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Canadian Muslims present $250,000 Eid Gift to people of Fort McMurray

Canadian Muslims

Canadian Muslims present $250,000 Eid Gift to people of Fort McMurray

Canadian Muslims have announced that an Eid gift of $250,000 will be presented to the Fort McMurray, the Alberta city that was devastated by wildfires in May. “On the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, Toronto-based International Development and Relief Foundation

Muslims across Canada celebrate Eid on Wednesday

Canadian Muslims

Muslims across Canada celebrate Eid on Wednesday

The Canadian Muslim community will celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Wednesday, July 6. The Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA) which recognizes astronomical calculation as an acceptable Shar’i method for determining the beginning of lunar months including the months of Ramadan and Shawwal, declared the first day of Shawwal 1437

Istanbul, the World and Peace

Canadian Muslims

Istanbul, the World and Peace

By Professor Tariq Ramadan Islam is not a religion of peace; Islam is a religion which calls for peace. There is a huge difference. Islam requires the believer and the society to deal with the human condition and with all of its complexity and violence so as to spiritually reform

Fasting Canadian Youth run for charity

Canadian Muslims

Fasting Canadian Youth run for charity

Toronto Muslim youth took part in Fasting 5K on Saturday, June 25 and joined with other Muslims across North America to raise over $130,000 for youth charities. “We were able to raise a total of $13,000 for youth mental health services in Toronto and abroad and over $130,

Faith Communities join Muslims for Friendship Iftar

Faith Communities join Muslims for Friendship Iftar

Ramadan is the time to restore and repair our relationships, Imam Dr. Hamid Slimi told the Annual Interfaith Iftar held at the Sayeda Khadija Centre on Thursday, June 23. “We must seize the generosity in Ramadan to show one another the best of ourselves,” said Dr. Hamid Slimi, Founder and

Toronto Community Leaders share Iftar

Canadian Muslims

Toronto Community Leaders share Iftar

Dicle Islamic Society of Toronto, an organization serving the Turkish community, invited GTA Muslim leaders and their families to share an Iftar meal on Tuesday, June 21. The theme of the ‘Ramadan Iftar Tent’ was ‘The importance of Intra-Faith Dialogue’ and, according to the organizers, the aim of the event

Ontario Premier fasts in solidarity with Muslims

Canadian Muslims

Ontario Premier fasts in solidarity with Muslims

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne joined Muslims in fasting on Wednesday, June 22nd and then took part in the Iftar (fast-breaking meal) with the community at the Sayeda Khadija Centre in Mississauga. “I am honored to participate in the fast with you,” said Premier Wynne. “3:30 am is a long

Iftar Fundraiser for Muneeba Centre set for June 24

Iftar Fundraiser for Muneeba Centre set for June 24

DEEN Support Services is holding an Iftar Dinner and fundraiser for the Muneeba Centre on Friday, June 24 in Scarborough. The Muneeba Centre, a facility that will offer support programs and respite services for people with disabilities, was officially opened on Saturday, May 14 in Mississauga. “Our community is extremely

Women’s group uses dialogue to dispel myths about Muslims

Canadian Muslims

Women’s group uses dialogue to dispel myths about Muslims

Fauzia Mazhar is passionate about dispelling the stereotypical image of Muslim women prevalent in society and hopes the annual event she helps to organize in Kitchener will challenge these myths. “Since 2011, the Coalition of Muslim Women of Kitchener-Waterloo has presented a community outreach event on the first weekend of

GIVTAR 2016: Fast ~ Reflect ~ Give

Canadian Muslims

GIVTAR 2016: Fast ~ Reflect ~ Give

This Ramadan, CivicMuslims [http://www.civicmuslims.ca/] is excited to present the Second Annual #GIVTAR: a special iftaar at the beautiful Centre for Social Innovation at Regent Park to give back to our local food banks in support of the Give 30 campaign. [http://www.give30.ca/] We will break

Canada Day Iftar welcomes Syrian Newcomers

Canada Day Iftar welcomes Syrian Newcomers

A Canada Day Iftar and fundraiser organized by IDRF will welcome recent Syrian newcomers and help them celebrate their first Canada Day. “We will be hosting Syrian refugee families and showing them how we celebrate our blessed month of Ramadan and celebrate this beautiful country on Canada Day and how

Parliament of the World's Religion issues Interfaith Ramadan Challenge

Parliament of the World's Religion issues Interfaith Ramadan Challenge

Although Ramadan’s history and custom is specific to Islam, there are reasons that members of other faiths – and people of no faith – ought to take notice this year. Muslims make up a significant portion of the global community, yet the Islamic holy days have not been accepted and welcomed

Join Give 30 - a grassroots movement against hunger

Canadian Muslims

Join Give 30 - a grassroots movement against hunger

By Ziyaad Mia I foundedGive 30(GIVE30.ca [http://www.give30.ca/]) in 2012 on the spark of an idea I had almost 15 years ago. The “Eureka” moment came when I was putting away my coffee cup at work one Ramadan, joking with a colleague that fasting is so

"Meet The Men Who Stand Beside Us!" Event coming to Kitchener

Canadian Muslims

"Meet The Men Who Stand Beside Us!" Event coming to Kitchener

‘MEET THE MEN WHO STAND BESIDE US!’ is the theme of the 6th Annual Community Outreach event organized by the Coalition of Muslim Women of Kitchener-Waterloo. The free family event, to which the general public is invited, will be held at Kitchener City Hall on Saturday, June 4 2016 from

Do Muslims Lie?

