Representing Canadian Muslims: Media, Muslim Advocacy Organizations, and Gender in the Ontario Shari’ah Debate

This paper analyzes a highly public conflict between two Muslim non-profit organizations, the Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC) and the Muslim Canadian Congress (MCC), as it played out on the pages of Canadian newspapers and Internet websites. Sparked by profoundly divergent convictions about gender n...

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Main Author: Meena Sharify-Funk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Saint Paul University 2009-01-01
Series:Global Media Journal: Canadian Edition
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Online Access:http://www.gmj.uottawa.ca/0902/v2i2_sharify-funk.pdf