Canadian Muslim group calls Ottawa attacks ‘repulsive’ National Council of Canadian Muslims says it’s ‘horrified and shocked’ by gunman’s attack on Parliament Hill. JOHN WOODS / THE CANADIAN PRESS Ihsaan Gardee, executive director of the National Council of Canadian Muslims, has denounced the attacks on Parliament Hill. By: Peter Edwards […]
Huff Post: Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ — One of the great advantages of being a Jesuit astronomer at the Vatican Observatory is that, since we are supported by the Church, we don’t have to worry about writing proposals, sitting on committees or even teaching classes. We can concentrate on doing […]
John Ivison: Visibly shaken Harper proclaims ‘Canada will never be intimidated’ Republish Reprint John Ivison | October 22, 2014 8:43 PM ET More from John Ivison THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-PMOPrime Minister Stephen Harper, shown in this screen grab from an online video from the PMO, making a statement on the attacks […]
Salon: This week stateside, the edge may be off the Ebola story for the U.S. news media, as those people in Dallas who were close to the late Thomas Eric Duncan emerge from their 21-day quarantine. The Obama administration has appointed an Ebola czar and the military is pulling together a kind […]
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
Soldier dies in chaotic Parliament Hill attack, Jason Kenney says A Canadian soldier and a security guard were shot in Ottawa Parliament, many institutions in lock down A Canadian soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa was shot. By: Les Whittington Ottawa Bureau reporter, Joanna Smith Ottawa […]
Source: CNN Turkish-Syrian border (CNN) — In the besieged Syrian city of Kobani, precious medicine rains from the sky. Antibiotics, anesthetics, sanitary supplies and bandages — all desperately needed to treat local fighters and civilians wounded during the siege of this crucial town near the Turkish border. U.S. airplanes are […]
theguardian.com: Terrorist ideology inspired a recent convert to Islam to drive his car into two Canadian soldiers, killing one, before he was shot dead by police, authorities said on Tuesday. Quebec police spokesman Guy Lapointe said the act was deliberate and that one of the two soldiers was in uniform. […]
The Qur’an on display Posted on October 21, 2014 in News This month, in our Atrium, we feature a large display of copies of the Qur’an (also spelled Qur’an or […]
theguardian: by Mary O’Hara — Young readers in Florida enjoy the freedom to choose their library books, but campaigners are attempting to restrict content that deals with the challenges of low income. Late last month, for the 32nd year in a row, Banned Books Week was marked across the US. Spearheaded by the […]
news.nationalpost.com The RCMP said Tuesday it had been working with Martin Rouleau to help him overcome his extremist thinking and met with him just 11 days before he allegedly ran down two Canadian Forces members with his car in an apparent act of terrorism. At a news conference in Montreal, […]
(RNS) Responding to a real or perceived gap between science and faith, 10 U.S. seminaries will receive a combined $1.5 million in grants to include science in their curricula, the […]
In 2007, Parliament designated October as Islamic History Month Canada, to celebrate Muslims’ and Islamic civilizations’ intellectual, scientific, and cultural contributions to human flourishing. Showcasing the rich Islamic cultural contributions […]
Source: The daily Beast. A famed opera that depicts the real-life murder of an American Jew by Palestinians has enraged hundreds Manhattan’s West Side. You know an opera is controversial when the protesters outside start comparing the opera house to a Nazi death camp. That at least was the sentiment […]
One of two Canadian soldiers run down in suspected terror attack near Montreal dies of his injuries Republish Reprint Stewart Bell | October 20, 2014 8:18 PM ET More from Stewart Bell | @StewartBellNP Allen McInnis/Postmedia NewsSurete du Quebec police investigators at the scene of a police shooting following a hit […]
Source: New York Times By Hanna Kozlowska October 21, 2014 Some say that when the deadly Ebola virus traveled from West Africa to the United States, it brought out worrying […]
Kindly click on the images to zoom them, Jazkallah. Imam Shamshad A. Nasir Shamshad A. Nasir is imam & missionary-in-charge of the Baitul ul Jaam’e Mosque, Glen Ellyn Cell Phone: 909-636-8332 | Email: Shamshadanasir@gmail.com
National Post: by Kate greene Slate — Courtesy of Sian ProctorAuthor Kate Greene seen during the fake mission to Mars. In February of 1960, the American magazine Look ran a cover story that asked, “Should a Girl Be First in Space?” It was a sensational headline representing an audacious idea […]