MONTREAL — The Canadian Press Ten young people suspected of wanting to join jihadist groups overseas were arrested last weekend at Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport, the RCMP said late Tuesday. No charges have been laid, the investigation is ongoing and the 10 young Montrealers have had their passports confiscated. The […]
I’ve never been keen on boycotts. The one against Italy for invading Abyssinia didn’t work. Nor did the arms blockade on Spain. I’m still not sure that boycotting South Africa really brought down apartheid. I rather suspect that the old racists simply realised they were hopelessly outnumbered by the blacks […]
I’ve never been keen on boycotts. The one against Italy for invading Abyssinia didn’t work. Nor did the arms blockade on Spain. I’m still not sure that boycotting South Africa really brought down apartheid. I rather suspect that the old racists simply realised they were hopelessly outnumbered by the blacks […]
http://www.cbc.ca/i/caffeine/syndicate/?clipId=2667067310 Many immigrants come to Canada and bring their religion with them When the sad time came to say good-bye to her late husband, Marie Diane Dodd knew a traditional […]
firstlook.org: CBC, today: “Ottawa threatening hate charges against those who boycott Israel” The Harper government is signaling its intention to use hate crime laws against Canadian advocacy groups that encourage boycotts of Israel. Such a move could target a range of civil society organizations, from the United Church of Canada […]
CBC: The federal government’s controversial new anti-terrorism bill has won the approval of the House of Commons. The Anti-Terrorism Act, also known as Bill C-51, easily passed third reading by […]
Rachel Notley rides stunning orange wave in Alberta: Tim Harper Alberta goes NDP in a sweep that ranks with the most seismic shifts in Canadian political history. Share on Facebook Alberta’s premier-elect Rachel Notley was almost giddy in her victory speech, promising new ideas and a fresh start after making […]
Dominic CascianiHome affairs correspondent 5 May 2015 From the sectionMagazine Christianne Boudreau: Searching for answers Canada is thousands of miles away from the war zone in Syria and Iraq – yet the self-styled Islamic State has recruited young fighters to join its cause. Can the lessons from the death of […]
Incensed at a new sex education curriculum they say will be too graphic for young sensibilities, parents of thousands of GTA elementary students kept their children home from school […]
An Ottawa Imam Who Gets Things Done By Mohammed Azhar Ali Khan 01 May 2015 When I was president of the Ottawa Muslim Association, we installed a table tennis table in the basement hoping such facilities would attract youth for recreation, learning and prayers. Some Muslims were opposed, however. When […]
A lot of people draw their conclusions of the Islam community from what they see on television and the turmoil that has struck the world so far this century. The […]
Source: airdrieecho.com | By Chelsea Grainger People of varied beliefs will have the chance to learn about one another during Airdrie’s 6th annual World Religions Conference [WRC]. Put on by the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Money is coming into Canada to promote extremist ideology and much of it is going to religious institutions, the prime minister’s national security adviser testified at a hearing Monday on the government’s counter-terrorism bill. Nationalpost.com April 28, 2015 Asked by Senate national security committee chairman Daniel Lang about millions of […]
loveforallhatredfornone.org: Over 120 people were at the Ranchehouse on Thursday to attend Cochrane’s seventh World Religions Conference, which looked at Freedom of Expression from the perspective of Native Spirituality, Christianity, Ahmadiyya Islam and Bahai, an offshoot of Islam founded in Iran before become a religion in its own right. “The […]
The Economist: IN ALMOST every English-speaking (or partly English-speaking) democracy, the practice of holding prayers before the deliberations of elected assemblies is both long-established, and as of recently, controversial. In […]
The National Post: A Calgary private school unlawfully discriminated against two Muslim students by refusing to allow them to pray on campus, says the province’s human rights tribunal. The Alberta […]
Stop the Crisis talk held at Tansley Woods Community Centre Source: insidehalton.com | By Melanie Cummings Special to Burlington Post Local Muslims plan to ‘Stop the Crisis’ of radicals bent on destruction, one […]
The evening featured a panel discussion on “Freedom of Expression and Respect for Religious Sanctities.” Four panelists represented Baha’i, Christian, Muslim and Stoney Nakoda First Nation views. Source: cochraneeagle.com | cochranetimes.com By David […]
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
SourcE: mylloydminsternow.com Muslim families from Lloydminster have decided to fight negative stereotypes in the Meet a Muslim Family Campaign. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community announced the launch of the Lloydminster arm of the nationwide campaign on Friday, April 10. The community says that Muslim families will host non-Muslim families for a meal to […]