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National security framework needs major overhaul

Canadian Muslims

National security framework needs major overhaul

By Faisal Kutty Over the next few weeks, rights groups, lawyers, activists, experts and concerned individuals will all weigh in on how to achieve a National Security framework upholding both security and rights. The problems with the existing framework are too many to canvass here, but there are a few

Where There is Hope, There is Faith

Canadian Muslims

Where There is Hope, There is Faith

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What we all need to understand about the hajj

Canadian Muslims

What we all need to understand about the hajj

By Faisal Kutty “America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem,” wrote Malcolm X more than 50 years ago after his hajj (pilgrimage). The reality is that it’s not just America that needs to understand it. Millions will

Tariq Ramadan: “The detention of Homa Hoodfar is unjust and un-Islamic - Iran should release her”

Canadian Muslims

Tariq Ramadan: “The detention of Homa Hoodfar is unjust and un-Islamic - Iran should release her”

By Tariq Ramadan As Muslim scholar, I am deeply troubled by the unlawful and unjust detention of professor Homa Hoodfar, an Iranian-Canadian scholar who was detained in March while visiting friends and family in Iran. Members of the Revolutionary Guard raided her home, confiscated her personal belongings and passports, summoned

No gold medal for human rights at global sports events

Canadian Muslims

No gold medal for human rights at global sports events

By Faisal KuttyCitius. Altius. Fortius. Can’t go wrong with the Olympic motto of striving to be faster, higher and stronger. Unfortunately, international sporting events also have an ugly side, one too often hidden using repression and public relations budgets. Years ago on a visit to India, I came face

Persecution of Christians in Middle East is profoundly un-Islamic

Canadian Muslims

Persecution of Christians in Middle East is profoundly un-Islamic

By Faisal Kutty “Are you Muslim?” asks a Daesh member to a Christian couple. When the husband answers in the affirmative, the terrorist instructs him to recite from the Quran. The man recites from the Bible. Upon hearing the Arabic, the guard says “Yallah” and motions them through. The man’

The Intersection of Race and Mental Health

The Intersection of Race and Mental Health

By Rabia Khedr Instead of don’t shoot, we have to now also say, “don’t beat me.” What a difficult week it was for us, law-abiding Canadians who respect our women and men in uniform. As we watch the events unfold south of the border, we say confidently, “this

Condemning Islamophobia Promotes Human Values

Canadian Muslims

Condemning Islamophobia Promotes Human Values

By Samer Majzoub The initiation of the online petition e-411 [https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-411], sponsored by Frank Baylis [http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/Frank-Baylis%2888578%29], the Federal Liberal MP of Peirrefonds-Dollard, comes at a time when extremists from every side

Open Letter to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei

Open Letter to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran

June 2016 Your Excellency, Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei Assalam-u-alaikum. We are members of the Muslim Community of Canada. We are writing to you about the case of Professor Homa Hoodfar, an Iranian-Muslim Professor of Anthropology at Concordia University in Montreal. She travelled to Iran in early 2016 to visit family

We Resist Despair: A Recommitment to Nonviolence

Canadian Muslims

We Resist Despair: A Recommitment to Nonviolence

By Larry Greenfield, Executive Director, Parliament of the World’s Religions The Parliament of the World’s Religions has a focused commitment to address issues of violence. It is one of three critical issues that hold priority in our mission and work. The recent rash of egregious violence has been

Dear Mom, Dad, Uncle, Auntie: Black Lives Matter to Us, Too

Black Lives Matter

Dear Mom, Dad, Uncle, Auntie: Black Lives Matter to Us, Too

Dear Mom, Dad, Uncle, Auntie, Grandfather, Grandmother: There’s something I’ve wanted to talk with you about. Black people are a part of my life in important ways: they’re my friends, my classmates, my partners, and my family. Today, I’m scared for them. Last week in the

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

The Prophet’s Companions were not a vanguard

Dr Katherine Bullock

The Prophet’s Companions were not a vanguard

By Dr. Katherine Bullock One idea that is prominent in some Muslim circles today is the concept of the vanguard. The vanguards, as defined by these Muslims, are meant to be the pious individuals who are on the straight path and whose job it is to bring their society back

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

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

What do you think when you look at me?

Canadian Muslims

What do you think when you look at me?

