Muslims for Peace hand out roses in wake of negative news stories
CBC: Muslims for Peace will be handing out white roses in downtown Edmonton Don’t be surprised if a stranger hands you a white rose today. In the wake of a […]
ISIS recruit ‘Toronto Jane’ on front line of Iraq, Syria war
Experts trying to piece together identity and role of female jihadi By Nazim Baksh, Adrienne Arsenault, CBC News Posted: Feb 25, 2015 1:13 PM ETLast Updated: Feb 26, 2015 12:57 AM ET Canadian woman recruited to join ISIS 4:40 A Toronto women who left Toronto last year to join ISIS has […]
Sex education debate at Queen’s Park gets nasty
A Progressive Conservative leadership hopeful is facing accusations of homophobia after criticizing Premier Kathleen Wynne’s revamped sex-education curriculum. As about 300 social conservatives loudly protested Ontario’s new health syllabus outside […]
Ontario Releases Updated Health & Physical Education Curriculum
Ontario is releasing updated Health and Physical Education curriculum to give students accurate information that will help keep them safe and healthy. The province is also providing parents with resources […]
Canada: Edmonton teenage girl headed to fight for ISIS
Young Canadian woman recruited by ISIS 2:42 Nancy Clancy Natalie Clancy Investigative Reporter | CBC News Vancouver Natalie Clancy is an award-winning journalist with a 20+ year track record for breaking stories from coast to coast. Recently, she won several awards for breaking the story about sexual harassment in […]
Five children hospitalized in possible poisoning in Fort McMurray, Canada
Source: Edmonton Journal BY MARTY KLINKENBERG AND ANDREA ROSS, EDMONTON JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 22, 2015 EDMONTON – Five young children were taken to the hospital in Fort McMurray on Sunday after possibly being poisoned. Officers from Wood Buffalo RCMP received a call shortly after 3 p.m. from firefighters who requested help […]
Toronto: Muslim Charities donating to local charities
Muslim charities look to give back locally Toronto’s Muslim Welfare Centre has led the trend, but other Islamic charities are now following suit, after years of focusing on international aid. Share on Facebook !http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/01/05/muslim_charities_look_to_give_back_locally.html# From left, coordinator Tahmina Begum and administrator Sherri Sieh of the Highcastle school snack program for […]
Mohammed Umar Ashrafi – Spiritual Healer convicted of Fraud
UK: Mohammed Umar Ashrafi – Spiritual Healer convicted of Fruad http://www.thestar.com 2015/02/20 By: Rachel Mendleson News reporter, Published on Fri Feb 20 2015 When British police arrested a purported spiritual healer wanted in a series of peculiar frauds last year, word travelled quickly to Paramjit Bhullar in Woodbridge. British Prosecuter […]
Wearing a Niqab or a Veil- Is it a Requirement of Islam
Huffington Post: A federal Judge has turned down former Immigration Minister Jason Kenney’s Niqab Ban in Citizenship Oath ceremony. …… If wearing the veil was a faith-oriented right, every Muslim […]
Feds shouldn’t appeal niqab ruling: Trudeau
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is taking issue with Stephen Harper’s rationale for the decision to defend a federal ban on the wearing of face coverings at citizenship ceremonies. Earlier this […]
Three Toronto Police Officers charged with sex assault
3 Toronto police officers charged with sex assault and gang sex assault Avery Haines and Tammie Sutherland Feb 19, 2015 12:14:25 PM http://www.680news.com/2015/02/19/3-toronto-police-officers-charged-with-sex-assault-and-gang-sex-assault/ Three suspended Toronto police officers have been charged with sexual assault, following a story that CityNews broke first two weeks ago. The officers, Sameer Kara, Leslie Nyznik […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya host the Holy Quran Open House at the Owen Sound public library
Source: owensoundsuntimes.com OWEN SOUND – Four Muslim men invited questions about their moderate interpretation of Islam Saturday at an open house in the Owen Sound public library auditorium. In the wake of extremist […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya host the Holy Quran Open House at the Squamish Public Library, BC
“There are clear misconceptions about us [Muslims], and the only way to [change] that is to open up and enlighten people to learn about us” Source: squamishchief.com The sparse crowd at […]
Freed Al-Jazeera journalist: Why can’t Canada get me home?
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Mohamed Fahmy, Al-Jazeera’s Canadian-Egyptian television bureau chief freed on bail by an Egyptian judge on Thursday, last night angrily attacked Canada for mistakes which he said have left him trapped in Egypt and alleged “epic negligence” on the part of his television employer. Speaking emotionally […]
28 years old Muslim man shot dead in Alberta
CTV News: He was peaceful.’ A grieving sister remembers an Ottawa man murdered in Fort McMurray “He embodied everything that our religion teaches us. He was peaceful. He was trustworthy. […]
PM Harper says Ottawa to appeal ruling allowing veil during citizenship oath
Toronto Star: Vowing to appeal a federal court decision that allows people to take the oath of citizenship while wearing face coverings, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says it’s “offensive” that […]
Mustafa Mattan shot dead through Fort McMurray apartment door. Mustafa Mattan was answering a knock at his door on Monday night when he was shot
By Andrea Huncar, CBC News Posted: Feb 12, 2015 4:44 AM MT Last Updated: Feb 12, 2015 8:17 AM MT A man who moved from Ottawa to Fort McMurray less than a month ago was shot dead in his Alberta apartment on Monday, his family told CBC News. Mustafa Mattan, […]
How Canada’s rejected flags reflect the nation’s religious life
Toronto Star: With the maple leaf flag celebrating its 50th anniversary this weekend, the Star visited Library and Archives Canada to take a peek at the flag submissions that didn’t […]
Heartwarming social experiment asks people to hug a blindfolded Muslim man
Embracing other cultures: Group asks passers-by if they will give a hug to blindfolded Muslim ‘terrorist’ in bid to fight Islamophobia Experiment conducted by group to eliminate Muslim stereotypes Blindfolded […]
Hey Harper, Mosques Don’t Create Terrorists
Huffington Post: I’ve prayed in downtown Toronto mosques, on multiple occasions, in the last week. According to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, that means I may be a frequent visitor to […]