The Globe & Mail: At first glance, gang crime in a U.S. city would seem to have little in common with the family conflicts that led to the killing of several women in Canada in recent years. But one Canadian group is taking ideas gleaned from the streets of Chicago […]
The National Post; The jury is still out — figuratively and literally — on whether the 2009 deaths of three sisters and another woman in a cold canal in Kingston, […]
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/23/widespread-support-for-burka-ban-jason-kenney-says-muslims-salute-minister-for-courageous-move/ TORONTO – A month after Canada banned Muslim women from covering their faces during citizenship ceremonies, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says policy has won widespread support. Speaking at a Muslim Canadian Congress event honouring his “courageous decision,” Mr. Kenney said polling shows that eight out of 10 […]
Source: Beacon Star – Ansar Raza and Harith Chaudhary put up banners on the Muslim faith and waited for people to come and ask questions Saturday. Raza, a religious minister with Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at and Chaudhary, local outreach co-ordinator with the organization’s youth wing, were in at the Parry Sound […]
Source: Emc – More than a decade after 9/11, there is still much we do not know about our Muslim brothers and sisters. Rather than using the tragedy of that […]
Source: Emc Perth – Jesus Christ is mentioned more times by name in the Holy Quran than is the name of the Prophet Mohammad. While it isn’t a numbers’ game – though Jesus is mentioned by name 20 times to Mohammad’s four – it is an example of just how […]
Source: The Record – Fort Saskatchewan recently played host to a Muslim group looking to dispel misconceptions about the Islamic religion. Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA) sent a group of 15 youth volunteers out to the Fort on Saturday in an effort to counter terrorism and to educate […]
Source: Weyburn Review – A group of young Muslims from Saskatoon gather on Weyburn’s boardwalk before setting off to some of Weyburn’s residential neighbourhoods on Saturday, where they went door-to-door in frigid temperature of -25C to talk about their religion. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada, Saskatoon […]
Source: The Recorder & Times – Muslim youth group that promotes peace and condemns terrorism will stop in Brockville on Saturday to present a tribute to Mother Mary for an […]
weekly – McLean`s Around $900 billion in assets across the globe are managed by Islamic banks that operate according to sharia, an interpretation of Islamic law. In recent years, so-called Islamic finance has been growing at a rate of 15-20 per cent a year, and proved remarkably resilient to the […]
Extreme modesty, or freedom gone wild? Why the debate over the veil is much more complicated than you think. Anne Kingston No item of female apparel summons more attention, animosity, […]
Source: Niagara This Week A Muslim youth group will be hosting an open house at the Grimsby Public Library this Saturday. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada has been promoting peace, condemning terrorism and dispelling myths about Islam as part of a national campaign for the past year. The […]
Source: Woodstock Sentential Review- NORWICH – They came to bring a message of peace, educate the curious and clear up misconceptions about a religion that is misunderstood across the western world. They were met with intolerance and resistance. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA), an auxiliary branch of […]
http://www.thestar.com/article/1115555–arab-spring-passes-canada-by Haroon Siddiqui A year ago yesterday, six limos left the presidential palace in Tunis for the airport where the waiting presidential jet whisked Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his family into exile. Ten days later, on Jan. 25, Egyptians took to Tahrir Square and by Feb. 11 had […]
Source: Cornwall Standard Freeholder CORNWALL – Rizwan Rabbani has seen his religion painted in a negative light through the actions of extremists, and is hoping the series of information events he organizes as the national executive director of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada will present a more positive […]
The Star By Petti Fong Western Bureau CALGARY—The mayor of a city isn’t supposed to admit to having a favorite neighborhood but Naheed Nenshi doesn’t need much persuading to reveal […]
Source: Tillsonburg News Equality and rights of women in society are important topics of discussion in many communities, religions and organizations around the world today. They were a couple of […]
Source / Courtesy: Whig Standard Alia Hogben, January 7, 2012 Till we honestly talk about the values underpinning tribal patriarchy and their pervasive influence, our women and girls will continue to suffer simply because they are of the wrong gender. To have this focus does not diminish the suffering of […]
Source / Courtesy: Globe and Mail I recently gave Stephen Hawking a boomerang. It was an odd gift to give the world’s most famous scientist, but Stephen immediately understood its significance. When I gave it to him, he flashed me the same wise, slightly mischievous grin that I had sought […]
Source: Peterborough Examiner The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada presented its message of understanding and tolerance during an open house at the Peterborough Public Library. They not only promoted peace but condemned terrorism and dispelled several misconceptions about Islam. Perhaps most importantly on this day, they tried to educate […]