Source: The Globe and Mail BY ANDREA WOO Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson has asked the organizers of a coming Christian festival to consider dropping headline speaker Rev. Franklin Graham, an evangelical […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Many women who identify as Sikh share at least one thing in common: The name Kaur. It may be a middle or last name, and it isn’t always how they’re identified legally. But it’s a part of their heritage that dates back centuries and […]
Source: Time Tessa Berenson Feb 17, 2017 A Burger King employee in Canada was fired three years ago for stealing a fish sandwich, fries and orange soda. This month, […]
The Canadian Press – Feb 17, 2017 Photo: Twitter Canada’s Muslim community has received an outpouring of support in the wake of stinging personal attacks against a Liberal MP and her motion to condemn and combat Islamophobia. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Canada says individual Canadians and elected officials alike have […]
Source: Aljazeera Alexandre Bissonnette was not charged with terrorism although his attack in Quebec has all the elements of a terror act. A man cries while he prays at the […]
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/we-have-to-band-together-vandalized-pointe-saint-charles-mosque-opens-doors-to-public-1.3967115 ‘We have to band together’: Mosque opens doors to public Muslim community seeks to dispel misconceptions about Islam following deadly attack at Quebec City mosque Mosques in Montreal opened their doors Friday to show the public what goes on inside and to spread awareness about Islam and the Muslim […]
BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON FEBRUARY 9, 2017 Escape the cold during Welcome Weekend, presented by RBC, which will offer free admission to the Aga Khan Museum on February 11 and 12, 2017. Visitors will have access to Syria: A Living History, a highly acclaimed exhibition that illuminates Syria’s rich and […]
SADIK ÜNAY@sadikunay A storm was already looming on the horizon when President Donald Trump assumed power in the U.S. As one of the least popular American presidents in recent history, citizens have protested against his protectionist, populist, xenophobic and far-right political platform. Indeed, less than one month into his term, […]
Source: The Guardian Ashifa Kassam in Toronto Friday 3 February 2017 19.46 GMTLast modified on Friday 3 February 2017 23.16 GMT Hundreds across Canada gathered around mosques to form protective barriers – […]
Source: The Washington post By Alan Freeman January 31 at 5:32 PM QUEBEC CITY — They call it “radio poubelle,” or “trash radio.” Quebec City has developed the dubious reputation […]
Source: The New York Times By HAROON SIDDIQUI TORONTO — On Sunday night, a gunman opened fire in a mosque in Quebec City, killing six people and wounding eight. Our […]
Source: The New York Times By IAN AUSTEN and CRAIG S. SMITH QUEBEC — In a world often hostile to migration, Canada has stood out, welcoming thousands of refugees fleeing […]
Source: Reuters By Kevin Dougherty (In this Jan. 29 story, corrects quote of tweet by Canadian legislator Greg Fergus to ‘demonizing’ instead of ‘sermonizing’) By Kevin Dougherty Six people were […]
BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON JANUARY 27, 2017 The Global Centre for Pluralism (GCP) is governed by an international Board of Directors chaired by His Highness the Aga Khan. The Global Centre for Pluralism is an independent, not-for-profit international research and education centre located in Ottawa, Canada. Inspired by the example […]
‘This is an immigrant town and we are a sanctuary city’ Rachael Revesz New York @RachaelRevesz Hours before President Trump enforces a Muslim ban and hours after he ordered federal agents to start building the wall along the Mexican border, Muslim leaders held an emergency rally to protest the executive […]
Source: The Globe and Mail By TU THANH HA The Globe and Mail A joke that a Montreal school monitor misheard eventually landed a Muslim teenager in custody, with officials convinced that the youth was planning to blow up their school and officers taking him away in handcuffs, a civil […]
Source: Huffington Post By Elyse Wanshel Associate Editor, Trends, The Huffington Post A small restaurant is giving with a big heart. Marché Ferdous, a Muslim-owned eatery in Montreal, hands […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor When Thuy Nguyen was just 12 years old, she left her native country of Vietnam and boarded a South Korean boat in […]
Nigel Farage is not a Nazi and nor is Donald Trump. But what is terrifying – and deeply akin to fascism – is our ability to ‘think’ our way from truth into lies Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 29 December 2016 We do not live in a “post-truth” world, neither in the Middle East nor in […]
Source: BBC By Harry LowBBC News The North Atlantic island of Bermuda has no fresh-water springs, rivers or lakes. So how did humans ever settle there? The secret is in […]