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Shanifa Nasser
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Journalist at CBC News interested in the justice system, national security and stories with a heartbeat.📍Toronto Tips/story ideas: ✉️ [email protected] | 🔗 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/author/shanifa-nasser-1.3965983
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Nov 23
Woke up to a ton of new followers today 🚀, so hi all!

I'm a reporter at cbcnews.ca writing on the justice system, use of force, and trying to bring nuance to national security coverage. Before that, I was on a PhD track in religion but quit to pursue journalism.

Have a tip? My email's in my bio!👋
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Apr 26
Really hope it's all resolved in time! If it isn't and you'd like to chat, feel free to get in touch: [email protected]
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Apr 10
Netanyahu, sought by the ICC for alleged war crimes, weighs in on Mark Carney's comments on Israel, saying it is "fighting a just war with just means."

After seemingly agreeing with a protester that Israel is committing genocide, Carney said yesterday he didn't hear the word. www.cbc.ca/1.7506027
Prime Minister of Israel @IsraeliPM PM Netanyahu: Canada has always sided with civilization. So should Mr. Carney. But instead of supporting Israel, a democracy fighting a just war with just means against the barbarians of Hamas, he attacks the only Jewish state. Mr. Carney, backtrack your irresponsible statement! 2:57 PM - April 10, 2025
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Apr 10
UPDATE: Canadian legal group cancels upcoming event after uproar over disinviting Syrian Canadian entrepreneur www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canadian legal group cancels upcoming event after uproar over disinviting Syrian Canadian entrepreneur | CBC News
A Canadian legal association under fire for cancelling a Syrian Canadian entrepreneur's upcoming speech over his stance on Gaza says it will cancel the event altogether.
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Apr 10
UPDATE: Canadian legal group cancels upcoming event after uproar over disinviting Syrian Canadian entrepreneur www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canadian legal group cancels upcoming event after uproar over disinviting Syrian Canadian entrepreneur | CBC News
A Canadian legal association under fire for cancelling a Syrian Canadian entrepreneur's upcoming speech over his stance on Gaza says it will cancel the event altogether.
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Apr 10
UPDATE: The Advocates' Society's treasurer Sheila Gibb has resigned over its cancellation of Syrian Canadian Tareq Hadhad's speech, citing a "chilling effect" on members.
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Canadian legal group rocked by 2nd high-profile resignation after it cancelled speech by Syrian Canadian | CBC News
The fallout over a Canadian legal organization's decision to cancel a noted Syrian Canadian entrepeneur and peace advocate's speaking invitation is deepening, with another high-profile resignation, th...
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Apr 10
UPDATE: The Advocates' Society's treasurer Sheila Gibb has resigned over its cancellation of Syrian Canadian Tareq Hadhad's speech, citing a "chilling effect" on members.
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Canadian legal group rocked by 2nd high-profile resignation after it cancelled speech by Syrian Canadian | CBC News
The fallout over a Canadian legal organization's decision to cancel a noted Syrian Canadian entrepeneur and peace advocate's speaking invitation is deepening, with another high-profile resignation, th...
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Apr 5
BREAKING: The incoming president of prominent Canadian legal organization The Advocates' Society has resigned, saying the group 'abandoned' its values in cancelling Peace by Chocolate founder Tareq Hadhad's speech over concerns on his views on Gaza.

My latest: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Cancelled speech by Syrian Canadian entrepreneur sparks resignation by legal group's incoming president | CBC News
The incoming president of one of Canada’s most high-profile legal organizations has resigned amid an “existential crisis” at The Advocates’ Society over its decision to cancel a Syrian Canadian entrep...
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Mar 28
Tareq Hadhad came to Canada as a Syrian refugee and founded the socially conscious Peace by Chocolate, making headlines for his inspiring story.

Now a prominent legal group, The Advocates' Society, has cancelled his keynote address after concerns about his stance on Gaza. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Legal group draws ire for cancelling humanitarian advocate's speech over his stance on Gaza | CBC News
A prominent legal organization is facing criticism for cancelling a speech by a noted entrepreneur and humanitarian advocate after, it says, some members expressed concerns about his position on Israe...
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Feb 5
Ismailis hold that the Aga Khan IV descends directly from an unbroken line of imams going back to the Prophet Muhammad.

Not since 1957, when Prince Shah Karim al-Husseini succeeded his grandfather Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, has the community experienced the death of a spiritual leader.
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Feb 4
Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims around the world, has died at 88.

It's almost impossible to grasp the enormity of this moment for the Ismaili community.

More to come:
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Aga Khan dead at 88 | CBC News
Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims around the world, has died at 88.
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Fatima Syed @fatimabsyed.bsky.social · Jan 30
More than 4 years after Ejaz Choudry, a 62-year-old father with schizophrenia, was fatally shot in his Mississauga apartment, CBC found the officer who shot him had previously tipped a paraplegic man from his wheelchair during an arrest.

@shanifanasser.bsky.social fought the publication ban and wow
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Jan 31
Thanks so much, Fatima!
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Jan 30
No longer 'faceless': Police in Ejaz Choudry death identified - and for one, it wasn't his first fatal encounter

It took years to get here and having to testify in court.

My latest:
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No longer 'faceless': Police in Ejaz Choudry death identified — and for one, it wasn't his 1st fatal encounter | CBC News
More than four years after Ejaz Choudry was shot and killed by Peel police, CBC News has learned the names of the officers involved that day — and for one of them, this wasn’t his first deadly encount...
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Jan 30
Lawyers for the police declined comment with the family's $22M lawsuit still before the courts.

With names of the officers now public, the family says they have a "small measure of accountability."

