CHINA’S persecution of the Uyghurs, nine million Turkic-speaking Muslims, will be the focus of an inter-faith conference in Toronto on July 5. Most of the Uyghurs live in Xinjiang, a vast desert region of Western China. The group “One Free World International” will host the 7-9 p.m. event at Catch The Fire Church, formerly known [...]
TWO Canadian soldiers have been charged with manslaughter in the 2010 death of a corporal during a routine training exercise on a shooting range in Afghanistan. Cpl. Joshua Baker of Edmonton was killed last February at the shooting range about four kilometres from Kandahar. Four other soldiers were also injured in the incident. "It is [...]
A MUSLIM woman alleged in a lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch that she was forbidden from wearing her head scarf while working at one of the company's northern California clothing stores. Hani Khan of San Mateo, California, alleged that store managers had told her to remove her hijab as part of the clothing chain's "Look [...]
NEWS RELEASE OTTAWA: Canada is adjusting its intake of applications from economic immigrants to further reduce the backlog and improve wait times while meeting the country’s labour market needs, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced on June 24. “The backlog of federal skilled worker applications is now half of what it was when [...]
NOAM Chomsky is one of the major intellectuals of our time. The eighty-two-year-old American linguist, philosopher and activist is a severe critic of US foreign and economic policy. Ceyda Nurtsch talked to him about the Arabic spring in its global context June 22, 2011 - - Mr. Chomsky, many people claim that the Arab world [...]
By EL-HAJJ MAURI' SAALAKHAN TRAVELING from Alabama to Georgia, I decided to make a brief pit stop to get a cup of coffee and quickly check my e-mail, when I came across a message that I was compelled to forward out immediately (with my own brief commentary). The message below underscores in very graphic detail, the disparities of [...]
A DANISH appeals court has sentenced a Somali man to 10 years in prison for breaking into the home of a cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad. The Western High Court in Aarhus added an extra year to a nine-year sentence given by a lower court to Muhideen Mohammed Geelle in February. He was sentenced [...]
THE participants from 52 countries will compete at the 28th edition of the International Quran Competition which will be held from June 29 to July 4. A total of 90 countries applied to participate at the competition out of which 52 countries will definitely be participating at the event, the head of high council for [...]
FORMER British Prime Minister Tony Blair, a devout Catholic, says he reads the Qur’an every day to ensure he remains faith-literate. Citing an interview in the Observer magazine, the Daily Mail says Mr. Blair noted that having a knowledge of other faiths is crucial in a globalized world, and that his study of Islam helps [...]
A DISPUTE between FIFA and Iranian and Jordanian women soccer players over the right to wear religious Muslim headdresses during matches is expanding as it spreads across the Atlantic. A Canadian soccer referee, Sarah Benkirane, was barred this week by Quebec’s Lac St. Louis Regional Soccer Association because she wears a hijab, a religious headdress [...]
