Commentary by Khaled Salama in Mississauga, Ontario Last summer, I had an interesting debate with a young, well-travelled Qatari friend in Doha. Not unlike millions…
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Muslim-Canadian Women Concerned About Discrimination
by Danica Samuel in Toronto When Sheema Khan told audience members at the Aga Khan Museum that the men sitting at one of her last…
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Commentary by Hasan Zillur Rahim in San Jose, California Five days after the bodies of Golam Rabbi, 59, and Shamima Rabbi, 57, were discovered at…
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by Beatrice Paez in Toronto It had been such a whirlwind process, Zuhir says of the journey that he and his family took earlier this…
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Wynne Makes Appeal for Acceptance at Ottawa Mosque
by Kyle Duggan in Ottawa Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne made a broad appeal for acceptance at a visit to an Ottawa mosque for Friday prayers…
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Documenting Muslim History in Saskatchewan
by Florence Hwang in Regina, Saskatchewan Ever since Muslims began settling in the Canadian prairies, they’ve built bridges with their new community while maintaining their ties…
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Growing up Muslim: An Individual Story, a Universal Tale
by Zarqa Nawaz in Regina I asked Anton Leo, the head of comedy for CBC Television, why he had decided to green-light “Little Mosque on the…
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by Abbas Somji (@abbassomji) in Calgary For some Muslims in Canada, the events of Sept. 11 cling to their collective memory like a dark stain,…
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by Amira Elghawaby “You can’t be what you can’t see.” — Marian Wright Edelman, human rights activist I can’t begin to imagine…
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