Stories written by Faisal Kutty
Faisal Kutty is a Toronto-based lawyer, human rights activist and academic. He is currently an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University and a visiting assistant professor at Valparaiso University School of Law in Indiana. He is general counsel for the Canadian Muslim Civil Liberties Association (CMCLA) and formerly served as the vice-chair and legal counsel to the Canadian Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN). He holds an LL.B. from the University of Ottawa, and an LL.M. from Osgoode, where he is currently a Ph.D. candidate. His dissertation explores the impact of anti-terror laws and policies on the rule of law. He has acted for a number of charities and individuals caught up in national security investigations. He also served as counsel to CAIR-CAN and the CMCLA at the Iacobucci and Air India Inquiries. In 2007, he filed submissions on the No-Fly List to Transport Canada on behalf of more than two-dozen organizations.