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In 2007 Heft was made a representative for the Shaikh [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]] Humanitarian and Charity Est. for all of Canada, and he holds this position today.<ref name="first">[http://www.dihad.org/program.php Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Est.] {{dead link|date=September 2013}}</ref>
In 2007 Heft was made a representative for the Shaikh [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]] Humanitarian and Charity Est. for all of Canada, and he holds this position today.<ref name="first">[http://www.dihad.org/program.php Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Est.] {{wayback|url=http://www.dihad.org/program.php |date=20110829222656 }}</ref>


In 2008 he started the Stop Terrorism cause, which is a global and online cause which claims to have 20,000 members.<ref name="second">[http://www.causes.com/causes/17191-stop-terrorism-now Stop Terrorism cause]</ref>{{failed verification|date=September 2013}}
In 2008 he started the Stop Terrorism cause, which is a global and online cause which claims to have 20,000 members.<ref name="second">[http://www.causes.com/causes/17191-stop-terrorism-now Stop Terrorism cause]</ref>{{failed verification|date=September 2013}}

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Muhammad Robert Heft (born November 4, 1972, in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada) is a Canadian Muslim activist and writer.

Biography

Coming from a German and Irish background, Heft spent his childhood and majority of his life in a small town outside of Toronto. Raised as a nominal Protestant Christian,[1] Heft converted to Islam in 1998 after which he studied Islam with qualified scholars[which?] for over 7 years. He began his community involvement in 2003, and since then, has gone on to take part in a variety of government and community initiatives.

Involvement

In 2007 Heft was made a representative for the Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Est. for all of Canada, and he holds this position today.[2]

In 2008 he started the Stop Terrorism cause, which is a global and online cause which claims to have 20,000 members.[3][failed verification]

In 2009 Heft formally started working with “youth at risk” and designed a 3-step "de-radicalization" program for Muslim Canadians. Through this program he has helped many youth who have turned towards radicalization and brought them away from that destructive state.[citation needed]

Judge Dawson court approved Heft in 2010 as a de-radicalization counsellor in for Steven Vikash Chand, one of the “Toronto 18” arrested for involvement in the 2006 Ontario terrorism plot.[4]

Heft continues to support government agencies on efforts of de-radicalization and is also supported by former MPs of the federal government, Derek Lee and Dan McTeague.[5]

References

  1. ^ http://www.islamreligion.com/videos/2465/
  2. ^ Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Est. Archived 2011-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Stop Terrorism cause
  4. ^ Toronto 18 [dead link]
  5. ^ Supported by former MPs

Media appearances

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