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Ahmad: Is hatred taught by the Quran?

Over the last few weeks multiple news items made me wonder why hatred is mistakenly perceived to be linked with religion, whereas the realities are so different. In April I read about the anti-Islam advertisement that started running on 84 SEPTA buses in Philadelphia. The ad made a false allegation […]

Terror Suspect Usaama Rahim Shot Dead in Boston

Boston Terror Suspect Planned to Behead Police Officer, Officials Say By DAVE PHILIPPS and JESS BIDGOODJUNE 3, 2015 NYTimes.com The man shot and killed by an F.B.I. agent and a Boston police officer Tuesday had been under surveillance by terrorism investigators because he was planning to behead a police officer, the authorities say. […]

Toronto: Celebrating Khomeini in an Islamic Centre in Toronto?

All Islamic extremism is unacceptable  97 BY TAREK FATAH, TORONTO SUN FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2015 07:55 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2015 07:59 PM EDT Tarek Fatah at the anti-Ayatollah Khomeini demonstration held Sunday, May 31, 2015. (Supplied) Article http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?action=recommend&app_id=162622253780945&channel=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F1ldYU13brY_.js%3Fversion%3D41%23cb%3Df1ad69f6dc%26domain%3Dwww.torontosun.com%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.torontosun.com%252Ff388aa518%26relation%3Dparent.parent&container_width=190&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.torontosun.com%2F2015%2F06%2F02%2Fall-islamic-extremism-is-unacceptable%3Ftoken%3D99406d7f140eaae122c61675acf3be4d&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&share=false&show_faces=false http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.6acb51c14c2a13a5c41ab8035be31c13.en.html#_=1433327376661&count=horizontal&dnt=false&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.torontosun.com%2F2015%2F06%2F02%2Fall-islamic-extremism-is-unacceptable%3Ftoken%3D99406d7f140eaae122c61675acf3be4d%26utm_source%3DaddThis%26utm_medium%3Daddthis_button_gmail%26utm_campaign%3DAll%2BIslamic%2Bextremism%2Bis%2Bunacceptable%2B%257C%2BFatah%2B%257C%2BColumnists%2B%257C%2BOpinion%2B%257C%2BToronto%2BS%23.VW5Oi7UeKos.gmail&size=m&text=All%20Islamic%20extremism%20is%20unacceptable%20%7C%20Fatah%20%7C%20Columnists%20%7C%20Opinion%20%7C%20Toronto%20S&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.torontosun.com%2F2015%2F06%2F02%2Fall-islamic-extremism-is-unacceptable%3Ftoken%3D99406d7f140eaae122c61675acf3be4d https://apis.google.com/u/0/se/0/_/+1/fastbutton?usegapi=1&size=medium&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.torontosun.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.torontosun.com%2F2015%2F06%2F02%2Fall-islamic-extremism-is-unacceptable%3Ftoken%3D99406d7f140eaae122c61675acf3be4d&gsrc=3p&ic=1&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Doz.gapi.en.3NQwBBx2ET8.O%2Fm%3D__features__%2Fam%3DAQ%2Frt%3Dj%2Fd%3D1%2Ft%3Dzcms%2Frs%3DAGLTcCPw8PAle9KAc_sr8rre3OWbLPe5Jw#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh&id=I0_1433327376765&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.torontosun.com&pfname=&rpctoken=37604620 Change text size for the story Print this story […]

Do you see what I see?

The Economist  — Children exposed to several languages are better at seeing through others’ eyes HUMAN beings are not born with the knowledge that others possess minds with different contents. Children develop such a “theory of mind” gradually, and even adults have it only imperfectly. But a study by Samantha […]

Canada set to deport Pakistani man accused of ties to terrorist group

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