultant For Government Sponsored Anti Racism Program Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-19” author: “Samuel Ing”

The federal diversity minister says he is taking action over “disturbing” tweets by a senior adviser on an anti-racism project that received $133,000 from his department. Ahmed Hussen asked Canadian Heritage to “carefully review the situation” after what he called “unacceptable behaviour” by Laith Marouf, a senior adviser involved in the government-funded project to combat racism in broadcasting. Marouf’s Twitter account is private, but a screenshot posted online shows a series of tweets with his photo and name. One tweet said: “You know all those noisy bags of human excrement aka Jewish White Supremacists; when we liberate Palestine and they have to go back to where they came from, they will go back to their quiet dogs (sic ) Christian/Secular Masters of White Supremes”. Marouf declined to comment, but when asked about the tweet, a lawyer for Marouf asked that his client’s tweets be quoted “verbatim” and that a distinction be made between Marouf’s “clear reference to ‘Jewish white defenders’” and Jews or Jews in general. Marouf harbors “no animosity toward the Jewish faith as a collective group,” attorney Steven Ellis said in an email. Last year, the Community Media Advocacy Center received a $133,800 grant from the Department of Cultural Heritage to build an anti-racism strategy for Canadian broadcasting. Marouf is listed as a senior advisor on CMAC’s website and is quoted as saying CMAC is “thrilled to launch” the “Building an Anti-Racism Strategy for Canadian Broadcasting: Conversation & Convergence Initiative” with funding from its Anti-Racism Action Program Heritage. He expressed gratitude to “Canadian Heritage for the cooperation and trust placed in us,” saying CMAC is committed to “ensuring the successful and responsible execution of the project.” Hussen, who is based at the Department of Cultural Heritage, said in a statement: “We condemn this unacceptable behavior by an individual who works for an organization dedicated to fighting racism and discrimination.” “Our position is clear — anti-Semitism and any form of hatred have no place in Canada. That’s why I’ve asked Canadian Heritage to carefully review the situation involving disturbing comments made by the individual in question. We will deal with this with organization accordingly, as this clearly goes against the values ​​of our government,” Hussain added. CMAC did not respond to a request for comment. Irwin Cotler, a former Liberal justice minister who was appointed Canada’s special envoy on anti-Semitism by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said Marouf’s tweet referring to “bags of human feces with loud mouths” was “beyond the pale.” Kotler said he plans to speak to officials working in the anti-racism heritage department about the issue. Simon Kofler Fogel, president and CEO of the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said Canadians “should be horrified” by his tweets. “Canadian Heritage must review its oversight policies to ensure that Canadian taxpayer dollars are provided to groups committed to cherished Canadian values ​​and to the fight against racism, hatred and discrimination,” he said. This report by The Canadian Press was first published on August 19, 2022.

title: “Fed Investigates Disturbing Tweets By Consultant For Government Sponsored Anti Racism Program Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-21” author: “Erwin Parker”

