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Restorative justice project for greater Toronto area Muslim community

January 2, 2011

The project is a short term pilot that seeks to engage people from Toronto’s diverse Muslim community and the criminal justice system.

The initial focus of the project is youth crime and simple assault incidents.

….The program will engage a network of 20 trained facilitators and 3 host sites within the Muslim community and has earmarked at least 5 of the facilitator spots for women, who in many venues, have been marginalized.

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