Courtesy: Straight.com November 29, 2011 Catherine Murray and Jen Marchbank Remember Canada’s fallen women next Tuesday. Despite our peaceable self image, Canada has been home to femicide, appalling massacres, and serial killers. December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada. But unlike […]
Source: Winnipeg Free Press Members of a local mosque are holding an open house at the Millennium Library to demonstrate that Islam is a faith of peace. The Holy Qur’an Exhibition opened Sunday afternoon and continues today and Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. “One of our campaigns is […]
Promoting religious harmony Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada Credit: Jeff Tribe Source: Tillsonburg News A dozen volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYAC) will be visiting Tillsonburg Saturday to promote religious harmony and understanding. “Sunshine or snow, they will be there on Saturday,” said AMYAC National […]
Source: Vaughan Citizen The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association took a major step toward its goal of becoming Canadian Blood Services largest partner when it comes to blood donations. The youth group, an auxiliary wing of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam’aat Canada, collected 156 units of blood at its 11th annual blood […]
Source / Credit: Niagara This Week Youth to canvass homes in Grimsby, Canada. Eighteen young Muslims will be spreading the message, and dispelling misconceptions, of their faith Saturday. Terrorist acts have painted the Muslim community in a bad light and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada is reaching out […]
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/12/12/new-niqab-rules-ban-citizenship-ceremonies_n_1143101.html?ref=canada OTTAWA — The Conservative government’s announcement Monday that it will prevent Muslim women from wearing face coverings during citizenship ceremonies is being met with applause from a group of moderate Muslims calling for a Canadian ban on niqabs and burqas and total rejection from another group saying it is […]
By Barbara Kay, Source / Courtesy: The National Post http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/12/09/barbara-kay-feminists-back-women-as-possessions-in-supreme-court-case/ The Supreme Court must decide whether women may keep their faces covered in court. Or rather whether Muslim women can, […]
By Tarek Fatah Source / Courtesy: The Huffington Post, Canada In Khaled Hosseini’s soul-piercing novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, the character Nana, a poor unwed mother, tells her five-year-old daughter, Mariam: “Learn this now and learn it well, my daughter: Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing […]
Reuters By Shaheen Pasha and Cameron French | Reuters – DUBAI/TORONTO (Reuters) – The insolvency of an Islamic mortgage lender in Canada may hinder the growth of sharia-compliant finance in North America, where the industry has struggled to gain traction in the absence of a supportive regulatory framework. UM Financial […]
Source / Courtesy: Mississauga.com and the Star In the Star it was reported by: Kate Allen Staff Reporter Inas Kadri was shopping at a Mississauga mall with her two small […]
23 November 2011 Ottawa, Ontario Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the following remarks while attending Eid on the Hill: “Thank you, Senator. As-Salāmu Alaykum. Peace be upon you. Greetings to […]
Here let me also share the email message issued by Hon. Jason Kenney, PC, MP: Friends, On Wednesday I was joined by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Senator Salma Ataullahjan, and […]
It will provide visitors with an understanding of the artistic, intellectual, scientific and religious heritage of communities, both Muslim and non-Muslim, which pervaded the lands of Islam. The museum will, […]
http://www.wheels.ca/columns/article/801233 Smart’ steering wheel provides health check-ups while driving Sensors integrated into the ‘smart’ steering wheel measure and monitor the driver’s vital signs while driving. The health diagnostics are displayed on a screen mounted on the dash. Jakob Neuhauser / TUM Sensors integrated into the ‘smart’ steering wheel measure and […]
British Columbia’s highest court has ruled that Canada’s anti-polygamy law should stand. Chief Justice Robert Bauman said the ban on multiple marriages was consistent with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The case comes after a judge threw out polygamy charges against two bishops of the Fundamentalist Church of […]
It was a night long on rhetoric, short on substance as the eight Republican hopefuls squared off yet again, this time at historic Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. The short […]
Source: TOI on Line Thanks Giving Day – a festival about expressing gratitude Thanks Giving Day or Thanksgiving Day is a beloved traditional festival observed in a grand fashion in the U.S and Canada to rejoice the harvest season and express gratitude towards Almighty for his holy grace. The origin […]
Friday, November 19th, 2011, Vaughan, ON – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association in partnership with the Canadian Blood Services will hold the largest single blood donation clinic in Canada on Saturday, November 26th, 2011. This clinic – the youth group’s 9th – will be held at the community’s newest facility, […]
Source / Credit: Orangeville Citizen In this day and age, a handful of Islamic extremists have managed to taint the 2.2- billion member global Muslim community and make the term Islam – in the eyes of many – synonymous with terror and religious intolerance. Nasir Ahmed, president of the Muslim […]
Letter to the Editor: (Re: ‘Muslim Canadians must abide by Canada’s laws’ in the Nov. 3 edition of the Barrie Examiner) Shariah law is a misunderstood concept, by Muslims and non-Muslims and therefore very often stokes fear in people’s minds. Shariah is an Arabic word, and like many Arabic words, has many […]