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Written by Monia Mazigh
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Thursday, 03 November 2011 11:44 |
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 Last winter and spring, Canadian Muslims originally from Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya and Syria were out in the streets of Ottawa and on Parliament Hill. They were out, despite the cold weather, despite family commitments, despite the intimidation and threats that they would sometimes receive from their embassies’ officials, to denounce the oppression of their people overseas.
They went out to speak out against the violence of the Arab dictators in their countries of origin. They asked the Canadian government for sanctions and for measures to support the emerging democracies in the Arab world. To date, protests continue to denounce the atrocities taking place in Syria where the violence is increasing and where transgressions by the “Shabiha” militias, loyal to the Assad regime, are routinely committed against the local population.
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Written by Dr. Salah Basalamah
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Thursday, 03 November 2011 11:43 |
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Many in our community have heard of Abdullah Almalki but know little about his case and even less about its development. But the more important thing is: what lessons should we draw from his story and the experiences of others like him?
How should we as Muslim Canadian citizens view our government’s security agencies? How should we assess our “duty to cooperate” in light of revelations of these agencies’ involvement in out-sourcing torture and creating false accusations of terrorism? Can we afford to remain uninformed and unaware of the extremely harmful mistakes Canadian intelligence services have made regarding several Muslim citizens since 2001?
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Written by M. Bassuny
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Thursday, 03 November 2011 11:28 |
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It appears the writer of the article Defeating Islamophobia the Prophetic Way (Sept. 24) missed the point or intentionally wanted to promote Humble Muslim Attitude -- or “humblinism” as our pro-Israelism Prime Minister who talks of “Islamism” might say -- a reminder of scholars paid by CIA after the 9/11 fabricated attack.
There is guidance from Allah, but the worst among us is the one who uses this guidance in the wrong place and wrong time to bluff others.
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Written by Abubakar N. Kasim
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Thursday, 03 November 2011 11:19 |
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It was quite worrisome to see the behaviour of the Libya’s freedom fighters during the capture and killing of the dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Instead of taking him to court, the rebels shot him to death as he pleaded for mercy, according to some media reports. After killing him, they dragged his body into the streets and then put it on a display for people to make a mockery of it and take pictures.
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Written by Mehboob Hajee
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Wednesday, 23 March 2011 23:50 |
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For years, Western countries, principally the USA and the UK, have been visiting Middle Eastern dictators to promote bilateral trade. The Western politicians were normally accompanied by tycoons usually in the petroleum, armaments, construction and manufacturing industries. Lucrative contracts were signed and the over the years, the natural wealth of the Middle Eastern countries was slowly siphoned off to the West.
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