Canadian Council of Imams

Do Muslims Lie?

By Katherine Bullock Do Muslims lie? Like all of humanity there are those who do, and those who don’t. Should Muslims lie? That is an altogether different question. I grew up in a typical white, middle-class, and nominally Christian family in Australia. I attended a private, all-girls, Presbyterian high

Surveys impact narrative about Canadian Muslims

Surveys impact narrative about Canadian Muslims

Surveys are powerful vehicles for amplifying the voices of individuals, Dr. Keith Neuman, Executive Director of Environics Institute, told a forum on Tuesday, May 24 held at the Intercultural Dialogue Institute in Toronto. Dr. Neuman was presenting the results of the latest Survey of Muslims in Canada at the forum.

Canadian Muslim Youth increasingly more devout

Canadian Muslims

Canadian Muslim Youth increasingly more devout

Canadian Muslim millennials are more religious that other Canadian youth and also the most observant generation in the Muslim community, according to the new national survey conducted by Environics Institute and released on April 27. The youth, ages 18 to 34 years, are most likely to visit mosques for prayer

Canadian Muslims pray, mobilize donations for Fort McMurray

Canadian Muslims

Canadian Muslims pray, mobilize donations for Fort McMurray

Canadian Muslims offered special prayers at the weekly Friday services today and collected donations for people fleeing the wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alberta. “The pictures and stories that we’re seeing and hearing are absolutely harrowing,” Kanata Muslim Association’s Imam Sikander Hashmi told CBC News. “I just want to

A workshop like no other

Anatolia Islamic Centre

A workshop like no other

By Dima Traboulsi and Zaynab Mamai – Student Reporters, Maingate Islamic Academy (with support from Sanaa Ali-Mohammed) “Sometimes when we are surrounded by different messages and different people-we’re surrounded by media, that has various ways of representing or… portraying Islam – we can be overwhelmed by our emotions.” -Therapist Asma Ali

Canadian religious leaders concerned over assisted-dying legislation

Canadian Muslims

Canadian religious leaders concerned over assisted-dying legislation

Canadian religious leaders on Tuesday expressed their concerns regarding the proposed legislation on “physician-assisted-dying” and are calling on the government to protect the vulnerable, improve palliative care and protect freedom of conscience. “We stand together today, leaders within our respective faith communities – Jewish, Muslim and Christian – to express our grave

Faith leaders urge action on climate justice

Canadian Muslims

Faith leaders urge action on climate justice

On 18 April 2016, four days before the signing ceremony for the Paris Agreement on climate change adopted by UN negotiators on 12 December, a Statement from 250 religious leaders supporting this pact and urging much more ambitious action is being handed to UN General Assembly President, Ambassador Mogens Lykketoft.

Canadian Imams Announce De-Radicalization Clinics at Annual Gala

Canadian Council of Imams

Canadian Imams Announce De-Radicalization Clinics at Annual Gala

The Canadian Council of Imams (CCI) has announced the formation of a National Security Committee that will open de-radicalization clinics in the Greater Toronto Area. The announcement was made at the Council’s first annual dinner held on Monday evening. “We just want to take a proactive approach,” Toronto Imam

Muslim-Christian Dialogue between Bloordale United Church and Sayeda Khadija Centre

Muslim-Christian Dialogue between Bloordale United Church and Sayeda Khadija Centre

A Mississauga mosque and an Etobicoke church recently took part in an interfaith exchange that brought together both congregations to experience each other’s prayer service. The inter-faith exchange between the Sayeda Khadija Islamic Centre in Mississauga and Bloordale United Church was organized by Rev. Brian McIntosh and Imam Hamid

Symposium Addresses Christian-Muslim Relations in the Year of Mercy

Symposium Addresses Christian-Muslim Relations in the Year of Mercy

The Jubilee Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis provides an opportunity to contemplate the mercy of God and advance dialogue between Muslims and Christians, a group of scholars, religious leaders and journalists told a gathering at Toronto’s University of St. Michael’s College on March 3. “The Catholic

Dr. Mohamed Lachemi named Ryerson University’s new president

Canadian Muslims

Dr. Mohamed Lachemi named Ryerson University’s new president

Dr. Mohamed Lachemi has been appointed as Ryerson University’s ninth president and vice-chancellor, effective April 4, 2016. An award-winning teacher, mentor and professor of civil engineering, Dr. Lachemi is well known for his pioneering research in high-performance materials and advanced technologies. “Ryerson is having an impact on the evolution