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Faith leaders must talk about violence
By Reverend Chloe Breyer and Sarah Sayeed For those who loved Shaima Alawadi, the Iraqi-born mother of five and California resident, the recent media storm around her case likely provides very little solace. Speculation
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ISIJ of Toronto responds to East End Madrasah Curriculum
By Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi, Imam of the Islamic Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaat of Toronto Canada is globally known as a country which recognizes religious and cultural diversity within its society, and expects its citizens to
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What can we learn from Byzantium?
By Mehnaz M. Afridi As I wandered into New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to see the exhibit “Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition”, I began to think about the turbulent revolutionary events
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Did the Pulitzer Prize miss the season of change in the Middle East?
By Muqtedar Khan A few days ago, I was in Ankara having a conversation with a senior advisor to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. As we were talking, I heard a loud bang
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On the brink: can non-violence bring Syria back?
By Michael Nagler and Stephanie Van Hook When the Arab Spring was initiated by Mohammed Bouazizi’s self-immolation last year in Tunisia, it ignited longings for freedom throughout the region; more than that, it took
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Transcending America’s faith divide to address social injustice
By Altaf Husain As Americans pause on 4 April, the anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, it is worthwhile to reflect on the culture of service and social justice that were part
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How being a minority taught me tolerance
By Omar Alghabra On April 17th, Canadians will celebrate the 30th anniversary of our beloved Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This is an appropriate occasion for me to share how Canada and the Charter
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New languages democratising social media
By Nada Akl On 6 March micro-blogging service Twitter announced the launch of its Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and Urdu versions. It all started with the grassroots #LetsTweetInArabic campaign by a handful of users who
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Halal meat is more humane than factory meat
By Ziyaad Mia As the Parti Quebecois conflates imagined Islamist plots with feigned concerns for animal welfare, I wonder if Chicken Little is on the separatist payroll. The latest act in Quebec’s Chronicles of
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Behind the Toulouse shootings
By Tariq Ramadan In the midst of continuous and intense media coverage and political crisis management our response to the events in Toulouse and Montauban must be put in proper perspective. As in any
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