The federal diversity minister says he is taking action over “disturbing” tweets by a senior adviser on an anti-racism project that received $133,000 from his department. Ahmed Hussen asked Canadian Heritage to “carefully review the situation” after what he called “unacceptable behaviour” by Laith Marouf, a senior adviser involved in the government-funded project to combat racism in broadcasting. Marouf’s Twitter account is private, but a screenshot posted online shows a series of tweets with his photo and name. One tweet said: “You know all those noisy bags of human excrement aka Jewish White Supremacists; when we liberate Palestine and they have to go back to where they came from, they will go back to their quiet dogs (sic ) Christian/Secular Masters of White Supremes”. Marouf declined to comment, but when asked about the tweet, a lawyer for Marouf asked that his client’s tweets be quoted “verbatim” and that a distinction be made between Marouf’s “clear reference to ‘Jewish white defenders’” and Jews or Jews in general. Marouf harbors “no animosity toward the Jewish faith as a collective group,” attorney Steven Ellis said in an email. Last year, the Community Media Advocacy Center received a $133,800 grant from the Department of Cultural Heritage to build an anti-racism strategy for Canadian broadcasting. Marouf is listed as a senior advisor on CMAC’s website and is quoted as saying CMAC is “thrilled to launch” the “Building an Anti-Racism Strategy for Canadian Broadcasting: Conversation & Convergence Initiative” with funding from its Anti-Racism Action Program Heritage. He expressed gratitude to “Canadian Heritage for the cooperation and trust placed in us,” saying CMAC is committed to “ensuring the successful and responsible execution of the project.” Hussen, who is based at the Department of Cultural Heritage, said in a statement: “We condemn this unacceptable behavior by an individual who works for an organization dedicated to fighting racism and discrimination.” “Our position is clear — anti-Semitism and any form of hatred have no place in Canada. That’s why I’ve asked Canadian Heritage to carefully review the situation involving disturbing comments made by the individual in question. We will deal with this with organization accordingly, as this clearly goes against the values ​​of our government,” Hussain added. CMAC did not respond to a request for comment. Irwin Cotler, a former Liberal justice minister who was appointed Canada’s special envoy on anti-Semitism by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said Marouf’s tweet referring to “bags of human feces with loud mouths” was “beyond the pale.” Kotler said he plans to speak to officials working in the anti-racism heritage department about the issue. Simon Kofler Fogel, president and CEO of the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said Canadians “should be horrified” by his tweets. “Canadian Heritage must review its oversight policies to ensure that Canadian taxpayer dollars are provided to groups committed to cherished Canadian values ​​and to the fight against racism, hatred and discrimination,” he said. This report by The Canadian Press was first published on August 19, 2022.

title: “Fed Investigates Disturbing Tweets By Consultant For Government Sponsored Anti Racism Program Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-26” author: “Richard Seguin”

The federal diversity minister says he is taking action over “disturbing” tweets by a senior adviser on an anti-racism project that received $133,000 from his department. Ahmed Hussen asked Canadian Heritage to “carefully review the situation” after what he called “unacceptable behaviour” by Laith Marouf, a senior adviser involved in the government-funded project to combat racism in broadcasting. Marouf’s Twitter account is private, but a screenshot posted online shows a series of tweets with his photo and name. One tweet said: “You know all those noisy bags of human excrement aka Jewish White Supremacists; when we liberate Palestine and they have to go back to where they came from, they will go back to their quiet dogs (sic ) Christian/Secular Masters of White Supremes”. Marouf declined to comment, but when asked about the tweet, a lawyer for Marouf asked that his client’s tweets be quoted “verbatim” and that a distinction be made between Marouf’s “clear reference to ‘Jewish white defenders’” and Jews or Jews in general. Marouf harbors “no animosity toward the Jewish faith as a collective group,” attorney Steven Ellis said in an email. Last year, the Community Media Advocacy Center received a $133,800 grant from the Department of Cultural Heritage to build an anti-racism strategy for Canadian broadcasting. Marouf is listed as a senior advisor on CMAC’s website and is quoted as saying CMAC is “thrilled to launch” the “Building an Anti-Racism Strategy for Canadian Broadcasting: Conversation & Convergence Initiative” with funding from its Anti-Racism Action Program Heritage. He expressed gratitude to “Canadian Heritage for the cooperation and trust placed in us,” saying CMAC is committed to “ensuring the successful and responsible execution of the project.” Hussen, who is based at the Department of Cultural Heritage, said in a statement: “We condemn this unacceptable behavior by an individual who works for an organization dedicated to fighting racism and discrimination.” “Our position is clear — anti-Semitism and any form of hatred have no place in Canada. That’s why I’ve asked Canadian Heritage to carefully review the situation involving disturbing comments made by the individual in question. We will deal with this with organization accordingly, as this clearly goes against the values ​​of our government,” Hussain added. CMAC did not respond to a request for comment. Irwin Cotler, a former Liberal justice minister who was appointed Canada’s special envoy on anti-Semitism by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said Marouf’s tweet referring to “bags of human feces with loud mouths” was “beyond the pale.” Kotler said he plans to speak to officials working in the anti-racism heritage department about the issue. Simon Kofler Fogel, president and CEO of the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said Canadians “should be horrified” by his tweets. “Canadian Heritage must review its oversight policies to ensure that Canadian taxpayer dollars are provided to groups committed to cherished Canadian values ​​and to the fight against racism, hatred and discrimination,” he said. This report by The Canadian Press was first published on August 19, 2022.