Variantes du nom / Name variations
Munir el-Kassem
Munir Qasimi
Profils / Profiles
– Bridges of Faith (Undated) : Short profile of Munir el-Kassem
Informations essentielles / Basic information
– Islamic Institute for Interfaith Dialogue: Website – Web Archive (Munir el-Kassem is the founder and the current president of the IIID)
– The Record /
– WICS (October 19, 2009): WICS identifies Munir El-Kassem (Qasimi) as a member of one of its substructures
– London Link (May 2011): Munir el-Kassem was appointed Chaplain of the London Police Service in April 2011
– Bradley S. Duncan (London Police Service Annual Report– 2011): London Police Chief highlights Munir el-Kassem’s appointment as Chaplain
Ecrits et discours / Writings and speeches
– Munir el-Kassem (BridgesofFaith.org – Undated): Jihad and Just War Theology: The Islamic Perspective
– Munir el-Kassem (BridgesofFaith.org – Undated): Worship: The Islamic Perspective (El-Kassem presents Muslim Brotherhood leader and IIIT founder Ismail Faruqi as “one of the great Muslim scholars of modern times”.)
– Munir el-Kassem (iiid.ca – Undated): “May God bestow the title of Shaheed (Martyr) on us”
– Munir el-Kassem (iiid.ca – Undated): The ‘Book of Jihad’ allows the use of lottery money to fund Islamic projects in the West
– London Weekend Islamic School (Unspecified date): VIDEO Munir el-Kassem addresses LWIS graduates
– Munir el-Kassem (iiid.ca – March 27-29, 2008): Islam and some of its leaders / Lecture scheduled to be delivered at an interfaith conference between Muslim Scholars and Catholic Bishops in Rome (Reproduction of the original – Text)
– CBC News (April 8, 2013): VIDEO The National (CBC journalist Ioanna Roumeliotis let Munir el-Kassem deceive the viewers about his so-called opposition to terrorism without challenging him about his close relationship with terror-financing organizations.)
– Jonathan Halevi (JonathanHalevi.blogspot – September 29, 2013): Munir El-Kassem on the effects of homosexuality and the lack of charity donations on the economy and climate change / Archive.Today
Articles / Point de Bascule
– Point de Bascule (February 28, 2011): The Muslim Brotherhood and Gaddafi were partners not too long ago
– Point de Bascule (April 5, 2013) : Algeria terrorist attack – Islamic organizations linked with London mosques’ spokespersons Wael Haddara and Munir el-Kassem lost their charity status because of their links with terrorism
– Point de Bascule (6 avril 2013) : Attaque terroriste en Algérie – Le statut charitable de trois organisations islamiques associées aux porte-parole des mosquées de London Wael Haddara et Munir el-Kassem a été révoqué parce qu’elles finançaient le terrorisme
– Point de Bascule (April 19, 2013): Imam Munir el-Kassem – A leader of a terror-funding organization and a Chaplain of the London Ontario Police Service
– Point de Bascule (December 12, 2013): Reviving the Islamic Spirit – In 2003, the launch of the RIS conventions in Toronto was sponsored by an organization tied to Al-Qaida (Munir el-Kassem spoke at the event.)
– Point de Bascule (17 décembre 2013) : Reviving the Islamic Spirit – En 2003, le lancement des conférences RIS de Toronto a été commandité par une organisation liée à Al-Qaïda (Munir El-Kassem était conférencier à l’événement.)
– Point de Bascule (August 21, 2014): The RCMP and other Canadian security agencies still consult Islamist leaders involved in the radicalization of young Muslims
– Point de Bascule (July 7, 2016): NCCM Islamophobia charter in six Canadian cities / In London, police Chief John Pare joined with a former leader of the terror-funding Libyan WICS, Munir El-Kassem
Références / References
– Toronto Star (June 7, 1987): A public advertisement presents Munir el-Kassem as an imam.
– Toronto Star (June 15, 1987): A note from the editor specifies that el-Kassem is not an imam, contrary to what was previously stated in the Star.
– Steven Emerson (American Jihad – 2002): In 2001, Munir el-Kassem urged ICNA’s supporters in Cleveland to donate $10,000 each to ICNA, an organization linked with the Jamaat-e-Islami.
