Fahrenheit 9/11 director compares Donald Trump to George W. Bush for not attending daily intelligence breifings Heather Saul @heatheranne9 Michael Moore’s warnings about Donald Trump are becoming increasingly apocalyptic and, judging by the absurdity of events in the US after the election, perhaps not entirely without reason. Debates over the impact […]
Source: The New York Times By KATIE ROGERS Ginella Massa, 29, a TV reporter for CityNews in Toronto, is believed to be Canada’s first anchor to wear a hijab at […]
Reuters International DEC 7, 2016 – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a USA Thank You Tour event at Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S., December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (reuters_tickers) By Steve Holland FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump laid out a U.S. military policy on Tuesday […]
Mahita Gajanan @mahitagajanan Helen H. Richardson—Denver Post/Getty ImagesNorth Dakota national guardsmen stand guard on Turtle Island watching activists and native americans at Oceti Sakowin Camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota on Dec. 3, 2016. Construction of the pipeline will be halted […]
Source: BBC A landmark religious freedom case between a ski resort and a First Nation will play out in Canada’s highest court. The Ktunaxa First Nation say the resort would […]
Source: Huffington Post By Willa Frej Reporter, The Huffington Post Toronto’s CityNews channel needed an anchor to fill in for a broadcast last week, so Ginella Massa stepped up to the plate […]
Source: NPR Ginella Massa is the first person to wear a hijab, the traditional head covering worn by Muslim women, and anchor a major nightly newscast in Canada. She did […]
Source: Time HAVANA (AP) — Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died at age 90. Castro’s reign over the island-nation 90 miles from Florida was […]
By David Frey Special to The News-Post Nov 18, 2016 Courtesy photo From left, Shahina Bashir, Fauzia Rehan and Nabeela Malik volunteer at the soup kitchen in Frederick as part of their spiritual work. The women were more nervous than usual last Friday as they arrived to serve food at […]
HATEM BAZIAN@hatembazian Thousands of protesters marching in reaction to the election of Republican Donald Trump, Nov. 12, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. This is not the time to hide away and withdraw from civil society out of fear. The American Muslim community as a whole must develop a united front […]
Source: BBC A tax accountant from Montreal who came under fire for proposing to build a Muslim residential community has temporarily shelved the project. Nabil Warda cancelled a planned community meeting on the project after it sparked a backlash in Quebec. Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard even weighed in from Morocco, […]
The US president denounced the spate of misinformation across social media platforms, including Facebook, suggesting American politics can be affected ‘If everything seems to be the same and no distinctions are made, then we won’t know what to protect. We won’t know what to fight for’: Barack Obama on fake […]
Source: The Guardian Parliament buildings located on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo By Ashifa Kassam in Toronto A mother in British Columbia has lodged a legal challenge against her local school district, alleging that an aboriginal ceremony at her children’s school infringed on the family’s right to […]
Zach Cartwright | November 14, 2016 Noam Chomsky, one of the most prominent voices among the American left, says America is in for a dangerous four years under a Trump administration. In an interview with TruthOut’s C.J. Polychroniou, Chomsky said even if Trump was in the White House just […]
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=994109&binId=1.1201914&playlistPageNum=1 and: Thousands turn up to send off the Caliph Calgary,Alberta / News Talk 770 (CHQR) Haley Jarmain Posted: November 13, 2016 Thousands of people showed up in northeast Calgary on Sunday night for one last prayer with the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at, the Caliph, His Holiness, […]
Calgary,Alberta / News Talk 770 (CHQR) Haley Jarmain Posted: November 11, 2016 Over 700 distinguished guests, including the Mayor, Police Chief, as well as politicians from all levels of government, gathered in northeast Calgary Friday night for a the Calgary Peace Symposium. The event comes at a time of global […]
Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says Trump’s anti-Muslim talk was likely campaign rhetoric CBC News Posted: Nov 09, 2016 Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, leader of the world’s Ahmadiyya Muslims, says he thinks Donald Trump’s anti-Islam rhetoric was simply a campaign tactic. (Kate Adach/CBC) Related Stories ‘It’s very scary’: Election […]
Source: Calgary Herald and YouTube MICHAEL LUMSDEN, POSTMEDIA A world-renowned Muslim cleric is dismissing the campaign rhetoric of Donald Trump, a day after the real estate mogul was elected as the next […]
by Narjas Zatat in news Following the news that Donald Trump has been elected as president of the United States, here’s a reminder that Michael Moore predicted this would happen… Despite several polls putting Hillary Clinton as much as 14 points ahead of her Republican rival Donald Trump, some people […]
Source: The Guardian The strength of AA’s support hinges on it being accessible to all. Photograph: Facebook By Ashifa Kassam in Toronto The Almighty plays a central part in the hallowed 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Six of them make reference to God, Him or Power. In one step, members vow […]