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Is Canada the new Switzerland ?

Is Canada the New Switzerland? Safe reputation abroad seen driving Toronto’s condo boom Katia Dmitrieva and Jeremy van Loon, Bloomberg News | May 22, 2015 8:51 AM ET More from Bloomberg News National PostCanada’s reputation as a safe country to live and bank is luring buyers from abroad and far from creating a […]

These guys are painfully wrong about Islam: 3 things that every anti-Muslim zealot needs to admit Bill Maher & Richard Dawkins continue to disparage a religion that, in all honesty, they know little about

QASIM RASHID Richard Dawkins, Bill Maher (Credit: AP/Fiona Hanson/HBO/Janet Van Ham) As a practicing Muslim, I don’t believe Islam is above criticism. I do believe that Islam backs free speech. I also believe that Islam champions secular governance. But what’s significant about my beliefs is why I believe them — which is […]

USA: 11-year-old Indian-American genius graduates from college

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First and only mosque in Minnesota for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

VIDEO First and only mosque in Minnesota for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Minnesota’s only Ahmadiyya Muslim community opened its permanent home at the Nusrat Mosque in Coon Rapids. MORE By Shari L. Gross MAY 23, 2015 — 5:32PM http://video.startribune.com/api/video/304826531/?embed=true&load_location=Article&article_title=First%20and%20only%20mosque%20in%20Minnesota%20for%20the%20Ahmadiyya%20Muslim%20Community&article_author=Shari%20L.%20Gross&embed_site=www.startribune.com&sz=%2F7932%2FWebsite%2FWEB_Video%2FWEB_Video_User_Initiated&page_level=Article&section_name=Video&soft_load=true Minnesota’s only Ahmadiyya Muslim community opened its permanent home at the […]

Quebec: Radical Islamist preacher or victim of a witch hunt?

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