Exposing Extremism in Canada
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4:30pm PST – A4C Orientation; 4:45pm PST – Tanya’s update; 5pm PST/8pm EST – Empower Hour guest segment
Reverend Majed El Shafie, President and Founder of One Free World International (OFWI), joined Tanya Gaw to discuss extremism, the history of extremist groups, specifically Islam, and the recent attack in Israel and how it is relevant to Canadians and should be a warning for us all.
Radical extremism in Canada becoming an increasing threat to the safety and security of Canadians. Having survived extreme persecution and torture for his faith in Jesus, Majd has devoted his life to rescuing others who are also being persecuted for their faith, often putting his own life on the line to do so. Majed will bring a deeper insight and personal perspective on the dangers Canadians are facing due to the reckless acts of past governments who introduced multiculturalism, and the current government for allowing the immigration of individuals who come from very different political and religious belief systems, and permitting them to establish these foreign systems in Canada rather than fully integrate and assimilate.
Majed’s personal testimony of torture and a death sentence prompted him to establish OFWI, a human rights organization committed to religious freedom. Majed never imagined that one day he would be fighting against the persecution of Christians and exposing radical extremism in Canada.
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Majed’s Personal Testimony: Fleeing Persecution and a Death Sentence
Watch the video and hear Majed’s first hand account of how he was arrested and tortured by Islamists because of his conversion to Christianity. He was awaiting execution by Egyptian authorities when a daring rescue led by his Christian friends propelled him to freedom.
More About Our Guest:
Majed El Shafie is a human rights advocate and founder of One Free World International (OFWI). His human rights journey started in his native Egypt that he was later forced to flee after he was severely tortured and sentenced to death for his conversion from Islam to Christianity and bringing awareness to human rights violations related to religious persecution.
Belonging to a very prominent legal and political family in Egypt, Majed had tried to work within the Egyptian system to reform the country’s human rights regime. Between the challenges he faced in these efforts, his firsthand experience as a survivor of religious persecution, the work he has engaged in since by advocating for religious freedom, confronting governments that violate this fundamental right, and conducting fact-finding missions and humanitarian/rescue operations, he has obtained significant knowledge and insight into the dynamics of persecution of religious minorities by religious extremists and totalitarian governments alike.
Majed has established two effective human rights organizations including One Free World International, which is one of the leading organizations advocating for religious minorities globally and has 28 branches around the world. He has organized and led delegations of parliamentarians and religious leaders to address minority rights and humanitarian issues with government leaders, including several cabinet ministers and other high-level officials, opposition leaders, and religious leaders among others, in countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Cuba, India, and Bangladesh.
El Shafie has developed excellent relationships with members of the Canadian House of Commons, Senate, and Cabinet, and has built bridges with the US Congress in order to educate decision-makers about violations of religious freedom around the world. He has had the opportunity to testify numerous times before parliamentary bodies including the Subcommittee for International Human Rights, the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, United States Congressional subcommittees and commissions, and the Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism in Canada. He has advocated on behalf of Christians, Falun Gong, Jews, Bahá’í’s, Ahmadiyya Muslims, and China’s Uyghur Muslims, among others. Leading North American and international news media have featured his work which has also been the subject of an award-winning feature-length documentary.
Honours and Awards:
- 2016 Raoul Wallenberg Citation for Moral Courage
- 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Book: Freedom Fighter. The book is an account of Reverend El Shafie’s outreach—it follows his heroic work over a four-year period as he traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan to investigate claims of abuse, persecution, and slavery and to speak truth to governments that neglect and violate the human rights of their citizens.
Website: https://ofwi.org
Social Media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OFWI
Instagram: https://instagram.com/ofwidotorg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OneFreeWorld
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ofwidotorg
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