Rick Mercer, a Canadian Comedian and Satirist, Learns Cricket
Source: Rick Mercer Report on CBC
Distinction between religion and culture questionable
Distinction between religion and culture questionable Alia Hogben – The Kingston Whig Standard, Kingston, Ontario Nov 10/12. In recent times, many Muslims insist that religious teachings should take precedence over cultural values or practices. Religions’ pure message should not be contaminated by cultural practices that are seen as negative and […]
President Obama Thanks Humanity First Canada Volunteers
President Obama visited the disaster affected area in New York where he spoke with survivors of the storm and met with federal disaster workers, local officials and disaster response volunteers. […]
Toronto Muslim barber refused to cut woman’s hair
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy By Tim Alamenciak Source: Toronto Star – Staff Reporter A request for a lunch-hour haircut has turned into a battle over human rights, pitting freedom of religion against a woman’s right not to be denied […]
Muslim Canadian Congress denounces defacing of war memorial
Muslim Canadian Congress denounces defacing of war memorial Two Muslim students of York University chanting obscenities at Canada’s Armed Forces disrupted Remembrance Day ceremonies at Toronto City Hall. MCC denounces vandalizing of Toronto War Memorial and Disruption of Remembrance Day ceremony by Muslims TORONTO, ON – The Muslim Canadian Congress […]
ISMA‘IL – First Magazine For Waqifeen-e-Nau
The Examiner: By the Grace of Allah Almighty! The first magazine “ISMA‘IL” for Waqifeen-e-Nau (Life Devotee) has been launched at a time when it coincides with the Tehrik Waqf-e-Nau scheme […]
War Memorial in Toronto vandalised
‘Canada will burn praise Allah’: Vandals deface Toronto war memorial on Remembrance Day TORONTO — Police are investigating after a war memorial was vandalized on Remembrance Day in Toronto. The Victory Peace memorial in Coronation Park was defaced with the words “Canada will burn praise Allah” written in what appeared to […]
Police decide not to lay charges against Islamic school
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1285758–police-decide-not-to-lay-charges-against-scarborough-islamic-school-over-anti-semitic-online-material Toronto No charges will be laid against the East End Madrassah, an Islamic school that lost its permit to use a Scarborough school for classes while police investigated complaints of anti-Semitic teachings. In May, the Toronto District School Board ruled the weekend school could not use David and Mary […]
Try a little love
Atifa Ahmed, Calgary Herald Published: Saturday, November 03, 2012 Re: “The liberation of a Jew hater into a Zionist,” Licia Corbella, Opinion, Oct. 27. I think everything Licia Corbella tried to say can be summed up in Kasim Hafeez’s words: “Life is just so much better when you’re not so angry […]
Building Better Bridges in Barrie, Ontario
Building Better Bridges in Barrie-1 TIKKUN OLAM-Heal the Word The city of Barrie witnessed a unique event this morning; city council’s first Annual Interfaith Breakfast – sharing spirituality enlightenment over […]
The winter holiday is called Christmas: Does it make Difference
The Vancouver Sun Get used to it. Christmas is coming to a store near you, if it hasn’t already arrived. And right behind will be the annual argument over whether […]
Innocence or brilliance of Muslims? Come, Learn, And Decide:
The events of past weeks, months and years, have portrayed the life and character of The Prophet of Islam in a derogatory and negative manner through a video, literature, caricatures and oral form by individuals who seem to have questionable motives. Unfortunately, the reaction to these demeaning portrayals by the […]
Canada: Legalize polygamy: study
A new study commissioned by the federal government recommends that Canada legalize polygamy and change legislation to help women and children living in plural relationships. The paper by three law professors at Queen’s University in Kingston argues that a Charter challenge to Section 293 of the Criminal Code banning polygamy […]
Opinion – Why the polygamist rights movement will never succeed (in the U.S.A.)
Until 38 years ago, the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual listed homosexuality as a mental disorder. Today, gay marriage is legal in six states and the District of Columbia, and 53% of Americans think gay marriage should be legal everywhere. The gay marriage fight isn’t over, but it’s […]
Family blames hospital and province for death of Vaughan woman
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1280585–family-blames-hospital-and-province-for-death-of-vaughan-woman Family blames hospital and province for death of Vaughan woman Amey Dempsey, Toronto staff Reporter Published on Thursday November 01, 2012 Amy Dempsey Staff Reporter One Sunday two years ago, Laiq and Badrunnisa Khurshid set out for a midnight stroll. The couple walked hand in hand through their suburban […]
Spreading the message of peace and belief
Source: Calgary Herald By Kathleen Renne, For Neighbours Published: Thursday, November 01, 2012 Mansoora Chaudhary is in something of a post-holiday frame of mind. Just last week, she, along with the rest of the Muslim world, celebrated Eid al-Adha, the celebration marking the end of the hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to […]
Family blames hospital and province for death of Vaughan woman
Source: Toronto Star Author: Amy Dempsey One Sunday two years ago, Laiq and Badrunnisa Khurshid set out for a midnight stroll. The couple walked hand in hand through their suburban Vaughan neighbourhood, chatting about their children, reflecting on life. Their son had just bought a new home in Mississauga, their eldest […]
Learn Astonishing story of Mohammad at Roy Thomson Hall Toronto
Come, Learn, And Decide: The events of past weeks, months and years, have portrayed the life and character of The Prophet of Islam in a derogatory and negative manner through a video, literature, caricatures and oral form by individuals who seem to have questionable motives. Unfortunately, the reaction to these […]
Course brings Jewish and Muslim women together
The Canadian Jewish News: A new weekly course is bringing together Jewish and Muslim women to study each other’s spiritual texts and the roles of women in these religions. Shari […]
Toronto: millions of birds die each year in the financial district
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/world/americas/casualties-of-torontos-urban-skies.html?hp&_r=0 TORONTO — In the shadow of the massive black towers of a bank’s downtown headquarters here was an almost indistinguishable puff of dark gray fluff on the sidewalk. Ian Willms for The New York Times A rescuer collects an injured white-breasted nuthatch. More Photos » It was the body […]