Read more:
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No longer 'faceless': Police in Ejaz Choudry death identified — and for one, it wasn't his 1st fatal encounter | CBC News
More than four years after Ejaz Choudry was shot and killed by Peel police, CBC News has learned the names of the officers involved that day — and for one of them, this wasn’t his first deadly encount...
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Jan 30
Choudry was a
62-year-old father of four who lived with schizophrenia.

He was shot within 11 seconds of police breaking down his balcony door.

Police fought to keep names of the officers hidden, citing safety risks. A judge ruled against them.

CBC was the sole media intervenor in the case.
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Jan 30
In 2023, an anonymous tipster wrote to CBC News saying they knew the name of the police officer who killed Ejaz Choudry.

It was almost impossible to confirm.

Now we've learned the names of the five officers involved - and for one, it wasn't his first fatal encounter.

🔗 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
No longer 'faceless': Police in Ejaz Choudry death identified — and for one, it wasn't his 1st fatal encounter | CBC News
More than four years after Ejaz Choudry was shot and killed by Peel police, CBC News has learned the names of the officers involved that day — and for one of them, this wasn’t his first deadly encount...
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Dec 21
The alleged German Christmas market attacker was Islamophobic, had posts on X account supportive of anti-Islam and far-right parties, including the Alternative for Germany (AfD), Reuters reports.

On X Friday, ElomMusk posted: "Only the AfD can save Germany."

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Death toll from German Christmas market car-ramming rises to four, Bild reports
Over 60 people were injured, some of them seriously, when a vehicle drove through crowds gathered at the market.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Dec 10
Benjamin Netanyahu says Golan Heights will remain part of Israel ‘for eternity’
Benjamin Netanyahu says Golan Heights will remain part of Israel ‘for eternity’
PM’s words follow Israeli takeover of previously demilitarised zone in Syrian-controlled territory * Syria live – latest updates Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel for almost 60 years, will remain part of Israel…
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Dec 8
The scenes from Sednaya prison in Syria are shocking; people wandering into the light after decades in dark detention & torture.

I interviewed Omar Alshogre, a former Sednaya child prisoner, about his reaction to history being made in Syria this weekend.

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‘We Fought Alone, We Dreamed Alone’: Former Syrian Prisoner on the Historic Fall of Bashar Al Assad
Syrian activist Omar Alshogre, who was tortured at Sednaya prison as a child, talks to Mehdi about this weekend’s astonishing events in Damascus.
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Dec 9
"The very prospect that justice is conceivable, that the arc of the moral universe endures, that there is a light that was always there at the end of the tunnel, if only you squinted amid the enveloping dark? I cannot quite conceive of the words."

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kshaheen.bsky.social Kareem Shaheen @kshaheen.bsky.social · Dec 9
I’m not really worthy to write anything about beautiful Syria today but they asked me to and so I tried through tears to write some words that are inadequate but here they are anyway: Dawn in Damascus
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Dawn in Damascus
In the end, Bashar al-Assad had nothing to say to the country he bludgeoned and bled, but what matters now is that his ‘forever’ rule is over
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Dec 8
"For three years, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office produced its own crack cocaine, so it could sell it to people that deputies would then arrest for buying crack cocaine."
Broward Co. to vacate convictions for people who bought crack made by the Sheriff's Office
For three years, the Broward County Sheriff's Office produced its own crack cocaine, so it could sell it to people that deputies would then arrest.
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Dec 7
Marc Lépine's birth name, Gamil Gharbi, is fuelling the term "Killed by a Muslim" on X.

His mom, French Canadian, was a former nun. He was estranged from his Algerian father and changed his name at 14.

Here's a worthwhile piece on the motivation to cast him as "other": rsc-src.ca/fr/voix-de-l...
Why some gun-control opponents want to ‘other’ one of Canada’s worst mass killers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes remarks in December 2019 as 14 beams of light point skyward during Montréal ceremonies to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique shooting. .THE C...
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Dec 6
Quebec Premier François Legault says he wants to ban praying in public and is considering using the notwithstanding clause to do so.

"Seeing people praying in the streets, in public parks, is not something we want in Quebec," Legault said. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social · Dec 6
In a 2006 Israeli operation, a bulldozer plowed through a wall of the Canadian section of the Gaza War Cemetery. CBC spoke to a groundskeeper who pieced five headstones back together. www.cbc.ca/news/world/a...

Who knows if these more recently damaged sections will ever be restored.
godin.bsky.social Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social · Dec 6
The Commonwealth Gaza War Cemetery is one that I didn't include in my original thread on Twitter, but one that was also damaged by the IDF. Imagery from December shows IDF vehicles nearby and in January the Indian, Canadian and Turkish sections have all been damaged.

Location: 31.51178, 34.48217
The British Commonwealth Gaza War Cemetery in Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, seen in October 8 2023 satellite imagery from Planet Labs. The British Commonwealth Gaza War Cemetery in Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, seen in December 26 2023 satellite imagery from Planet Labs. There is damage to the Turkish section of the cemetery and a crater is visible. IDF vehicles are visible near the Indian and Canadian sections. The British Commonwealth Gaza War Cemetery in Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, seen in January 4 2024 satellite imagery from Planet Labs. The Turkish, Canadian and Indian sections all appear damaged.
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The Verge @theverge.com · Dec 3
Millions of people are turning to AI for companionship. They are finding the experience surprisingly meaningful, unexpectedly heartbreaking, and profoundly confusing, leaving them to wonder, ‘Is this real? And does that matter?’
What do you love when you fall for AI?
Inside the surprisingly meaningful, unexpectedly heartbreaking, and deeply confusing reality of AI relationships.
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