NEWS RELEASE FLEMINGDON and Thorncliffe Park Muslim Association (FATMA) announced to endorse John Carmichael as the conservative candidate from Don Valley West. The decision was made after a long meeting with John Carmichael. In this meeting, FATMA executive members and community activists discussed openly all the related international, national, and local issues that concerned to [...]
Yousef Drummond A few weeks ago I and other brothers listened attentively one evening to a Bayan, or lecture, conducted by one of our learned scholars of Islam at a musjid here in Elmont, New York. The topic: anger. I’m not referring to the manifestation of anger, however; and I’m sure this learned scholar was [...]
By UNVER SAAD AJAX Norrrth Pet Hospital, located at 201 Williamson Dr. W. Ajax, established in August 2010 is the second successful venture of Veterinary Doctor Naseer Malik, a resident of Ajax, Ontario. Before it, he established renowned HWY 401/Warden Pet Hospital, successfully ran the clinic for several years and sold. He was looking [...]
By JOSEPH G. RAMSEY “I’m sorry,” said the captain After killing your wife Upon maiming your children And wrecking your life. “I’m sorry,” he said, “The missile. It missed; “I’ll certainly understand it if you feel pissed. “That damn missile went left when it should have gone right– “–You see, it’s hard to see straight [...]
ASIF HAROON RAJA IN September 2001, the whole world comity was behind USA. The UN had authorized US call to invade Afghanistan and combat terrorism so as to make the world peaceful. The world response to invasion of Iraq in March 2003 was different. Millions came out in the western world to dissuade George W. [...]
By ASHLEY SMITH National antiwar mobilizations in New York City on April 9 and San Francisco on April 10 will have opposition to Islamophobia and state repression of Muslim and Arab organizations at the center of their demands. Abdul Malik Mujahid is a leader of Muslim Peace Coalition, a recently formed organization to challenge Islamophobia. [...]
By HAROON SIDDIQUI AN iteration of the clash of civilizations keeps happening with depressing regularity: The Qur’an or the Prophet Muhammed is insulted somewhere in the West. In response, riots break out somewhere in the Muslim world, and people get killed — either innocent non-Muslims targeted in revenge or, more numerously, Muslim rioters shot dead [...]
How U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan murdered innocent civilians and mutilated their corpses – and how their officers failed to stop them. Plus: An exclusive look at the war crime photos censored by the Pentagon By MARK BOAL Early last year, after six hard months soldiering in Afghanistan, a group of American infantrymen reached a momentous [...]
Dr. ASHRAF EZZAT “We’re not big debaters. We’re not very well-educated; we’re just simple people trying to do the right thing.” Said Luke Jones, the son of the Florida pastor who finally carried out his most ignorant plan and burned a copy of the holy scripture of Muslims (Qur’an) Adding to what Luke had said, [...]
By JEANNE THEOHARIS Pale and gaunt, he stood there, having endured three years of pretrial solitary confinement. "Alhamdullilah," he said. Yes. He had allowed an acquaintance to stay with him in his student apartment in London—an acquaintance who had raincoats, ponchos, and waterproof socks in his luggage, which the acquaintance later delivered to Al Qaeda. [...]
