Tag Archives: Toronto

Black Lives Matter — Toronto (BLMTO) is the a “movement to resisting anti-Black racism, state-sanctioned and institutional violence, and fighting for Black Lives.” According to BLMTO: We are a coalition of Black community members, students, artists, organizers, activists, and everything in between We work in solidarity with black communities seeking justice from state-sanctioned violence, including but not limited to: police ...

On Friday June 19, 2020 Hundreds of protesters affiliated with Black Lives Matter occupied College Street and painted the words “Defund the Police” outside of the Toronto Police Services headquarters. The organizer of the protest is “Not Another Black Life” that is affiliated with Black Lives Matter movement. The Facebook event posted by this group reads: Abolish the Police Juneteenth ...

Here is a document shared by Toronto Prisoners’ Rights Project on organizing alternatives to policing in Toronto. The even will take place on June 20, 2020. A COMMUNITY FORUM TO ORGANIZE ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING IN TORONTO LOGISTICS NOTICE HOW THE FORUM WILL WORK We divided the forum into four parts. In each part, we will hear from 5 community members ...

On October 1, 2019 Toronto Mayor John Tory proclaimed October as Islamic Heritage Month in Toronto.

Street Dawah Toronto is a Facebook page of Muslim activists who spread the message of Islam at a portable Islamic booth called “Free Info on Islam” in downtown Toronto (Dundas Square).

On January 22, 2019 the Muslim Students’ Association at York University posted on its official Facebook page: “Asalamualaykum! We have updated our constitution. Feel free to check it out on our website.”

Abu Ubaydah Islamic Centre in Toronto has initiated a petition calling on the authorities to create prayer spaces in Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) subway stations.

On January 14, 2019 The Fifth Estate, the Premier Investigative Documentary Program of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) exposed that some Canadian “imams are willing to perform marriages for men who already have a wife, and many of these second marriages likely go unregistered.”

Morocco-born Shaykh Riad Ouarzazi, achieved Islamic education degrees from M. Abdullah University. In 1988 he moved to the United the States, where he pursued a Bachelors in International Management and a Masters of Science in Computer Information Systems. He studied Aqeedah under Shaykh Waleed Basyouni and Fiqh under Shaykh Waleed Idrees and attained certificates in personal development, business management and ...

Salaheddin Islamic Centre in Scarborough, Ontario shared under the section “Islamic FAQ”of its website an online guide to Islam authored by Daniel Masters and Dr. Zakir Naik.