Condemn violence wherever it occurs

On Sunday night a shooter entered a mosque in Quebec City and brazenly killed six men praying and injuring several others. One Free World International condemns this attack. Violence and hatred have no place in Canada.

As an international human rights organization, we are sadly all too familiar with the plight of religious minorities around the world. The pain we feel when Christian churches in the Middle East and Africa are violently attacked allows us to sympathize with the wives and children whose fathers and husbands were killed in Sunday's attack. Our condolences go out to them in this time of grief.

Our values of openness and respect for the dignity of each human being cannot be comprised. Hatred for others cannot be tolerated. We cannot accept or excuse an attack on a mosque in Canada.

We have welcomed people from around the world for generations and this strength of Canadian society. We must continue to have confidence in the Canadian people to defend and protect our values. Just as we have spoken up for Christians at home and around the world and combat anti-Semitism, we will speak out against those who perpetrate hate against our Muslim brothers.

Please say a prayer for those who lost loved ones in this attack on a place of worship. And join us in continuing to fight for justice and human rights around the world.

Sincerely, Rev. Majed El Shafie President & Founder One Free World International

Watch this CTV News report from inside the Quebec City mosque:

Fox News: Fighting ISIS in the Battle for Mosul

On Sunday, January 8 Fox News will air a special documentary, "War Stories: Fighting ISIS in the Battle for Mosul." Watch to learn more about our work in Iraq & Syria rescuing Yazidi sex slaves from ISIS' deadly grip. Watch a preview here:

Celebrating Freedom: An evening to champion the rescue of the Yazidi people

On December 10 One Free World International in partnership with ZoomerMedia hosted "Celebrating Freedom: An evening to champion the rescue of the Yazidi people" You can watch the full program here or scroll down below.

Speakers included:

• Moses Znaimer – Founder & CEO, ZoomerMedia Ltd.
• Hon. Peter Kent, Official Opposition Foreign Affairs Critic, MP for Thornhill
• His Excellency Armen Yeganian – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Canada
• Mirza Ismail – Chairman, Yezidi Human Rights Organization-International
• Jennifer Breedon – Legal Analyst, The Clarion Project
• Rev. Majed El Shafie – President & Founder, OFWI

Tune in now to watch Celebrating Freedom: An evening to champion the rescue of the Yazidi people

Posted by One Free World International on Saturday, 10 December 2016

Canadian Government failing genocide victims

Dear friends, We need your help to speak up for Yazidi genocide victims.

Today we learned the Government of Canada's plan to help Yazidi genocide victims is to resettle 50 people to Canada. This failure of leadership is unacceptable.

OFWI has helped rescue over 400 women and girls from ISIS ' slavery over the past two years and the government can do more.

We have been to the refugee camps in Northern Iraq and the need for action to help these people, victims of genocide, by offering new hope of life in Canada is a call our govenrment needs to answer.

The Leader of Opposition Rona Ambrose in the House of Commons called the government’s plan “a token effort.”

Germany was able to rescue 1,000 Yazidi genocide victims, and Canada was able to rescue 25,000 Syrian civil war victims, surely we can do more for the Yazidi women and girls once held captive as ISIS sex slaves and their families.

OFWI is ready to do more, but we need your help to pressure the government to do more.

Here is how you can TAKE ACTION:

• Write an email or call your local Member of Parliament to tell them Canada can do more for Yazidi victims of genocide. Don’t know who to contact? Find out here.

• Email or call the Minister of Immigration, John McCallum at 613-954-1064

• Email Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or call his office at 613-995-0253

• Please donate to support our work. It is only through your help that we are able to continue our work.

Thank you for your support and spreading awareness of these important issues. We couldn't do our work with you.

Sincerely, Rev. Majed El Shafie President & Founder One Free World International

Victims of Genocide want to come to Canada; must be empowered to determine their own future

Victims of Genocide want to come to Canada; must be empowered to determine their own future

Statement by One Free World International in response to to Kurdish Regional Government’s remarks by Prime Minister Nechirvan Brazani.

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TORONTO - “Yazidis victims of genocide must be empowered to determine their own future” is the message Rev. Majed El Shafie is delivering in response to Kurdish Regional Government’s remarks by Prime Minister Nechirvan Brazani.

One Free World International and partner organizations urge the Canadian government to move forward in presenting its plan to help and relocate Yazidi genocide victims within the next three months.

“We have spoken directly with hundreds of victims living in squalor in the refugee camps in Iraq. The chance to move to Canada and rebuild their lives is a source of hope amongst the ongoing suffering Yazidi genocide victims face in northern Iraq.” said El Shafie.

OFWI and partner organizations have been working with Yazidi and other minorities in Iraq and Syria since fighting with ISIS broke out in 2014. Left to fend for themselves, international coalition forces had to come to their rescue after Iraqi and Kurdish fighting forces left vulnerable Yazidi minorities behind.

Canadians are waiting for their government to take action in line with the best of Canadian values. OFWI and coalition organization remain ready and willing to assist in whatever way possible in this vital humanitarian relief and support mission to give victims of genocide hope.

Last month OFWI and a coalition of organizations called for a clear plan from the Canadian government to action its commitment. Organizations include:

• One Free World International
• Mozuud Freedom Foundation (Project Abraham)
• Yezidi Human Rights International
• Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow
• Canadians for Israel’s Legal Rights
• Canadian Institute for Jewish Research
• Kurdish Association of Manitoba
• Canadian Yazidi Association (Winnipeg)
• Canadian Jews and Friends of Yazidis
• Office of Refugees, Archdiocese of Toronto
• Winnipeg Friends of Israel