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New York hosts 10-day Muslim Voices: Arts & Ideas Festival
(June 4, 2009) — In celebration of the extraordinary range of artistic expression in the Muslim world, the Muslim Voices: Arts & Ideas event, an unprecedented ten-day festival and conference will take place June
Read More »New Muslim Cool is Islam as you have never seen it
(June 3, 2009) – It is hip-hop as you have probably never heard it. This new film, which opens the 22nd season of P.O.V., PBS’s award-winning nonfiction film series, gives audiences an insider’s view
Read More »Only building of its kind in Canada
(May 31, 2009) Doors Open Toronto celebrated its 10th anniversary on May 23-24, 2009. One-hundred-and-seventy-five buildings of architectural, historic, cultural and/or social significance opened their doors to the public. Highlights this year included the ornately
Read More »After 33 years, Yusuf/Cat Stevens returns to Los Angeles
A concert by Yusuf, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, comes around only slightly more frequently than Halley’s Comet, so it’s no surprise that Yusuf’s first appearance in Los Angeles in 33 years
Read More »Planting the Seeds – History of the Islamic Foundation of Toronto Part 2
BY MUNEEB NASIR The coming together of the early immigrant Muslims in Toronto to build an organization and establish a centre for their religious, cultural and social activities had an air of excitement among
Read More »Humble Beginnings – History of the Islamic Foundation of Toronto Part 1
BY MUNEEB NASIR Openness and inclusiveness can be empowering. This is the lesson from the early history of one of Toronto’s oldest Islamic Centers, the Islamic Foundation of Toronto. The founding years, in the
Read More »The Good Samaritan redux
A little more than 10 ago, just after I’d been diagnosed with cancer, my wife and I moved to a new residence. As word of my disease spread, friends started calling less and less,
Read More »Weapon of choice is her voice
A spoken-word poet who refers to her voice as “my weapon” is to perform at this weekend’s MuslimFest for young people. Sofia Baig, a rising star among Canadian Muslim activists, takes the stage Sunday
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