Laith Marouf

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Feds cut funding for anti-racism project over 'vile' tweets by ... (National Post)

OTTAWA — Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen says government funding has been cut to an anti-racism project over “reprehensible and vile” tweets by a senior…

Despite working in the anti-racism sector, Marouf seemed to be unaware that he was disparaging a monument bearing the names of more than 7,000 mostly conscripted Black men. And Marouf’s views were certainly not disguised even when delivering the anti-racism talks for which Ottawa had hired him. “It drove a lot of people away. [noted organizer](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/the-yahoos-who-shamed-canada/article756625/) of a riot outside Concordia University that prevented an on-campus talk by former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [claimed](https://twitter.com/CIJAinfo/status/1559210254767890433/photo/2) Israel was the creation of “White Jews who adopted Nazism.” He referred to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the head of an “Apartheid” colony. Article content

Liberal government cuts funding, suspends anti-racism group's ... (CBC.ca)

The Liberal government has cut funding for an anti-racism group and suspended work on a project it was running after a member of the group made antisemitic ...

Marouf, a senior consultant on an anti-racism project that received $133,000 from the federal government, posted the controversial remarks on his Twitter account. Marouf is listed as a senior consultant on CMAC's website and is quoted saying that CMAC is "excited to launch" the "Building an Anti-Racism Strategy for Canadian Broadcasting: Conversation & Convergence Initiative" with funding support from Heritage's anti-racism action program. "Antisemitism has no place in this country.

'Reprehensible and vile': Anti-racism group loses federal funding ... (Toronto Star)

The community Media Advocacy Centre received a $133000 grant from the Department of Canadian Heritage last year to build an anti-racism strategy for the ...

In an email to the Star, Marouf’s lawyer, Stephen Ellis, described his client’s tweets as “not the most artfully expressed,” but said “reflect a frustration” with the Canadian and Israeli governments. Controversy erupted due to tweets posted by the centre’s senior consultant, Laith Marouf, including one that said, “You know all those loud mouthed bags of human feces, a.k.a. The president and CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs said in a statement that the centre was “gratified” by Hussen’s decision.

LILLEY UNLEASHED: Trudeau gov't cuts ties with anti-racism trainer (Toronto Sun)

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Feds cut funding for anti-racism project over 'reprehensible and vile ... (The Chronicle Journal)

OTTAWA - Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen has ordered the government to cut funding to an anti-racism initiative over "reprehensible and vile" tweets by a ...

Hussen described the tweets as "antisemitic" and called on the centre to explain how they hired Marouf and how they plan on rectifying the situation. The move follows reporting by The Canadian Press on tweets sent by Laith Marouf, a senior consultant on the project to build an anti-racism strategy for Canadian broadcasting. OTTAWA - Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen says the government has cut funding to an anti-racism project over "reprehensible and vile" tweets by a senior consultant involved in the strategy.

Feds cut funding for anti-racism project over 'vile' tweets (CTV News)

Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen says the government has cut funding to an anti-racism project over 'reprehensible and vile' tweets by a senior consultant ...

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Ottawa axes funding for anti-racism project over 'vile' tweets by ... (Globalnews.ca)

Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen last week asked Canadian Heritage to “look closely at the situation” after what he called “unacceptable behaviour” by a ...

Hussen described the tweets as “antisemitic” and called on the centre to explain how they hired Marouf and how they plan on rectifying the situation. [Ahmed Hussen](https://globalnews.ca/tag/ahmed-hussen) says the government has cut funding to an [anti-racism](https://globalnews.ca/tag/anti-racism) project over “reprehensible and vile” tweets by a senior consultant involved in the strategy. The move follows reporting by The Canadian Press on tweets sent by Laith Marouf, a senior consultant on the project to build an anti-racism strategy for Canadian broadcasting.

Canada ends program with adviser who called Zionists 'human feces' (The Jerusalem Post)

The Canadian government had funded a firm whose leading consultant Laith Marouf said Zionists should be shot in the head.

Our government is proud to contribute to the initiative,” and thanked CMAC for “opening these discussions.” “We see this as a timely intervention with the potential to shape how racialized Canadians experience the media space,” Marouf told Cision on the announcement of the project in April. According to its website, CMAC is a nonprofit that promotes minorities’ access to and ownership of multimedia. “We were disturbed that Canadian Heritage approved Anti-Racism Action Program funding to CMAC, an advocacy organization that employs an individual with a more than 20 year history of making outrageous and hateful statements – against Jews, Blacks, Quebecers, and others,” said Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) president and CEO Shimon Koffler Fogel. “You know all those loud-mouthed bags of human feces, AKA the Jewish White Supremacists; when we liberate Palestine and they have to go back to where they come from, they will return to being low-voiced b*****s of their Christian/secular white supremacist masters.” According to a Louisiana obituary, Marouf is listed as the husband of King, another of the three CMAC senior consultants. MP Anthony Housefather tweeted, “Pleased that the contract with CMAC has been ended and that CMAC needs to account for its hiring of Marouf. We are encouraged to see that he will no longer be able to access government funding to help him spew his hateful rhetoric.— B'nai Brith Canada (@bnaibrithcanada) We need a thorough review and measures taken to stop this happening again.” “The antisemitic comments made by Laith Marouf are reprehensible and vile. Are you not aware that he and his wife Gretchen King are CMAC? We have provided notice to the Community Media Advocacy Centre that their funding has been cut and their project has been suspended.”

Canada cuts anti-racism program after lead consultant's 'vile' tweets ... (The Guardian)

Laith Marouf tweeted a series of offensive antisemitic messages, spurring the federal government to cut funding to the initiative.

“While not the most artfully expressed, the tweets reflect a frustration with the reality of Israeli apartheid and a Canadian government which collaborates with it,” Ellis told the Canadian Press on Monday. “Apartheid is a crime against humanity under international law and no amount of Zionist hand-wringing can obscure that fundamental fact. Because the contract was with the CMAC and not Marouf, it complicated efforts by the government to sever the agreement.

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