Canada: Bill C-51 passes in House of Commons
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 […]
NDP wins in Alberta ending Conservative 40 year rule
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 […]
The Calgary mother fighting radicalisation in Syria
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 […]
Thousands of parents keep kids home from school in sex-ed protest
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 […]
Canada: an Ottawa Imam who knows how to get things done
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 […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim community delivers presentation — Stop the crISIS — Clearing misconceptions upon Islam
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 […]
Canada: Airdrie’s 6th annual World Religions Conference by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Calgary
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 […]
Foreign funds promoting ‘extreme Islamic jihadist’ views in Canada
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 […]
Canada: Religions on freedom of expression at World Religions Conference
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 […]
Parliaments and prayer -A delicate invocation
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 […]
Calgary school fined $26K for refusing to let Muslim students pray on campus
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 […]
Canada: Women Wing of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Help Dispel Misconceptions on Islam
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 […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Calgary holds 7th Annual World Religions Conference at Cochrane RancheHouse
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 […]
Canadian Supreme Court rules against prayer at city council meetings
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 […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Launches Lloydminster’s Meet A Muslim Campaign
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 […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at contribute to the beautification of Canada
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Launches Spring Cleaning Campaign Source: weeklyvoice.com Toronto: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada is launching a nationwide campaign to contribute to the beautification of Canada. The National President of […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at contribute to the beautification of Canada
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Launches Spring Cleaning Campaign Source: weeklyvoice.com Toronto: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada is launching a nationwide campaign to contribute to the beautification of Canada. The National President of […]
Dr. Aslam Daud, Chairman of Humanity First Canada receives the Prime Minister’s Award.
Humanity First Canada team is very pleased to announce that Dr. Aslam Daud, Chairman of Humanity First Canada has recently received the Prime Minister’s Award. The Prime Minister’s Award recognizes […]
Canada: What's Behind the Obsession with the Niqab
What’s Behind the Obsession with the Niqab Among the World’s Islamists? By Tarek Fatah, April 5th, 2015 Women are forced to wear the niqab in public in Saudi Arabia (Photo: © Reuters) In Khaled Hosseini’s soul-piercing novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, the character Nana, a poor, unwed mother, tells her […]
Canada: What’s Behind the Obsession with the Niqab
What’s Behind the Obsession with the Niqab Among the World’s Islamists? By Tarek Fatah, April 5th, 2015 Women are forced to wear the niqab in public in Saudi Arabia (Photo: © Reuters) In Khaled Hosseini’s soul-piercing novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, the character Nana, a poor, unwed mother, tells her […]