Canada Post and India Post mark Diwali, Festival of Lights Joint stamp issue is a historic first for these two postal services Posted on Sept. 21, 2017 by Canada Post in News Releases TORONTO – Canada Post and India Post are joining hands to issue stamps that celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights, an important […]
BY TAREK FATAH, TORONTO SUN FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 08:13 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 08:20 PM EDT Liberal MP Iqra Khalid makes an announcement about an anti-Islamophobia motion on Parliament Hill while Minister of Canadian Heritage Melanie Joly looks on in Ottawa on Wednesday, February 15, 2017.The MP who […]
Iqra Khalid urges fellow MPs to take unified approach in Islamophobia study Term’s meaning and scope inflamed debate earlier this year By Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press Posted: Sep 18, 2017 11:56 AM ET Last Updated: Sep 18, 2017 7:31 PM ET The MP who touched off a fiery debate across Canada with […]
Azmina Kassam explores issues of identity in her personal essay in ‘The Muslimah Who Fell to Earth’ By Clare Hennig, CBC Posted: Sep 18, 2017 Azmina Kassam is one of the contributors of ‘The Muslimah Who Fell to Earth’ and she talked to CBC’s host of North by Northwest Sheryl MacKay […]
The survey found 56 per cent believed that Islam suppresses women’s rights. There was a 54 per cent approval for imams and 35 per cent for Muslim leadership The Ahmadiyya […]
BY FARZANA HASSAN, TORONTO SUN FIRST POSTED: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 05:05 PM EDT | UPDATED: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 05:22 PM EDT Liberal MP Iqra Khalid makes an announcement about an anti-Islamophobia motion on Parliament Hill while Minister of Canadian Heritage Melanie Joly looks on in Ottawa on Feb. 15, 2017. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian […]
MONTREAL — Fourteen jurors were selected Tuesday at the terrorism-related trial of two young adults, with particular attention in the vetting process paid to race and religion. El Mahdi Jamali, 20, and Sabrine Djermane, 21, each face four charges: attempting to leave Canada to commit a terror act abroad; possession […]
Brampton (Ontario), September 12 http://tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/hate-is-wrong-says-canadian-sikh-politician-after-racist-heckling/465920.html Indo-Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh has opened up on his reaction, which earned him plaudits, after a video, showing a heckler spewing ugly remarks at him during a meet and greet event, went viral. The New Democratic Party (NDP) leadership contender explained what was going through his […]
By JIM BRONSKILLThe Canadian Press Fri., Sept. 8, 2017 OTTAWA—The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the path for extradition of two B.C. residents to India to face murder charges in a so-called honour killing. A mother and uncle accused in the so-called “honour” killing of Jaswinder Sidhu (left), from […]
Do Facebook prayers count? Texas Secretary of State rejects aid from Canada, asks for prayers instead. When the good people of Quebec offered blankets, beds, water, and other much needed relief effort to those devastated by Hurricane Harvey, Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos rejected the generous offer, and asked […]
thestar.com 2017/09/03 A photo of Ibrahim Hindy of the Dar Al-Tawheed Islamic Centre was the main image of multiple hoax articles about an imam who refused to shelter non-Muslims displaced by Hurricane Harvey. A Mississauga imam who had his image used in a fake news article about mosques refusing to […]
by Mansoor Ladha In August 1972, Idi Amin demanded that all Asians exit Uganda in 90 days. In the neighbouring countries of Tanzania and Kenya, Asians – or Muhindi as they were known – found themselves on edge. In his second book, Calgary-based author Mansoor Ladha recounts this experience, and […]
Eid Mubarak! Sending my best wishes to Muslims celebrating Eid al-Adha & the end of the Hajj today. https://t.co/UjUx5gg0dE pic.twitter.com/4gsVb3gA0a — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) August 31, 2017 Suggested reading and […]
The firebombing of a Muslim leader’s car in his Quebec City driveway as his family slept at home has his community demanding action and provincial political leaders wondering what they must do to clamp down on emboldened right-wing zealots. Mohamed Labidi, president of the Centre culturel islamique de Québec, right, shakes hands […]
By ALEX BALLINGALL thestar.com Ottawa Bureau Tues., Aug. 29, 2017 https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/08/29/liberal-mp-offered-woman-100k-to-keep-quiet-about-sexual-harassment-claim-father-alleges.html?source=newsletter&_ctids=2444%7cQverpg%2fSebz+Rznvy%7c382%7c33952%7c39000&_ctdigest=rC1fyiO%2byMXiIFEo%2f4agRQ The father of a 24-year-old woman who worked for Calgary Liberal MP Darshan Kang said Kang offered a series of payments to prevent her from sharing harassment allegations with her parents. Liberal MP Darshan Kang did not respond to requests […]
Source: The Star OTTAWA—On the eve of the only French debate of the NDP leadership race, contender Jagmeet Singh criticized two of his opponents for their statements on a contentious […]
By NOOR JAVEDNews reporter Wed., Aug. 23, 2017, thestar.com With just two weeks before the school year begins, students at a private Islamic high school in Toronto are “devastated” and scrambling to find other options after they were informed over the weekend it was abruptly shutting down. Management of the Islamic […]
Source: The Star By MICHELE HENRYStaff reporterJAYME POISSONNews reporter Women from a small Muslim sect called the Dawoodi Bohras have reported that female genital mutilation has been performed on them in […]
A new book Muslim Contributions to Sciences by noted Canadian author Zakaria Virk is now available online (pdf) . Muslim contributions in the following disciplines have been discussed at length with pertinent diagrams and maps. Contents of the book are as follows: Chapter 1 Muslim Contributions to Opthalmology 5 Chapter […]
Source: ET A Canadian reporter caused an uproar on Twitter when he sent out a tweet about two women entering a lingerie shop, implying it was an out of ordinary scene.Michael Kane, a Business News Network‘s reporter, tweeted on Sunday after seeing two “modestly-dressed women with religious headgear come out […]
