Worship in peace Charles Lewis, National Post : The idea was first suggested in the midst of the federal election campaign, the kind of proposal that was politically astute because it targeted the religious ethnic communities the Conservatives needed to win a majority: A promised office of religious freedom that […]
Source: Edmonton Journal Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Canada is planning two open houses in Edmonton as part of the organization’s cross-Canada effort to promote peace, condemn terrorism and bring awareness about peaceful Islam. The dates are: – -Nov. 3, from noon to 7 p.m., at Riverbend Public Library. – -Nov. […]
Source: Nanaimo Daily News. A new national survey that tapped the level of “positiveness” that Canadians feel toward selected groups suggests that Muslims – significantly more than 10 other subsets of society – remain a magnet for negativity a decade after the 9/11 attacks on the U.S. Just 43 per […]
Source: The Intelligencer At a time when the exchange of information as close to instantaneous as it is widespread, it remains an unfortunate truth that much of the information is wrong, based on ignorance, misconceptions, prejudice and misrepresentation of facts. It is also sometimes based on the fact many people […]
The family and friends of a vibrant Winnipeg teen killed in a terrorist attack 22 years in Israel are bracing for another painful blow this week when her killer is set free. Fern Shawna Rykiss, 17, died in 1989 when a terrorist hijacked the bus on which she was a […]
Source: The Intelligencer Holy Qur’an questions answered Eric Thomas believes in the facts of life. And the president of the Quinte Secular Humanist Association (QSHA) had another occasion to verify and discuss some of those facts Saturday as the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (an auxiliary wing of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community) […]
Source: The Recorder and Times A Muslim youth group that has visited 190 communities in Canada since last fall to promote peace and condemn terrorism will stop for a four hour open house on the Holy Qur’an this saturday at the Brockville Public Library. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of […]
Source: The Intelligencer An outreach group promoting “peace” and “peaceful Islam” is holding an open house on the Holy Qur’an this Saturday at the Belleville Public Library art gallery. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Canada, said organizer Rizwan Rabbani, is an auxiliary wing of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (www.alislam.org ) presenting the […]
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1068726–speakers-at-muslim-conference-noted-for-disparaging-gays-and-jews?bn=1 Daniel Dale Urban Affairs Reporter Four of the six speakers scheduled to appear at an upcoming Muslim conference at a downtown hotel have made anti-gay or anti-Semitic remarks. The “Calling the World Back to Allah” conference is part of the “Canada Launch Tour” of the Islamic Education and Research […]
Sharia Banking: An expose……….by Muhammad Saleem Tarek Fatah Excerpt from “Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State Family law is not the only place where the introduction of sharia law is being sought in Canada. While Islamists may have suffered a setback in their attempt to introduce […]
UM Financial has gone into bankruptcy. Here is the court document: http://www.grantthornton.ca/resources/creditor_updates/documents/UM%20Financial%20Inc/UM%20Financial%20Order.pdf
Source: Toronto Star Author: Oakland Ross First, she heard her own voice. Then her voice went viral — accompanied by her tears of joy. All in all, it was not a bad week for 29-year-old Sarah Churman of Burleson, Tex. Even better, she heard her two young daughters, Oli and […]
SOURCE: DAILY TIMES PAKISTAN NEW YORK: The American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA) announced the Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality (WISE) Conference to be held from October 14 to October 17 in Istanbul, Turkey. “Soon the world will witness how Muslim women activists, scholars, politicians jurists and poets have assumed […]
Religious leaders confront myths that stop faithful from donating organs Nothing should stand in the way of saving a life, particularly not death. Rabbi Reuven Bulka has spent years spreading that message within the Jewish community and beyond with limited success. He is up against centuries of the cultural belief […]
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1060049–crematorium-proposal-divides-mississauga-neighbourhood?bn=1 In the Malton neighbourhood, diversity is a force that often unites the community. But controversy over a proposed crematorium now threatens the cultural balancing act its residents live out every day. Two years ago, Benisasia funeral home filed a rezoning application with the city to accommodate the desires of […]
National Post The following is a condensed version of a speech delivered by National Post columnist Barbara Kay on Monday at the “Islamism’s War Against Women” seminar in Toronto. Every time I write about honour killings of girls or women in which the father or brother who killed them claimed, […]
Source : Chatham Daily News When American pastor Terry Jones burned the Quran, Muslim-Canadian youth got fired up. Not with hate or revenge, but with a burning desire to show Canadians the similarities between Islam and Western religions. “We talk about the commonality, we don’t talk about the differences,” said […]
Police charge Toronto man with arson http://www.thewhig.com/ By Elliot Ferguson The Whig-Standard Updated 9 minutes ago Leeds OPP issued an arrest warrant Thursday in connection to a house fire east of Kingston Monday. The fire at the home of Murray and Alia Hogben, caused an estimated $1 million in damage. […]
Ali Hogben is a renowned speaker, writer, human rights activist, and director of Canadian Council for Muslim Women. She has appeared on CBC and many other television stations around the world. She has spoken against extremism, fundamentalism and abuse of women. I had the honor of knowing this courageous lady for […]
Source / Courtesy: The Toronto Star, Sep 21, 2011 By Haroon Siddiqui Editorial Page One legacy of the decade since 9/11 has been the growing fear of Muslims and Islam. Many Europeans dread “Eurabia,” the ostensibly imminent Arab/Muslim takeover of the continent, even though its Muslim population is less than 3 […]