Why Canadian Muslims seem happier than British ones
Source: Economist OVER the past few weeks, reports have been published in both Canada and Britain about the state of Muslim citizens’ opinion on a broad range of topics. The […]
Scholars discuss means of broadening goodwill
Source: Cochrane Times By David Feil With the growing fear and need for positive change in the world, six religious experts came to the Ranchehouse on Apr. 19 to take […]
Canada wildfires: City of Fort McMurray ‘devastated’
Source: BBC A huge wildfire has forced the evacuation of about 60,000 people from Fort McMurray – the entire population of the Canadian city. The blaze has destroyed a number of homes, dropping ash on the streets of the city in the province of Alberta. Watch Video
Canada wildfire forces mass evacuation in Fort McMurray
Source: BBC The entire population of the Canadian city of Fort McMurray has been forced to evacuate because of a huge wildfire. Some 80,000 people were told to leave as […]
So who says Muslims can’t be both devout and patriotic?
Source: iPolitics By Amira Elghawaby Social media was buzzing this week over a new Environics poll of Canadian Muslims. It should have served to dismiss a lot of poisonous misperceptions […]
Survey of Muslim Canadians rebuts lazy generalizations with hard data: Neil Macdonald
Source: CBC Findings of Environics Institute survey reveal a community that’s not so different from other Canadians The cover page of a new study on Muslims in Canada features six […]
Canada: survey finds Muslims increasingly proud of and attached to Canada
83% of Muslim Canadians report being ‘very proud’ to be Canadian, compared to 73% of non-Muslim Canadians By Éric Grenier, for CBC News Posted: Apr 27, 2016 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 27, 2016 3:53 PM ET An overwhelming majority of Muslim Canadians have a strong attachment to their country and feel that […]
Vaisakhi celebrations in Toronto 2016
Thousands take to downtown streets for annual festivities CBC News Posted: Apr 24, 2016 11:00 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 24, 2016 4:34 PM ET Thousands took to the streets this afternoon as the Khalsa Day parade moved through downtown Toronto, commemorating the Sikh new year. More than 85,000 people were expected […]
Toronto: India media mogul Dr. Subhash Chandra translates honour into help
Cheque for $50,000, which accompanies award, given to educational charity Ekal Vidyalaya. https://apis.google.com/u/0/se/0/_/+1/fastbutton?usegapi=1&size=medium&annotation=bubble&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fnews%2Fgta%2F2016%2F04%2F22%2Findian-media-mogul-dr-subhash-chandra-translates-honour-into-help.html&gsrc=3p&ic=1&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Doz.gapi.en.f4t_FKpd7fM.O%2Fm%3D__features__%2Fam%3DAQ%2Frt%3Dj%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAGLTcCMYodtyxdDsvqk3eS42P2giRwoU1g#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh%2Conload&id=I0_1461500791606&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com&pfname=&rpctoken=10820096 KEITH BEATY / TORONTO STAR Order this photo Zee Tv Group founder Dr. Subhash Chandra speaks Friday at a news conference prior to being honoured with the Global Indian Award by the Canada-India Foundation. He’ll now be donating […]
Why anti-Muslim hate statistics don’t tell the full story
Source. ET PHOTO: REUTERS The number of police-reported hate crimes against Muslim-Canadians more than doubled over a three-year period (2012 to 2014), according to figures released by Statistics Canada earlier this month. Meanwhile in the US, various groups, including the FBI, have documented an eight-fold increase in hate crime since 2000. As alarming as these […]
Ottawa: sexism at parliament hill
Michelle Rempel, National Post | April 18, 2016 10:38 AM ETMore from National PostI couldn’t believe he said that to you!” Last week I found myself, once again, telling one of the young women on my staff that, “It’s important to address sexism in the moment it happens.” Earlier, she witnessed another member […]
Toronto: Ajax mosque receives threatening voicemails
Durham regional police are investigating after an Ajax mosque received two threatening phone calls in one week. Waqqas Syed, president of the Islamic Society of Ajax, said the first call came in on April 8 and the second on April 16. “When we heard the first message we thought it […]
The Astonishing Story of the Prophet takes centre stage in Milton April 28
The Muslim Times has the Best Collection on the Prophet Muhammad, in Media, History & Literature Source: InsideHalton Milton Canadian Champion Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Milton presents Muhammad, The Astonishing Story of […]
Justin Trudeau Seeks to Legalize Assisted Suicide in Canada
OTTAWA — The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation on Thursday to legalize physician-assisted suicide for Canadians with a “serious and incurable illness,” which has brought them “enduring […]
Archbishop: Why the assisted dying bill will hurt Canada and is morally wrong
Source: Ottawa Sun It was a sad day in Canadian history when the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the Criminal Code provisions against assisted suicide in the February 2015 […]
PM Trudeau explains Quantum computing
Don’t get me started:’ Trudeau delivers impromptu quantum computing lesson Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press | April 15, 2016 | Last Updated: Apr 16 6:42 AM ET More from The Canadian Press Nathan Denette/ The Canadian PressPrime Minister Justin Trudeau walks on stage to make an announcement at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.ERLOO, Ont. […]
Toronto: Gas station worker’s suit claims 11,570 hours of unpaid overtime
Muhammad Umar Naseem, seen at his Don Mills-area apartment. Naseem claims he was not paid for thousands of hours of overtime he worked at a Toronto Petro-Canada station in 2009-2015. By: Robert Cribb Foreign, Brennan Leffler Global 16×9, Published on Fri Apr 15 2016 When Muhammad Umar Naseem came to Canada from Pakistan in 2008, […]
Humanity First Canada on the World Stage at the United Nations in Geneva
Recently Humanity First was at the United Nations showcasing its Syrian Refugee Resettlement Model to the world. UNHCR invited Humanity First to attend its High Level Meeting of Member Countries […]
Toronto Imam on Daesh hit list
By: Sarah-Joyce Battersby Staff Reporter, Published on Thu Apr 14 2016 thestar.com hakimquick.com Just days after celebrating cultural bridges, a Toronto imam has been targeted in a Daesh hit list. The self-declared Islamic State called out Shaykh Abdullah Hakim Quick along with other Muslims in the West, urging followers to kill them for […]
Great monarch butterfly migration mystery solved
Source: BBC By Victoria Gill, Science reporter, BBC News Scientists have built a model circuit that solves the mystery of one of nature’s most famous journeys – the great migration […]