DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL File Photo Two Canadian provincial ministers on Thursday expressed support for Muslim students attending prayers after a district school board concluded that weekly Friday prayers do not interefer with education, amid opposition by some when a protester tore up a Quran. Following a meeting of Peel District […]
Source: http://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/7203192-second-annual-run-for-milton-set-to-raise-funds-for-hospital/ Milton Canadian Champion | By Melanie Hennessey Second annual Run for Milton set to raise funds for hospital Get ready to lace up those sneakers and run in the name of charity for Milton District Hospital (MDH). Plans are in the works for the second annual Run for Milton, organized […]
Suggested Reading by the Muslim Times:The Muslim Times’ Collection to Show, Islam or the Holy Quran are Not Anti-Semitic Source: CBC Video of sermon posted to Dar Al-Arqam Mosque’s YouTube page […]
Source: http://www.standard-freeholder.com/2017/03/19/youth-group-wants-to-build-bridges-of-understanding-of-islam By Todd Hambleton, Cornwall Standard-Freeholder Youth group wants to build bridges of understanding of Islam A national Canadian Muslim youth group has launched a nationwide campaign to provide citizens an opportunity to learn about the true teachings of Islam. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association has been presenting “Islam Understood,’’ […]
Stewart Bell | March 17, 2017 5:46 PM ETMore from Stewart Bell | @StewartBellNP TORONTO — Canada sent a diplomat to a town in Pakistan last week to meet leaders of the Ahmadiyya minority whose mosque was stormed by a mob that allegedly included a Toronto-area man, an official said. The visit by an […]
Source: http://www.squamishchief.com/news/local-news/news-briefs-1.12025568 Islam Understood The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) will be holding an Islam Understood Open House in Squamish on Saturday, March 18 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Squamish Public library. Come and meet with members of the association, ask questions or browse reading material. Everyone is welcome. […]
Faced with an avalanche of tourist cancellations from Canada, congressmen are letting Canadians of 55 and over who own or rent property in the US stay there for an extra two months a year Robert Fisk Vancouver @indyvoices Thursday 9 March 2017 Funny how another nation’s sectarian hatred comes seeping […]
Source: http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/tony-norman/2017/03/14/Tony-Norman-Door-to-door-Muslims-Canada/stories/201703140086 By Tony Norman / Pittsburgh Post-Gazettte Tony Norman: Door-to-door Muslims, only in Canada While Canadians have a reputation for being among the most tolerant and least xenophobic people on the planet, even they aren’t immune to the kind of soft and hard bigotry that constantly oozes up from their […]
@JustinTrudeau for Nobel Peace Prize for refusing burkini ban and a lot more https://t.co/CXujKSEkFF @POTUS pic.twitter.com/ot3pHljuF4 — The Muslim Times (@The_MuslimTimes) August 23, 2016 Source: The Star By Peter Goffin […]
Source: https://exploregram.com/the-ahmadiyya-muslim-jamaat-community-is-celebrating-50-years-in-canada-by-recipe/ Posted at March 12th 4:10 | dinnerwithjulie The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at community is celebrating 50 years in Canada by donating 50,000 meals. They prepared and donated dinner at the @calgarydropin tonight! Chicken pilau and coriander chutney. #yyc #yycfood Shared by dinnerwithjulie (Julie Van Rosendaal) and selected for Food.
Source: http://www.theasianconnectionsnewspaper.com/national-canadian-muslim-youth-group-launches-nationwide-campaign-to-remove-misconceptions-about-islam/ National Canadian Muslim Youth Group Launches Nationwide Campaign to Remove Misconceptions About Islam Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association presents “Islam Understood” On March 5, 2017, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association is launching a unique nationwide campaign to provide Canadians an opportunity to learn about the true teachings of Islam. At a […]
Source: http://www.newsoptimist.ca/news/local-news/islam-understood-campaign-brings-message-to-the-battlefords-1.11453297 Shannon Kovalsky , Staff Reporter / Battlefords News-Optimist Tariq Azeem of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in Lloydminster held an information session at the North Battleford Library Wednesday as part of the “Islam Understood” national campaign launched by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. As its name suggests, the aim of the […]
Source: http://torontoist.com/2017/03/meet-the-young-torontonians-combating-islamophobia/ BY ANDERS MARSHALL On March 5, a cold day in downtown Toronto, about 30 young kids from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association gathered at Yonge-Dundas Square to talk to people about Islam. Their campaign’s goal, called “Islam Understood,” aims to inform the public and foster a community of young people […]
Source: Canada: Women’s Auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Women’s History Month By Dr Amatul Quddus Ayaz-Shams | Marseilles As we commemorate Women’s History Month this March, I wish to elaborate on this subject and shine some light upon the remarkable gestures of generosity and outstanding achievements of the women in my […]
Source: http://www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca/news_item.php?NewsID=91540 Muslims Canvassing Owen Sound | by Claire McCormack About 30 youth will be canvassing Owen Sound apart of Islam Understood You may find a Muslim youth at your door this weekend. It’s part of the Nationwide ‘Islam Understood’ campaign put on by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association that aims […]
Source: http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/03/06/muslim-youth-make-house-calls-in-moose-jaw-as-national-outreach-continues/ By Carmel Kilkenny | english@rcinet.ca Muslim young people were visiting homes in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan yesterday in an effort to dispel the myths and misunderstandings about the second-largest religion, after Christianity, in the world. Ahmadi Muslims come from an Islamic religious movement established in Punjab, British India, near the […]
Source: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2017/03/210295/young-canadian-muslims-launch-door-door-education-initiative/ By Constance Renton – March 6, 2017 , 10:22 pm Toronto – Following the massacre in Quebec last month, which left six Muslim men dead and five others injured, Muslim youth across Canada launched a new initiative aimed at educating neighbors and community members about being a Muslim in Canada. The […]
Source: http://www.orilliapacket.com/2017/03/06/youth-association-spreads-message-of-peace Youth association spreads message of peace By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times Monday, March 6, 2017 6:04:22 EST PM Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association canvassing in Orillia Sunday. PATRICK BALES/THE PACKET & TIMES Orillia was one of 65 towns and cities in Canada to get […]
Source: Vaughan Citizen By Tim Kelly What Naheed Khokhar really wants you to know is “Muslims are normal people like everybody else.” “Come spend a day with me and I’ll […]
2 Muslim high school students witnessed, recorded ourtburst CBC News Posted: Mar 07, 2017 7:00 AM ET Last Updated: Mar 07, 2017 8:40 AM ET OC Transpo is investigating after a video surfaced online showing a man screaming insults directed at Muslim passengers on one of its buses. The racist tirade, captured on a […]