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Written by Aicha Lasfar
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Friday, 13 January 2012 20:26 |
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 Dec. 23rd 2011 marked the tenth year anniversary of the "Reviving the Islamic Spirit Conference" -- an event which draws thousands of Muslims each year from all over North America and the world to Canada, precisely at the foot of the iconic CN Tower.
Once a small youth initiative, the RIS Conference has now reached massive popularity among North American Muslims and attracted an attendance of approximately 20,000 people making it a sold out event for the first time since its inception in 2001.
Droves of Muslims descended upon the Metro Toronto Convention Center to shop in the Great Bazaar, to reconnect with old friends but most of all, to listen to inspiring lectures given by a panel of internationally recognized Muslim scholars.
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Written by Staff Writer
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Friday, 13 January 2012 20:25 |
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Local and national Muslim groups are demanding swift action against vandals who attacked two west Quebec mosques.
“These are clearly hate crimes and authorities should act with speed and determination to catch the culprits so that they face the full force of the law,” Mohammad Zakaria Khan, president of the Muslim Coordinating Council (MCC-NCR), a local umbrella group said in a statement on Jan. 9.
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Written by Yahya Abdul Rahman
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Friday, 13 January 2012 20:16 |
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"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do." - Helen Keller
In preparation for this article I asked Fatma Maged to email me her favorite saying and she replied with the quote above by Helen Keller. Later, as I sat down in an interview with Fatma, I soon realized why this quote is so closely related to her own personal biography.
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Written by Yahya Abdul Rahman
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Friday, 13 January 2012 20:22 |
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 Ottawa’s first “elite” private school for Muslims could begin accepting students as early as September 2012.
According to the administrators, the new school will integrate the required Ontario curriculum with Islamic instruction, offer courses such as classical Arabic that aren’t available in the public school system, and allow students to specialise and/or fast-track their high school studies.
The new school is the brainchild of Mohamed Jebara, founder and headmaster of the Ottawa-based Cordova Academy – a religious institute well-known for its Quran recitation and classical Arabic programmes.
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Written by Staff Writer
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Friday, 13 January 2012 20:15 |
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Mrs. Wahida Valiante, founding member and longest-serving board officer of the Canadian Islamic Congress, stepped down on Jan. 1 as the organisation’s national president.
She has served the CIC for thirteen years – ten as its vice-president and the last three as national president.
“I leave this unique and vital organization with the memory of many challenges and triumphs,” Ms. Valiante said.
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