We gratefully acknowledge:

• a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Connection Grant

• Carleton University

• Centre for the Study of Islam

• Faculty of Public Affairs

• Department of Law and Legal Studies

• Memorial University of Newfoundland

• Department of Religious Studies

• Vice-President Academic's Scholarship in the Arts

• York University

• Department of Social Science

• The Religion and Diversity Project (at the University of Ottawa)

• The Canada Research Chair in Religion, Pluralism and the Rule of Law (at the University of Toronto)