Commentary by: Phil Gurski in Ottawa Three cheers for Saudi Arabia! The conservative Kingdom has ruled that women can now drive and no longer need to be…
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Can ‘Moderate’ Islam Top ‘Extremist’ Islam?
Commentary by Phil Gurski in Ottawa My late mother had a lot of great advice for me, much of which I followed and much of which has…
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New Book Reveals More Modern, Global Shia Islam
by Melissa Shaw in Vancouver The latest instalment of the Institute of Ismaili Studies’ Muslim Heritage Series aims to provide a deeper understanding of Shia…
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Commentary by Firas Al-Atraqchi in Cairo, Egypt Despite the partisan brouhaha and accusations of weakness and betrayal directed at the Liberal government, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision…
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In this piece, journalist Alireza Ahmadian discusses Canada’s arms deal with Saudi Arabia with Cesar Jaramillo, Executive Director of Project Ploughshares, a non-governmental organization working…
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Lamenting Yemen’s Destruction: A Cry for the Past
by Hadani Ditmars (@HadaniDitmars) in Vancouver In this season of sad anniversaries, as the 12-year-old ghosts of the invasion of Iraq enjoy a violent adolescence,…
View More Lamenting Yemen’s Destruction: A Cry for the PastThis Office is about much more than ethnic votes
by Richard Landau for New Canadian Media David Carment (Religious Freedom? This office is about ethnic votes, Feb. 21) has theorized in the Globe and…
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