When you look at Muslim scholar Dalia Mogahed, what do you see: a woman of faith? a scholar, a mom, a sister? or an oppressed, brainwashed, potential terrorist? In this personal, powerful talk, Mogahed asks us, in this polarizing time, to fight negative perceptions of her faith in the media

When Life Gives You No-Fly Lemons

When Life Gives You No-Fly Lemons

By Naeem Siddiqi (January 11, 2016) – In the past week, Canadians have followed the saga of a six year-old child named Adam Ahmed who found himself on a ‘no fly’ list. Specifically, his dad, Sulemaan Ahmed, found his boy on Air Canada’s Deemed High Profile List [http://globalnews.ca/

Canadian Imams denounce ISIL

Canadian Council of Imams

Canadian Imams denounce ISIL

[http://127.0.0.1/wp/2014/canadian-muslims-condemn-isis-and-its-despicable-ideology/cci-2/] November 17, 2015 TORONTO – CANADIAN COUNCIL OF IMAMS (CCI) VEHEMENTLY DENOUNCES ISIL KILLINGS AND ATTACKS IN PARIS AND AROUND THE WORLD With deep shock and inexpressible sorrow, we, the Canadian Council of Imams, send our heartfelt condolences to the families and

Prime Minister Trudeau issues statement on fire at Peterborough Mosque

Canadian Muslims

Prime Minister Trudeau issues statement on fire at Peterborough Mosque

[http://127.0.0.1/wp/2015/prime-minister-trudeau-issues-statement-on-fire-at-peterborough-mosque/trudeau/] (November 16, 2015) – The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, issued the following statement today on the fire that took place at the mosque in Peterborough: “I am deeply disturbed by the fire that took place at the Kawartha Muslim Religious Association’s

Voting Values: A Muslim Perspective

Voting Values: A Muslim Perspective

[http://127.0.0.1/wp/2015/voting-values-a-muslim-perspective/dr-wael-shihab/] By Imam Dr. Wael Shehab (October 5, 2015) – Voting and elections are among the most controversial issues in the world. Though the majority of peoples—with different backgrounds and beliefs—show interest in voting and choosing their political leaders and representatives,

Muslims must combat the extremist cancer

Canadian Muslims

Muslims must combat the extremist cancer

[http://127.0.0.1/wp/2014/isis-cruelty-deserves-our-strongest-condemnation/gulen-2/] By Fethullah Gulen (August 27, 2015) – As the group that calls itself Islamic State, known as ISIS, continues to produce carnage in the Middle East, Muslims must confront the totalitarian ideology that animates it and other terrorist groups. Every terrorist act

NCCM: Senate Report is patronizing and discriminatory

Canadian Muslims

NCCM: Senate Report is patronizing and discriminatory

[http://127.0.0.1/wp/2015/nccm-senate-report-is-patronizing-and-discriminatory/nccm2-2/] Ihsaan Gardee, NCCM’s Executive Director.(July 9, 2015) – The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent Muslim civil liberties & advocacy organization, expresses its profound disappointment with a Senate committee report released Wednesday that fails to offer effective, robust,

Canadian Muslims

From the Heart

[http://127.0.0.1/wp/2015/from-the-heart/maisaloon/]By Maisaloon Al-Ashkar (July 7, 2015) – As a young, Muslim, Palestinian woman of colour in North America, everything that defines who I am is essentially under attack. I’m often faced with oppressive, preconceived notions that place me in restrictive circumstances

Five Ways to Green your Ramadan

Five Ways to Green your Ramadan

[http://127.0.0.1/wp/2012/five-ways-to-green-your-ramadan-2/greeningramadan-2/] By Muaz Nasir Ramadan presents the perfect opportunity to recharge our spiritual batteries for the year. It is a time to seek forgiveness for our misgivings and to reflect upon the signs of creation from Allah, which includes those present around

Ontario’s Sex-ed Battle Enters a Dangerous Phase

Canadian Muslims

Ontario’s Sex-ed Battle Enters a Dangerous Phase

By John Milloy [http://127.0.0.1/wp/2015/ontarios-sex-ed-battle-enters-a-dangerous-phase/milloy/] (May 29, 2015) – The debate around Ontario’s new sex-ed curriculum is entering a dangerous phase. As media coverage moves on, myths have started to solidify and a convenient narrative has taken hold about a secular society trampling