Canadian Mosque Deliberately Set on Fire
An investigation into a late-night blaze at Peterborough’s only mosque Saturday has determined that the fire was deliberately set. Firefighters responded to the fire at Masjid Al-Salaam at about 11 […]
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A Q Farhat
A Retired Asst Professor of Pediatrics currently working in Canada.
Paris attacks: At least 128 dead and more than 300 injured
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:33) Source: BBC France has declared a national state of emergency and has closed […]
Only a real Islamic caliphate can stand up to the sham of ISIL
Source: Quartz By Haroon Moghul; Senior Correspondent, Religion Dispatches At eleven o’clock in the morning on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, guns across Europe fell silent. An assassination in Sarajevo […]
Why Women Really Compete With Each Other
The New York Times article “Why Women Compete With Each Other” attempts to delve into the psychological reasons as to why women are infamously noted for rivaling and undercutting each […]
Experts recommend religious way to beat diabetes in the Gulf
“The Holy Quran teaches a lot about food portions and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) teaches one to keep a third of the stomach full with food, a third with drink […]
Exhibit honouring Muslims during WWII sets up in Winnipeg
A traveling exhibit that celebrates Muslims in Albania who saved most of the country’s Jewish citizens and refugees during the Second World War is currently in Winnipeg. Besa: A Code […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at kicks off Remembrance Day campaign
Mississauga News By Nouman Khalil The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Canada has kicked off its fifth annual Muslims for Remembrance Day campaign to remember and show support for the sacrifices of […]
Canada to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by year’s end
The federal government is considering using ships and commercial and military aircraft to transport 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of December, it was revealed Monday. At a […]
India sues the Queen for return of ‘stolen’ £100m Koh-i-Noor diamond
It was once the world’s largest-known diamond, is worth a reported £100m ($200.4 million CAD) and is currently part of Britain’s crown jewels. But India wants it back. Bollywood stars […]
Of Niqabs, Neo-Cons and the New Prime Minister
Of Niqabs, Neo-Cons and the New Prime Minister | Canadian Elections and the Muslim Vote By Waleed Ahmed Canada’s new Prime Minister is hijab-friendly. Too friendly, as some evidence seems […]
Aboriginals, Muslims, Sikhs & 50% women: Canada’s new cabinet is awesome
Chew on these facts about the recently concluded Canadian general election: 1) 10 Muslim MPs were elected, the most in the history of the Canadian parliament. 2) 10 aboriginal Canadian […]
New Survey Exposing Quebec’s Islamophobia
New Survey Exposing Quebec’s Islamophobia Is Just Tip of Iceberg, Muslim Group Says Recent stats showing nearly 50 percent of Quebecers are “bothered” by the hijab offers but just a […]
Russian court reverses ruling recognizing Muslim book as extremist
RT: A court in the Russian Far East has canceled the verdict that recognized an Islamic book with abstracts from the Koran as ‘extremist material’, which caused outrage from the […]
Six miracles of Quran you will be amazed to know
Quran holds many things in itself, from advises to admonishes, promises of bounties to promises of punishment and hundreds of miracles as well. The miracles of Quran are unfolding with time and it […]
Hamtramck elects America’s 1st majority Muslim city council
Hamtramck is 1st American city to elect majority Muslim council 4 of 6 Hamtramck City Council members are Muslim The Polish flocked to Hamtramck in the 1900s and evidence of […]
A Year with the Quran- If the Oceans Were Ink……
If the Oceans Were Ink An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran By Carla Power American writer Carla Power and a madrasah-trained sheikh debated Islam’s […]
Forecast: 20 million more Muslims in Germany by 2020
Source: American Thinker By Thomas Lifson Serious political conflict is breaking out in Germany over Chancellor Merkel’s open-door policy for Muslim migrants. Soren Kern of the Gatestone Institute reports: Germany’s […]
Canada Is the Freest Country in the World
Source: US News This Is the Freest Country in the World Sorry, America. America may call itself the “Land of the Free,” but it’s hardly the freest nation in the […]
Evolution vs. Creation: Most Americans Think Science, Religion Conflict
VOA: A majority of Americans, 59 percent, believe science often conflicts with religion, while 38 percent say the two areas are mostly compatible The most religious Americans are less likely […]
Egypt: Faith After the Pharaohs review
The Guardian, British Museum, London Neil MacGregor’s swansong as director of the British Museum is a brilliant challenge to the modern western belief in unbelief: the cosy assumption that all sensible people are secular rationalists now. It confronts our inability to cope with a world in which religion is still […]