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El-Farouk Khaki
El-Farouk Khaki (born October 26, 1963) is a Canadian refugee and immigration lawyer, and human rights activist on issues including gender equality, sexual orientation, and progressive Islam. He was the New Democratic Party's candidate for the House of Commons in the riding of Toronto Centre in a March 17, 2008 by-election. Khaki came in second with 13.8% of the vote.
==Biography==
He was born in Tanzania, which his family fled in 1971 escaping political persecution. His parents arrived in Canada in 1974 and settled in Vancouver where Khaki grew up.〔Catherine Patch, "Queer Muslims find peace; El-Farouk Khaki founded Salaam Offers a place to retain spirituality", ''Toronto Star'', June 15, 2006〕 He earned a law degree from the University of British Columbia before moving to Ottawa in 1988〔 and has lived and worked in Toronto since 1989.〔Nicholas Keung, (Gay, Muslim lawyer bucks stereotypes -- El-Farouk Khaki says human rights abuses call for a 'jihad,' a struggle against injustice ), ''Toronto Star'', March 29, 2007〕 He worked as a political staffer at Queen's Park until 1993 when he left to establish his legal practice.〔 Khaki is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and has been in private practice since 1993.〔Lavender Law 2007 Speaker Biography, (), ''Lavender Law 2007 Speaker Bios'', September 6, 2007〕 On June 26, 2014, he married his longtime partner Troy Jackson. 〔Agence France-Presse, (), ''Mass gay wedding held in Toronto as 115 same-sex couples tie the knot'', July 11, 2014〕
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