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Calgary Imam, founder and president of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, and director of the Al-Madinah Institute in Calgary.
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Khurrum Awan
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Represented Syed Soharwardy in a high-profile 2006 human rights complaint filed with the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission against Ezra Levant and the Western Standard magazine for publishing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, which was alleged to incite hatred against Muslims; the case highlighted tensions between free speech and hate speech protections.
Since 2006
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Complaint withdrawal
Soharwardy withdrew complaint against Levant
2/15/2008