Mustafa Farooq is Executive Director of the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM). A lawyer by profession, Mustafa completed his Juris Doctor at the University of Alberta and Osgoode Hall (York University) and later earned his Master of Laws (LLM) at UC Berkeley in California. In a Facebook post (November 3, 2009) Mustafa Farooq wrote (the post is no longer ...
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Canada officially defines Islamophobia
The Canadian government has adopted anti-racism strategy detailed in an official document titled “Building a Foundation for Change: Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy 2019–2022.”
Read More »Syed Soharwardy says multi-religious demography is changing the nature of Canada
Imam Syed Soharwardy of Calgary, the head of the Calgary-based Islamic Supreme Council of Canada (ISCC) and the founder of Muslims Against Terrorism.
Read More »Book promoted by Islamic group in Toronto: “Allah will destroy all religions except Islam”
Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips is a prominent Canadian Muslim scholar, who was born as a Christian in Jamaica in 1947 and grew up in Canada, where he accepted Islam in 1972.
Read More »Omar Alghabra reassuring Pakistani Canadians: Citizenship of terrorists, pedophiles won’t be revoked
Omar Alghabra is a Liberal Member of Parliament for Mississauga Centre (Ontario) and a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade Diversification.
Read More »Canadian Muslim scholar: “Homosexuality is a sexual perversion; it can also be reversed”
Mazin AbdulAdhim is a prominent Canadian Muslim scholar and Imam of Iraqi descent who is affiliated with the pro-Caliphate Islamic global movement of Hizb ut-Tahrir.
Read More »Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt’s ruling on polygamy in Canada
Shaykh Yusuf Badat is the main Imam and ‘Director of Religious Affairs’ at the Islamic Foundation of Toronto. Shaykh Yusuf Badat also serves as a teacher for Arabic, Islamic Studies, Quranic Studies and World Religions at the Islamic Foundation School.
Read More »Federal financial support to Islamic Relief Canada
Here are excerpts from Islamic Relief Canada’s financial report to Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for the year 2017: Total revenue received from federal government – $ 2,800,000 Total tax-receipted revenue from all sources outside of Canada (government and non-government) – $ 413,180 Total non tax-receipted revenue from all sources outside Canada (government and non-government) – $ 12,980,664 Here are excerpts ...
Read More »“Canadian government’s efforts benefited from assistance of Islamic Relief Worldwide”
Here is an excerpt from an official document “Syrian Civil War Overview” by National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces (May 9, 2017 ): (archive)
Read More »BC Muslim newspaper calls platform of Ontario Islamic Party “poisonous views”
Based in Surrey, British Columbia AlAmeen newspaper is “a news reporting agency” that “strives to maintain its news contents purely in accordance with the Islamic teachings.”
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