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Is there an ‘All-American Muslim’?
By Marwa Helal The Learning Channel (TLC) recently aired the new reality television programme, “All-American Muslim”, amid a great deal of buzz both within and outside the Muslim American community. Set in Dearborn, Michigan,
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Muslims who can lead in multicultural societies
By Shelina Zahra Janmohamed (November 27, 2011) – Multiculturalism has come under increasing attack in the last few years in Europe, as societies struggle to make sense of how to bring together communities of
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Lessons from the streets: Injustices made visible
(Sermon delivered by Muneeb Nasir at Hart House Debates Room, University of Toronto, November 18 2011). Preamble: Praises and Advice I begin by expressing praise and gratitude to Allah for all that we have
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Call to Action to Eradicate Domestic Violence
October 31, 2011 As October, the Domestic Violence Awareness month, has ended and we now approach December 6, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, Muslim Canadians reflect on the
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A time for a collective extension of love in the presence of fear
By Rev. Terry Weller (November 10, 2011) – I once studied with a spiritual teacher who taught that there are essentially only two basic emotions in the world: Love and Fear. He taught that
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Abraham’s legacy: the openness to accept the other
[Eid Al-Adha Sermon delivered at the Islamic Institute of Toronto by Shaikh Ahmad Kutty on November 06, 2011]. I praise Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful; I thank Him for His blessings and favors. I
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Muslim weightlifter who never gave up on her dream recognized at Toronto banquet
(November 3, 2011) – Kulsoom Abdullah is a Pakistani-American computer engineer, who has been Olympic Weightlifting for three years and Crossfitting for two years. Kulsoom started competing in Olympic Weightlifting competitions in March 2010 and obtained
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Muslims and Christians: if you don´t communicate, you don´t exist
By Safia Aoude (October 31, 2011) – “We can write anything now!” said an editor of the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram to some visiting Danish participants in Cairo as a part of a recent Alexandria-based
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Gratitude is an attitude
By Muneeb Nasir In a Qur’anic verse (ayat), Allâh says, “Then remember Me; I will remember you. Be grateful to Me, and do not reject Me” (Qur’an – al Baqara:152). What does gratitude really
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Let’s become stewards of the earth
By Muaz Nasir “It is he (Allah) that has appointed you (mankind) as stewards in the Earth…” (Qu’rán, 35:39) (April 21, 2011) – As Earth Day 2011 quickly approaches, many of us take this
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