– Neco Cockburn (Toronto Star – January 3, 2004): RIS January 2004 – RCMP commissioner Zaccardelli, Toronto police Chief Fantino and Toronto mayor Miller talk security with Munir el-Kassem, leader of Libyan terror-funding WICS
– MontrealMuslims.ca (July 13, 2004): ICNA MAC 5th Annual Conference (Munir el-Kassem was a participant)
– Surya Bhattacharya (Toronto Star – June 21, 2006): Munir el-Kassem claims that Muslim scholar Riyadh ul Haq’s speeches are “purely religious” (Ul-Haq and el-Kassem spoke at the Youth Tarbiyah conference in Toronto. Ul-Haq claims that Jews are “the most intense in their hatred and enmity towards the believers” and that Hindus are “the ‘chief idolaters’ today.”
– Toronto Star (June 24, 2006): Munir el-Kassem distanced himself from Riyadh ul Haq. (He now claims that he was not aware of some of ul Haq’s past controversial positions when he endorsed him.)
– BlazingCatFur (June 10, 2007): Taliban Jack [Layton] Defends Dr. Munir El-Kassem
– Islamic Society of North America (May 24-25, 2008): 34th Annual Convention (Munir el-Kassem, Faisal Kutty and Qazi Hussein Ahmad, a leader of the Pakistani Jamaat-e-Islami were scheduled to give lectures on the theme Religious Extremism: Fact or Fiction. Qazi Hussein Ahmad was banned from coming to Canada by the federal government because of his jihadist positions.)
– Rory Leishman (FiveFeetofFury – September 26, 2010): Rory Leishman’s email to his friends explaining why he resigned from the London Free Press after the editor refused to publish his article criticizing Munir el-Kassem and Jamal Taleb for taking part in a MAC activity in London.
– Rory Leishman (National Post – September 30, 2010): Media ignores Islamist extremism (The National Post published the article after the London-based Free Press refused to do it because its author condemned Munir el-Kassem for its association with the Muslim Association of Canada that promotes Hassan al-Banna (“Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it.”)
– London Link (July-August 2012): Jamal Badawi, Munir El-Kassem and MAC involved in a new Mosque project in London (Ontario)
– Canadian Institute of Islamic Civilization (October 6, 2012): Munir El-Kassem, main speaker at the CIIC’s inaugural fundraising event
– Tarek Fatah (Twitter – April 5, 2013): Algeria terrorist attack – Tarek Fatah challenges CBC to report links between 2 London Ontario mosques and 3 terror-funding Islamic charities
– Craig Gilbert (London Community News – April 6, 2013): London police chief shows up at Munir el-Kassem’s mosque “in a display of solidarity” after revelation that two city Muslims were among jihadists involved in terrorist attack in Algeria
– Blair McBride (London Free Press – April 8, 2013): Terror on minds of brunchers (El-Kassem is quoted as saying that terrorism is a “cancer on humanity”, adding that “the cancer is of the body. You don’t treat just one part, you treat the whole body.” In his article, the journalist did not bring up el-Kassem’s association with terror-funding organizations.)
– MSA.UWO (April 18, 2013): Munir el-Kassem is Chaplain of the Muslim Students Association at the University of Western Ontario
– Ecole Le Savoir (April 5, 2014): Munir el-Kassem invited at a fundraising event organized by Ecole Le Savoir
Implication avec la WICS libyenne / Involvement with Libyan WICS
– RadioIslam (February 26-28, 2000): Munir el-Kassem, Ekrima Sabri and Louis Farrakham are involved in Gaddafi’s World Islamic People’s Leadership
– Bridges of Faith (November 2-6, 2006): WICS’ interreligious conference in Chicago
– Bridges of Faith (January 3-6, 2008): WICS’ interreligious conference in Tripoli (Web Archive – Text – Reproduction of the original)
– Andrew Coyne (Macleans.ca – June 5, 2008): Liveblogging the Maclean’s / Mark Steyn’s trial IV (Maclean’s counsel mentioned that Munir El-Kassem praised Muammar Gaddafi in 2000 while working for the Canadian Islamic Congress.)
– WICS (October 27-30, 2008) – Schedule of WICS’ eight general conference
– WICS (October 27-30, 2008): Munir el-Kassem shows gratitude to Muammar Gaddafi and is nominated to represent Canada on the World Council of Islamic Call, a WICS substructure
– WICS (October 19, 2009): WICS identifies Munir El-Kassem (Qasimi) as a member of one of its substructures
– WICS (May 20, 2010): WICS participates to the 4th annual conference of Bridges of Iman in Toronto (Munir el-Kassem is identified as Munir Al-Qasim.)
– Agence du revenu du Canada (October 4, 2010): Audit of WICS-Canada
