Jagmeet Singh: ‘Cut your turban off,’ voter tells NDP leader
Source: BBC News A Canadian political leader has been told to cut off his turban to look more Canadian during a campaign stop. Reporters filmed the encounter between NDP leader […]
Canada’s political leaders agree Quebec’s religious symbols ban is discriminatory. They’ve also agreed not to do anything about it.
Source: Washington Post By Amanda Coletta Here’s one thing the leaders of Canada’s major political parties agree on: They oppose Quebec’s new ban on public employees wearing hijabs, turbans or yarmulkes on the […]
Here’s What It’s Like in the Bahamas After It Was Devastated by Hurricane Dorian
Source: Time BY TARA LAW Bahamians are scrambling to respond to a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane that the nation’s Prime Minister has described as a “historic tragedy” since the slow-moving storm made landfall […]
‘There’s nothing left’: Storm reduces paradise to a miserable heap
Source: MSN News By Anthony Faiola GREEN TURTLE CAY, Bahamas —The New Plymouth Hardware store has been smashed to kindling. More importantly, Curry’s Grocery Store, too. Some of the boats at […]
Sikh teacher moves to B.C. over Quebec law banning religious symbols in public-sector jobs
Source: CBC News Amrit Kaur says she was forced to leave Quebec to teach school BY Meera Bains Amrit Kaur, teacher and vice-president of the Quebec chapter of the World […]
Police suspect hate crime after Jewish boys assaulted in Toronto
Source: The Times Of Israel By TOI STAFF and JTA Canadian police have opened a hate crime investigation after two Jewish boys were assaulted in an apparent anti-Semitic incident in Toronto on Saturday. […]
Quebec judge rejects groups’ attempt to have secularism law suspended
Source: Global News By Annabelle Olivier A judge Thursday rejected an attempt by religious and civil liberties groups to have Quebec’s secularism law suspended. Quebec Superior Court Justice Michel Yergeau says […]
Quebec Bans Religious Symbols in Some Public Sector Jobs
Source: The New York Times By Dan Bilefsky MONTREAL — The Quebec government passed a bill late Sunday barring schoolteachers, police officers, judges and other public employees from wearing religious […]
A Quebec bill to ban some from wearing ‘religious symbols’ is fueled by Islamophobia
Source: The Washington Post By Nora Loreto Nora Loreto is a Canadian freelance writer and author of “From Demonized to Organized: Building the New Union Movement.” Fatima Ahmad was attacked in […]
9 People Showed Up for a KKK Rally in Dayton, Ohio. They Were Drowned Out by 600 Protestors
Source: Time Plans for a Ku Klux Klan rally in Dayton, Ohio set the city on edge and attracted national attention. But only nine people showed up for the rally […]
Asia Bibi happy to be in Canada but ‘very tired’ after blasphemy ordeal, says friend
Source: Religion News Service BY John Longhurst WINNIPEG, Canada (RNS) — When he heard that Asia Bibi — the Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy — was on her way to […]
She Wears a Head Scarf. Is Quebec Derailing Her Career?
Source: The New York Times By Dan Bilefsky MONTREAL — Maha Kassef, 35, an ambitious elementary schoolteacher, aspires to become a principal. But since she wears a Muslim head scarf, […]
Quebec government pushes ahead with religious symbols bill as opponents fight back
Source: The Globe and Mail INGRID PERITZ MONTREAL Quebec Premier Francois Legault responds to the Opposition during question period on Feb. 5, 2019, at the legislature in Quebec City. JACQUES […]
To humanize Muslims, let’s start in the classroom
Source: The Globe and Mail By Zulfikar Hirji Zulfikar Hirji is an associate professor at York University and co-author of Islam: An Illustrated Journey. A number of years ago, my son […]
Mexican Church suspended 152 priests across 9 years for alleged abuse: bishop
Source: Reuters BY Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least 152 Catholic priests in Mexico have been suspended in the past nine years for sexual abuse against minors, Mexico’s […]
Hate Groups Showed Up At Canada’s Oldest Mosque, Reigniting Familiar Fears
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz Members of far-right hate groups recently entered the Al Rashid Mosque in Edmonton, Canada, and gathered outside to harass worshippers on their way to Friday […]
Cuban evangelicals push back against gay marriage
Source: Associated Press By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ HAVANA (AP) — A Cuban government push to legalize gay marriage has set off an unprecedented reaction from the island’s rapidly growing evangelical churches, […]
Quebec government asks Montreal school boards if information on staffers wearing religious symbols exists
Source: The Globe and Mail BY RYAN REMIORZ/THE CANADIAN PRESS The Quebec government has asked several school boards in the Montreal region if they have a count of teachers who […]
Canada looks to ensure safety of Christian acquitted of blasphemy in Pakistan
Source: The Star OTTAWA—Canada’s foreign ministry says it is prepared to do everything it can to ensure the safety of a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy by Pakistan’s top court. […]
How to Watch the ‘Super Blood Wolf Moon’ Lunar Eclipse This Weekend
Source: Time By GINA MARTINEZ In January 2019, stargazers in the U.S. and elsewhere will be treated to a lunar eclipse that some are calling the “super blood wolf moon.” A […]
