Bringing Communities Closer in Calgary By Mario Toneguzzi, Calgary Herald Calgary’s Ahmadiyya Muslim and Jewish communities are holding their second scholarly dialogue. “In a gesture of reciprocal hospitality, the second […]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/doug-saunders/the-problem-in-public-life-isnt-islam-but-religion-itself/article2342413/ Doug Saunders We always knew it could happen: A devout Muslim heads a conservative political party that takes office in a multicultural Western country, then leads a campaign to enforce mandatory prayer and to lobby for religious-based values and laws. How will people react? Well, it happened in Britain […]
CTV News A mandatory ethics and religion course in Quebec schools is constitutional, Canada’s top court ruled Friday. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously the course doesn’t violate freedom […]
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/16/aly-hindy-salaheddin-islamic-centre/ Stewart Bell Feb 16, 2012 – 10:32 PM ET | Last Updated: Feb 16, 2012 11:26 PM ET Tyler Anderson/National Post files Tyler Anderson/National Post files Listed as director and president, the Egyptian-born Imam Hindy calls himself a fundamentalist, not an extremist. An RCMP report refers to him as […]
Hepatitis C vaccine a step closer: University of Alberta researchers Researchers at the University of Alberta claim to have developed a formula that could lead to a vaccine for hepatitis […]
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/1132117–hitman-jason-kenney-strikes-again Haroon Siddiqui Before we get on with this column, here is its context. We are familiar with the Stephen Harper government’s penchant for blackballing its critics — for example, calling Jack Layton “Taliban Jack” for suggesting talks with the Taliban, precisely what NATO is doing. The government fired or […]
Posted: 02/132012 8:01 am Farzana Hassan, Author- The Huffington Post GET UPDATES FROM FARZANA HASSAN The Death Penalty for Tweets? The sad case of Saudi writer Hamza Kashgiri facing charges for blasphemy The fate of Hamza Kashgiri is now in the hands of rabid and bloodthirsty Saudi clerics. The young […]
Source: Kingston This Week – When Awais Mehmood hears people equate Islam with honour killings, it cuts him to the core. “This hurts,” says the young man, a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada. “When people think this is Islam or what the Koran is teaching, it […]
By ALI BLUWI | ARAB NEWS Published: Feb 7, 2012 02:26 Updated: Feb 7, 2012 02:26 RIYADH: Many countries have benefited from fighting extremism and terrorism, and several of these countries claim to have arrested terrorist cells. Interestingly, some governments were instrumental in certain explosions to create the impression among […]
Source: The Whig Standard – With the topic still very fresh in the minds of Kingstonians, one organization felt it was the ideal time to travel here to deliver a […]
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Honour+killings+undermine+cherished+values/6106378/story.html RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW Murder by any name is still murder. The Shafia trials have again squarely focused our attention on the dark underbelly of abhorrent practices imported into this country. Efforts by organizations such as the Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) to suggest that we […]
Click to access fatwa-honour-killings-misogyny-domestic-violence.pdf Islamic Supreme Council of Canada Date: February 4, 2012 For Immediate Release ISCC affiliated Imams Issue Important Fatwa on Honour Killings Misogyny and Domestic Violence Honour Killings, Domestic Violence and Misogyny Are Un- Islamic and Major Crimes (Mississauga) On the blessed day of Eid Milad un […]
Source/Credit: Huffington Post MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Controversy surrounding the Shafia murder trial prompted imams from across Canada and the U.S. to issue a moral ruling Saturday officially condemning honour killings, domestic violence and misogyny as “un-Islamic.” Thirty-four imams belonging to the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, including a handful of […]
Source: Brampton Guardian – In an effort to dispel myths about Islam, a group of Muslim youth has organized an open house in the city. The event by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA), a national non-profit group, will take place Saturday, Feb. 4 at the Four Corners […]
Source: Kingston This Week – Islamic group holds open house The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA) is holding a number of open houses this weekend at public library branches, to promote peace, condemn terrorism and dispel myths about honour killing. Rizwan Rabbani, the National Executive Director of the […]
Honour Killings, Domestic Violence and Misogyny Are Un-Islamic and Major Crimes Mississauga) Dozens of Canadian and the American Imams / the Islamic leaders affiliated with the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada will be issuing a Fatwa on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 2:00 PM at the Jamia Riyadhul Jannah, 6680 […]
Source: Kincardine News – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Canada returned to Kincardine for their third straight year to teach the community about the values of Islam and the importance of the Virgin Mary over the weekend in an open house at the Kincardine Library. “In the media we hear […]
Source: NY Times. It began with a puzzling and grisly discovery in 2009: a car submerged in a 19th-century canal lock with the bodies of three teenage girls and a middle-aged woman inside. On Sunday, the father, the mother and a brother of the girls were each convicted of […]
Source: The star.com. Neither Mathew Ho nor Asad Muhammad can vote, or buy beer. They haven’t been accepted to college yet, though that might change after this story. The 17-year-olds have already sent a (Lego) man into space. Two weeks ago, Ho and Muhammad launched a homemade balloon carrying a Legopassenger […]
MICHAEL COREN | The Toronto SUN It says a great deal about Canadian pluralism and decency – and about the diversity that still exists in the corners, if not mainstream, of Islam – that a group of Muslim women can come forward and ask a Conservative government minister to extend, […]