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An Atheist’s Take On Quebec’s Bill 21
Muslim men, Sikh women, Christians, and most Jews are not required by their religions to display any religious symbols
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New Book Offers Insights on Life, God and the Universe
If life began in a primordial ocean with organisms evolving from elemental atoms which, instructed by a self-creating universe of natural laws, suddenly flashed into…
View More New Book Offers Insights on Life, God and the UniverseQuebec’s Bill 62 is an Oppression
It’s absurd to pass any law that is so obviously a violation of that constitution and its Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Quebec’s National Assembly…
View More Quebec’s Bill 62 is an OppressionWe Ignore Islamism at our Own Peril
Quebec recently passed a law banning face coverings for people delivering or receiving public services, which has re-ignited the debate across Canada on banning the…
View More We Ignore Islamism at our Own PerilWhose Voice is it Anyway?
I published my debut novel, Belief, in Canada last year. It’s the story of an immigrant family’s struggle to integrate into the Canadian mainstream. Just when everything seems…
View More Whose Voice is it Anyway?War Over “Authentic” Vietnamese Cuisine
People take pride in the food they eat, and ethnic communities especially form and retain their identities around their traditional cuisines. What’s Italian without pasta?…
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Arab World Needs a Cultural Revolution: Author
It was a book launch and discussion that should have taken place in Damascus, Baghdad, Cairo, Tripoli or any other capital of the Arab world. …
View More Arab World Needs a Cultural Revolution: AuthorReligious Accommodation Still a Struggle in Quebec
On one of the final stops during its two-year, cross-country “Our Canada” workshop series, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) held an open conversation about…
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New Book Reveals More Modern, Global Shia Islam
The latest instalment of the Institute of Ismaili Studies’ Muslim Heritage Series aims to provide a deeper understanding of Shia Islam, the Muslim religion’s second-largest…
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