Jagmeet Singh, the first turban-wearing Sikh to sit in Ontario’s legislature, will now lead a federal political party with his victory in the NDP leadership race on Sunday. Singh, 38, won on the first ballot Sunday, taking 53 per cent of the vote to top MPs Charlie Angus, Niki Ashton and […]
EDMONTON—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is condemning violent events in Edmonton as a “terrorist attack” following a chaotic night that saw a police officer stabbed and several pedestrians run down with a cube van. Edmonton police said they have arrested a 30-year-old man and they think he acted alone. But police […]
By VICTORIA GIBSONStaff Reporter Thu., Sept. 28, 2017 thestar.com Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took to a Toronto stage Thursday night in front of a cheering audience of thousands, a scene reminiscent of the campaign trail she left behind on Nov. 8, 2016. Her electoral loss was almost a year […]
President Donald Trump’s administration fired its first shot in a potential trade war, but it’s not Beijing or Mexico City in the cross hairs. The target: our friendly neighbor to the north, Canada. Trump has escalated what were modest and longstanding frictions with Ottawa over U.S. dairy products and Canadian […]
Tarek Fatah, Yesterday at 4:57 PM Leading up to my testimony at the House of Commons Heritage Committee last week, I had expected MPs to have some degree of interest in what a Muslim had to say about M-103 and the loaded word “Islamophobia”. http://m.torontosun.com/2017/09/26/treatment-by-mps-at-m-103-committee-hearing-nothing-short-of-lousy Instead, I felt a tangible […]
Source: CNN The couple’s wedding photographer, Darren Hatt, was able to capture the rescue. “I was the last one to see anything,” Hatt told CNN. “When I spun around, Clayton was there already scooping the child and putting him back on the ground.” Hatt told CNN the boy and his […]
Source: BBC News Prince Harry has found his Canadian doppelgänger and it is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s official photographer. Adam Scotti was photographing his boss at the Invictus Games over […]
Canada Post and India Post mark Diwali, Festival of Lights Joint stamp issue is a historic first for these two postal services Posted on Sept. 21, 2017 by Canada Post in News Releases TORONTO […]
BY TAREK FATAH, TORONTO SUN FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 08:13 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 08:20 PM EDT Liberal MP Iqra Khalid makes an announcement about an anti-Islamophobia motion on Parliament Hill while Minister of Canadian Heritage Melanie Joly looks on in Ottawa on Wednesday, February 15, 2017.The MP who […]
Iqra Khalid urges fellow MPs to take unified approach in Islamophobia study Term’s meaning and scope inflamed debate earlier this year By Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press Posted: Sep 18, 2017 11:56 AM ET Last Updated: Sep 18, 2017 7:31 PM ET The MP who touched off a fiery debate across Canada with […]
Azmina Kassam explores issues of identity in her personal essay in ‘The Muslimah Who Fell to Earth’ By Clare Hennig, CBC Posted: Sep 18, 2017 Azmina Kassam is one of the contributors of ‘The Muslimah Who Fell to Earth’ and she talked to CBC’s host of North by Northwest Sheryl MacKay […]
The survey found 56 per cent believed that Islam suppresses women’s rights. There was a 54 per cent approval for imams and 35 per cent for Muslim leadership The Ahmadiyya […]
BY FARZANA HASSAN, TORONTO SUN FIRST POSTED: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 05:05 PM EDT | UPDATED: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 05:22 PM EDT Liberal MP Iqra Khalid makes an announcement about an anti-Islamophobia motion on Parliament Hill while Minister of Canadian Heritage Melanie Joly looks on in Ottawa on Feb. 15, 2017. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian […]
MONTREAL — Fourteen jurors were selected Tuesday at the terrorism-related trial of two young adults, with particular attention in the vetting process paid to race and religion. El Mahdi Jamali, 20, and Sabrine Djermane, 21, each face four charges: attempting to leave Canada to commit a terror act abroad; possession […]
Brampton (Ontario), September 12 http://tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/hate-is-wrong-says-canadian-sikh-politician-after-racist-heckling/465920.html Indo-Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh has opened up on his reaction, which earned him plaudits, after a video, showing a heckler spewing ugly remarks at him during a meet and greet event, went viral. The New Democratic Party (NDP) leadership contender explained what was going through his […]
By JIM BRONSKILLThe Canadian Press Fri., Sept. 8, 2017 OTTAWA—The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the path for extradition of two B.C. residents to India to face murder charges in a so-called honour killing. A mother and uncle accused in the so-called “honour” killing of Jaswinder Sidhu (left), from […]
Do Facebook prayers count? Texas Secretary of State rejects aid from Canada, asks for prayers instead. When the good people of Quebec offered blankets, beds, water, and other much needed relief effort to those devastated by Hurricane Harvey, Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos rejected the generous offer, and asked […]
thestar.com 2017/09/03 A photo of Ibrahim Hindy of the Dar Al-Tawheed Islamic Centre was the main image of multiple hoax articles about an imam who refused to shelter non-Muslims displaced by Hurricane Harvey. A Mississauga imam who had his image used in a fake news article about mosques refusing to […]
by Mansoor Ladha In August 1972, Idi Amin demanded that all Asians exit Uganda in 90 days. In the neighbouring countries of Tanzania and Kenya, Asians – or Muhindi as they were known – found themselves on edge. In his second book, Calgary-based author Mansoor Ladha recounts this experience, and […]
Eid Mubarak! Sending my best wishes to Muslims celebrating Eid al-Adha & the end of the Hajj today. https://t.co/UjUx5gg0dE pic.twitter.com/4gsVb3gA0a — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) August 31, 2017 Suggested reading and […]