http://themuslim.ca Toronto-GTA Muslims News & Resource Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:16:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en TORONTO:  Based on verified reports of crescent sightings in Trinindad and Guyana on the eve of Thursday September 9th 2010 (29 Ramadan), the Hilal Committee of Toronto (A committee of 80 Muslim organizations) has declared the 1st of Shawwal 1431 to be on Friday 10 September 2010. Eid ul Fitr ... http://themuslim.ca/2010/09/10/eid-greetings-one-eid-in-gta/ NEWS RELEASE TORONTO, ON – Campbell is taking the lead as the first mainstream brand to launch Halal-certified products in the soup aisle. There’s a great story behind the launch of Campbell Company of Canada’s line of 15 Halal-certified products for Canada’s growing Muslim community. “Campbell Canada is committed to making a difference ... http://themuslim.ca/2010/09/09/campbell-canada-introduces-the-first-mainstream-brand-halal-certified-products-in-the-soup-aisle/ Haroon Siddiqui -- Editorial Page, Toronto Star – Sept. 9, 2010 Nazis used to burn books. That was noted in 1989 when some British Muslims in Bradford burned Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, and again in 2006 when some Muslims torched Danish cartoons portraying the Prophet Muhammad. On Saturday, the ninth ... http://themuslim.ca/2010/09/09/the-bloody-legacy-of-911-has-anything-been-learned/ EL-HAJJ MAURI’ SAALAKHAN I’ve been in the New York area for much of the past week, and I have been repeatedly asked my opinion (by Muslims and non-Muslims) on two related issues that will come to a head on Saturday, September 11, 2010: (a) my position on the so-called “9/11 Mosque” ... http://themuslim.ca/2010/09/09/why-i-will-support-the-rally-on-september-11th/ News Release Stand for Unity and Solidarity on Saturday, September 11 Saturday Sept. 11 in NYC- 1:00 p.m. Assemble and rally at east side of City Hall, then March Rally at Park Pl. and Church St . (Manhattan) Why we are marching on September 11th? The Emergency Mobilization Against Racism and Anti-Islamic ... http://themuslim.ca/2010/09/09/say-no-to-racism-and-anti-islamic-bigotry/ By IMTIAZ GUL I wrote this article after visiting the flood-hit areas. Garhi Khuda Bux (Sind, Pakistan) - Once again, the tide of goodwill in the aftermath of the super-flood favours Pakistan. By himself flying over the affected areas and later giving a graphic description of the devastationthe UN ... http://themuslim.ca/2010/08/25/pakistans-flood-and-rich-and-poor/ ICNA Relief, in collaboration with PIA, will be collecting Food Items, Medicines, New Clothes etc outside of Alfalah Islamic Center starting from Tuesday, August 24, 2010. ICNA Relief Canada is requesting brothers and sisters to participate in this great cause with their family and friends. Lots of volunteers are required for this project to collect, sort ... http://themuslim.ca/2010/08/25/collecting-food-and-medicines-for-pakistan/ SRINAGAR: Chairman of Kaskmir All parties Hurriat Conference (APHC), Syed Ali Gilani has extended the "Quit Kashmir Movement"for 10 more days. Syed Ali Gilani said that the occupation authorities were trying to suppress the movement by preparing to hold Panchayat and Municipal elections, adding that such tactics would have dangerous ... http://themuslim.ca/2010/08/25/gilani-extends-quite-kashmir-movement-for-another-10-days/ By ABU YAHYA, Canada CLOSE to 2,000, people have died in Pakistan’s biggest natural disaster since 1929. Millions have lost their homes and run the risk of being infected by deadly water-borne diseases such as cholera. The government’s slow response has been criminally inadequate whereas the magnitude of the devastation was ... http://themuslim.ca/2010/08/25/floods-in-pakistan-the-treachery-of-muslim-rulers/ “if the water was not diverted, the Shahbaz Airbase would have been inundated.” He was assigned to protect it, former Prime Minister Mir Zafar Ullah Khan Jamali saying that doing it meant demolishing the Jamali bypass and letting the town of Dera Allahyar drown. By STEPHEN LENDMAN WITH 20 million or more ... http://themuslim.ca/2010/08/25/washington-orders-shahbaz-airbase-saved-%e2%80%94-not-pakistan%e2%80%99s-flood-victims/