French Islamic Scholar to Join Female-Led Prayer in Toronto
Former Marseilles Mufti to also Address Cartoon Controversy TORONTO - A leading Muslim scholar of France, the former Mufti of Marseilles, Soheib Bencheikh, will be in Toronto on Sunday, February 19, where he will address a press conference on the...

Why Muslim Canadians should vote for the NDP
Traditional leaders are playing games and trying to please all parties By Jehad Aliweiwi & Tarek Fatah On Monday, millions of Canadians will go to the polls to elect a new parliament and a new Prime Minister. Muslim Canadians...

Elections and Security Certificates…Rhetorically Speaking
By Shahid Mahmood "One cannot choose amongst various rights - I assure you that I will protect minorities." Prime-minister Paul Martin During any election campaign politicians are involved in a feeding frenzy devouring and disgorging all manner of political rhetoric....

Torture Lite: Michael Ignatieff’s Problematic Written Record
By Grace-Edward Galabuzi Controversial Canadian novelist and human rights scholar Michael Ignatieff is one of the Liberal Party's candidates for the 2006 federal election. In his response to Haroon Siddiqui’s opinion piece in the Toronto Star titled “Ignatieff now in...

Don't Succumb to Imams, Rabbis and Priests: One Law for All Citizens
What began as a cost-cutting measure has today split Canada's Muslim community, made strange bedfellows of otherwise hostile faith-based groups and led to the Quebec National Assembly rejecting sharia.

All One: A Multi-Faith Night to Remember
Canadians came out in numbers—youth, middle aged people and seniors; Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Jews; atheists and agnostics—some out of curiosity, others half informed and some totally unaware, with no clue about what was going to take place—to be perfectly honest, neither did I.

Are Opponents of Shariah Anti-Islam?
The controversy over the introduction of Shariah law in Ontario, Canada, continues to divide the Canadian Muslim community in ways that are unprecedented.

Canadian Muslim Group Endorses Same-Sex Marriage Legislation
The Muslim Canadian Congress, a Toronto-based grassroots organization, has welcomed the legislation presented by Justice Minister Irvin Cotler that re-defines marriage to include same-sex partners, and has urged Muslims and other minority groups to stand in solidarity with gays and lesbians.

‘Buyer Beware’? Since when was justice a consumer product? A Muslim woman's Open Letter to the Premier of Ontario
As Muslims we believe that what Ms Boyd is recommending under the cover of "Muslim principles" is in fact "Shariah by stealth."

Sharia Is Neither Islamic, nor Canadian
While the proponents justify the Sharia Board in the name of equal opportunity for the Muslim community, the opponents regard such a move as being contrary to Canadian constitution and anticipate gross violations of Muslim women's right to custody, inheritance and post-divorce alimony.

Controversial Canadian Muslim Leader Fuels Anti-Ahmadiyya Sectarian Controversy, Claims Ahmadiyya Muslims Are British Creations
At a time when Ahmadiyya Muslims are been persecuted in Bangladesh and Pakistan by fundamentalist Islamists and banned from entering Saudi Arabia, the leader of the Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC) has brought the sectarian controversy to North America by accusing Ahmadiyyas of being a product of British Colonialism and implying that they are non-Muslim.

Canada’s Media and Muslim Organizations Ignore Country’s First Muslim Woman Elected to Parliament
The question is this: How could the national media miss such a historic milestone for Canada's 600,000-strong Muslim community?

Canadian Muslim Leaders Are Misusing Mosques for Partisan Political Agendas
Although this election—the first after 9/11—provides us an opportunity to assert our strength, and send a message of solidarity with people who stood shoulder-to-shoulder with us in our darkest days, the traditional Canadian Muslim leadership has unwisely chosen to use the country’s mosques to serve short-term partisan ends.

After Hardship, Comes Ease: A Message from Itrath Syed
The most overwhelming thing about this experience has been the emotional roller coaster aspect of it. I have experienced deep sorrow and powerful joy and courage from the solidarity I have received.

Another Woman Silenced: Vancouver Imam Attacks Muslim Candidate for Canadian Parliament
Instead of an opportunity to address the other Muslims there, Syed sat through a scorching sermon that charged her with “working against the community.”