Al Jazeera: Donning his NASA T-shirt, young Ahmed Mohamed walked into his ninth grade class Monday morning, proudly holding the clock he had meticulously assembled at home. The 14-year-old Muslim American student, with a zeal for assembling, disassembling and fixing radios, computers and go-karts, hoped to draw the praise of […]
theguardian: by Martin Pengelly — Republican frontrunner responds on Twitter amid controversy after he failed to correct audience member’s comment about president at rally Donald Trump on Saturday commented on his failure to correct an audience member at a campaign rally who said Barack Obama was a Muslim. Donald Trump fails to […]
Source: Patheos By Saima Sheikh A 14 year old ninth grader was pulled from his class by police officers and school principal and interrogated for about 1 ½ hours. His […]
Source: Huffington Post Nearly 1,000 people showed up at the Islamic Center of Louisville, Kentucky, on Friday to paint over anti-Muslim graffiti that appeared Wednesday night, according to a center director. […]
Source: North York Mirror Local young Muslims are hosting a federal election debate at the Aga Khan Museum in North York Friday, Sept. 18. The debate will be live streamed. […]
By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor for the Huffington Post Why it’s important for everyone to #StandWithAhmed To watch 1.5 minute video go to Huffington Post The story of Ahmed Mohamed, the […]
Company tracked top searches between Sept. 2 and Sept. 3. With the Syrian refugee crisis receiving renewed attention, Canadians are increasingly taking to Google to find out more about the […]
Muslim groups working hard to get out the vote in their community The grassroots organization Canadian-Muslim Vote is working to increase voter turnout in the Muslim community. Share on Facebook CANADIAN-MUSLIM VOTE One example of Canadian-Muslim Vote efforts is a poster campaign, in which they used the image of a […]
Fit to lead? Justin Trudeau adds nostalgic canoe outing to recent string of physical feats Republish Reprint Tristin Hopper | September 17, 2015 6:52 PM ET More from Tristin Hopper | @TristinHopper nationalpost.com THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan HaywardLiberal Leader Justin Trudeau paddles a canoe down the Bow River in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Sept, 17, […]
Washington Post: When Barack Obama was announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, even the fresh-faced president appeared a little shocked. “To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who’ve been honored by […]
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How the Harper government is manipulating the refugee crisis: Haroon Siddiqui Harper is pandering to the dangerous stereotype that all Muslims are potential terrorists, whereas non-Muslims may be squeaky clean. http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/09/17/how-the-harper-government-is-manipulating-the-refugee-crisis-siddiqui.html Share on Facebook BELA SZANDELSZKY / AP Syrian refugees cross into Hungary underneath the border fence on the Hungarian […]
Source: BBC A Texas college student wanted to show her support for Ahmed Mohamed. Twenty-four hours later, her hashtag has started a movement. More than 700,000 people have taken to […]
Source: NY Times By MANNY FERNANDEZ and CHRISTINE HAUSER SEPT. 16, 2015 HOUSTON — Ahmed Mohamed’s homemade alarm clock got him suspended from his suburban Dallas high school and detained and […]
Niqab ruling to be appealed to Supreme Court, Tories say Conservatives vow to reintroduce niqab ruling within 100 days of re-election By Susana Mas, CBC News Posted: Sep 16, 2015 10:04 AM ET Last Updated: Sep 16, 2015 4:02 PM ET Play Media Jason Kenney on appealing the niqab decision to the Supreme Court 1:26 […]
Muslim teen Ahmed Mohamed creates clock, shows teachers, gets arrested http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/ (CNN)When Ahmed Mohamed went to his high school in Irving, Texas, Monday, he was so excited. A teenager with dreams of becoming an engineer, he wanted to show his teacher the digital clock he’d made from a pencil […]
Source: Reuters An appeals court rejected the Canadian government’s ban on face coverings worn by some Muslims during citizenship ceremonies, the Canadian Press reported on Tuesday. In response, the ruling […]
http://www.rabwah.net: In a press release issued on September 14th 2015 America’s oldest Muslim group urged President Obama to accept more Syrian refugees. In Monday’s statement The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA expressed […]
Source: Huffington Post By Aman Ali; Storyteller, Performer and Reporter Fourteen years ago today, I almost beat the living snot out of a kid in my high school. It was the […]
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 Source: Toronto Star OTTAWA—A Federal Court of Appeal panel has dismissed a government appeal over a ban on face coverings at citizenship ceremonies. The three justices ruled from the […]