Source: The Toronto Star Writer: Haroon Siddiqui The wave of protests against an anti-Muhammad movie made in America is said to prove, yet again, the unbridgeable gap between the West and the world of Islam. Don’t we laugh off insults to Jesus? Haven’t even the Mormons taken the satirical Broadway […]
The Star: The wave of protests against an anti-Muhammad movie made in America is said to prove, yet again, the unbridgeable gap between the West and the world of Islam. …………… The BBC apologized to the Queen after one of its reporters revealed that she once told him how “pretty […]
Mahfooz Kanwar, Calgary Herald, Canada http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/Kanwar+Anti+blasphemy+laws+danger+world/7298498/story.html I am halfway through writing my next book entitled: Addiction to Religion, which discusses four organized religions: Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This book will discuss further the issue of blasphemy in all religions. In this column, I am writing on what the blasphemy […]
by Mark Kennedy Montreal Gazette OTTAWA — The sanctity of marriage as the bedrock of the Canadian family is steadily eroding, new census data released Wednesday reveal. Instead, although married couples are still the norm — about two-thirds of families — their numbers are lagging and only increased by 3.1 […]
By Chloé Fedio, The Ottawa Citizen September 30, 2012 The Ottawa leader of a Muslim Community condemned the violent reaction to “an extremely foul and provocative film,” including bloody protests and the storming of a consulate building in Benghazi that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three embassy staff. […]
The National Post: By Arman Aghbali TORONTO _ The University of Toronto has hired its first full-time Muslim chaplain and the man taking up the post hopes to combat stereotypes […]
Source: The National Post: ………………………..Questions are being asked whether the anti-American unrest is really about the video. Is it rather a convenient way of channeling the aggression of jobless youth […]
The National Post: Until Tuesday, when Islamist fanatics murdered Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, the last U.S. envoy to have been killed in the line of duty was […]
Paul Russell: the Letter Editor, The National Post: All major religions have dark chapters in their histories, and also modern-day adherents who pervert their faith’s message. Which is why it’s a general policy of this page not to print letters accusing any religion of being untrustworthy or evil. That policy […]
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1257388–prominent-canadian-hindu-leader-denounces-decision-to-show-anti-muslim-movie A prominent member of the Hindu community has denounced a Toronto Hindu group’s decision to screen the anti-Muslim movie that has sparked riots throughout the Middle East. “I can see no reason for showing the film in light of what is happening across the world,” said Pandit Roopnauth Sharma, […]
By Haroon Siddiqui Editorial Page http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1253474–siddiqui-there-have-been-disappointments-but-obama-offers-a-laudable-vision-for-america-s-common-good No one, not even Barack Obama, could have lived up to the expectations that he raised four years ago. He was a dream candidate — handsome, dignified, suave, educated, informed, articulate, oratorical and disciplined. His was a lovely family, he a model husband and […]
Source: ET The entrance of the Iranian embassy in Ottawa, Canada. PHOTO: COURTESY IRANIAN EMBASSY TEHRAN: Iran hit out at Canada’s decision to break off diplomatic ties, with foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast accusing the Canadian government of being “under the influence of the Zionist regime.” Canada closed its Tehran embassy […]
The Star: There’s an in-demand MBA course at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management that essentially teaches back-to-basics banking for Canadian businesses. Students who enroll learn the merits […]
Source: The Globe and Mail Sylvia Stead – Public Editor A week ago, Saturday’s front page caused a stir online, in notes to me and to our letters editor. The front page showed a large photo of an unsmiling woman in a niqab with the words Muslims Among Us written […]
By Tarek Fatah, The Toronto Sun http://www.torontosun.com/2012/09/04/lamb-to-the-slaughter How many more “kaafirs” have to die before the thirst of Pakistan’s Islamist jihadis is quenched? As you read this, a Christian girl, no more than 14 years of age, gifted with the pure innocence of Down’s Syndrome, stays locked up in a […]
Source: Toronto Star Six years after it was first proposed for Ontario, a breast milk bank that could have saved dozens of vulnerable babies is still months away from completion. Vancouver has had a facility for more than three decades, and Calgary opened one in April after only 16 months […]
By JUDITH H. DOBRZYNSKI For Nasser D. Khalili, an Iranian-born businessman and philanthropist, the Islamic art market is suddenly feeling crowded. Over the past 40 years, he has amassed a […]
Source of Data: The Globe and Mail Myth #1: The Muslim population in the West is growing fast and will soon become a majority in Europe – and a major […]
The National Post: Arguing that it is “biased” for his children to be given free Gideon Bibles in class but not free atheist literature, an Ontario father is launching a human rights case that aims to drive the Gideons out of the province’s public schools. “I don’t think 10-year-old kids […]