victims by including a victim’s ordeal in her article. One of the victims of torture that Naomi Klein includes in her argument is a Syrian-born Canadian known as Maher Arar. Maher Arar is the world’s most famous victim of rendition by US officials. He was detained by US investigators at an airport in New York and then rendered to Syria. Arar was held in a tiny cell in Syria for ten months. While in detention‚ he was periodically taken out for beatings. The evidence that was
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situation‚ Eight Crossings CEO Patrick Maher felt the pressure when clients began to ask him for a lower rate. Most of the costs of running Eight Crossings are related to labor. Overhead and materials are minimal for this type of work. Consequently‚ for Maher to offer his clients a better price‚ he would have to cut what he paid employees or stop earning a profit. The pay level at Eight Crossings had been about 5 percent about the average for the industry. Maher believed that this pay strategy gave
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Islamic prophet‚ which was later on reprinted in many of European countries. Publishing such a pictures was highly incorrect in the opinion of Muslims‚ who got really angry and even wanted to kill the author of those pictures. Also the case of Bill Maher‚ who was expelled from the Television Station‚ for which he was working for‚ shortly after he said that it was not cowardice to destroy World Trade Center Towers using a plane in which the terrorist is sitting‚ but cowardice is to lob cruising missiles
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Religulous (documentary) The 2008 documentary Religulous by Bill Maher‚ is about religion‚ of course‚ but most of it’s about how religion is seen by other people around the world. Bill Maher states his views on religion‚ although he makes fun of it‚ we have to understand that everyone has a different opinion and perspective about what religion is to them. I am a catholic and I can’t say I’m devoted to my religion and go to church every Sunday‚ because I don’t. I was baptized as a baby‚ went to CCD
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‘Medina’ by Maher Zain. This song falls into the genre of Soul music‚ which is a popular music genre mostly for early teens to young adults. Examples of other popular contemporary or modern Soul music artists include‚ Mary J. Blige‚ Anthony Hamilton‚ Joss Stone‚ and Raphael Saadiq. This genre originated in the U.S from around 1950s to early 1960s. Moreover‚ In January of 2010‚ Maher Zain was awarded the World Music Awards for being the World’s Best Entertainer of the Year. Furthermore‚ Maher Zain and
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today. I will speak of four ways in which 9/11 affected Canada: The accusation that some of the hijackers entered the U.S. through Canada‚ how 9/11 affected immigration to Canada for Muslims‚ the way Muslims live in Canada today‚ and the story of Maher Arar and its relation 9/11. One of the biggest ways that 9/11 has affected Canada was through an accusation was brought up by a sitting U.S. Senator‚ Montana representative Conrad Burns[1].The accusation stated that some of the terrorists who
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to the ability how broad this definition could become and the amount of power this would give CSIS and the government. Civil rights were being offended in this mad rush to stop any potential threats of terrorism and this led to cases such as Maher Arar. Arar‚ a
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the lack of accountability in regards to operations can lead to the abuse of power privileges. Arar had to succumb to abuse‚ torture‚ and horrifying conditions in a Syrian jail after being kidnapped by American authorities who were under the impression from leaked private Canadian files that Arar was involved in terrorist activity. These shared files accompanied with information from the RCMP that Arar and his wife were “Muslim extremist” ultimately led to him falling victim to the American extraordinary-rendition
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It is generally accepted that the life of an average fifteen-year-old Canadian boy revolves around his friends‚ sports teams‚ video games and perhaps even school. Nowadays teenage boys have little worries such as handing in an assignment on time or waiting in line for hours outside of a big electronics store to get their hands on the release of the latest video game. Omar Khadr‚ a 15 year old Canadian boy also shared the same interests. Just like every other teenage boy‚ he loved basketball and
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should be used to the fullest extent. If we do not have hard evidence that the suspect is involved with committing future actions‚ it should be avoided. If interrogation is in-acted without evidence to support this claim it could lead to another Maher Arar situation. He was a Canadian citizen who was taken by U.S. officials in Kennedy
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