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Raheel Raza’s presentation at the UNHRC in Geneva (Seminar)

DATE : September 13, 2013 AUTHOR : adminCOMMENTS : No Comments

A Brief Survey of Human Rights Abuses in Mauritania, With Particular Emphasis on Abuses of Women and Girls 1. Context: Development Levels in Mauritania Mauritania is a poor country and this is reflected in many of its statistics. It comes 159th out of 187 in the Human Development Index (HDI) for 2012, and its evolution […]

Human Rights in Mauritania

DATE : September 13, 2013 AUTHOR : adminCOMMENTS : No Comments

INTERNATIONAL HUMANIST AND ETHICAL UNION, ANTI-SLAVERY ASSOCIATION IRA – MAURITANIE, CENTER FOR INQUIRY In the context of the 24th session of the Human Rights Council We cordially invite members of national delegations and NGOs to a seminar on Friday 13th September 2013 – 11:00 to 13:00 Palais des Nations: Gate 40 – Room XXIV Speakers: […]

What Are We Muslims Doing to Ourselves?

DATE : September 6, 2013 AUTHOR : adminCOMMENTS : No Comments

An email had come my way saying that the Hizb-ut-Tahrir was planning a meeting at a community Center in Mississauga, Ontario.

ON THE VARIETIES OF SHIRQ By Shahnaz Aijazuddin

DATE : August 12, 2013 AUTHOR : adminCOMMENTS : No Comments

(An excerpt from her book Lost From View) I saw Mecca for the first time in 1977. We were driven there from Jeddah by a Pakistani bank official, with his wife and three young daughters. Jeddah at that time was in a state of transition and development, so that it made no impression other than […]

NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE CONCERT – SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

DATE : August 3, 2013 AUTHOR : adminCOMMENTS : No Comments

Please Join Us! SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 The National Day of Service Concert “Paying it Forward” Presented by The ACTV Foundation (The Alliance of Canadian Terror Victims) September 11, 2013 @ 8:00pm The Bluma Appel Theatre The St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts 27 Front Street East, Toronto Canadians performing for Canadians. The Inaugural National Day […]

SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY? Raheel Raza

DATE : July 23, 2013 AUTHOR : adminCOMMENTS : No Comments

As a public speaker, I’m used to critique, sometimes hostility and opposition to my point of view because the word ‘public’ means that I have to accept and acknowledge all kinds of feedback being in the public forum. That’s good. I’m used to ‘friendly fire’ – friends telling me how to better conduct myself […]

BUSINESSMEN AND THE SWINGING ’60s By Farooq Hassan

DATE : July 12, 2013 AUTHOR : adminCOMMENTS : No Comments

Monday, July 08, 2013 Karachi, east of the Suez and west of Bangkok, was the most swinging city in the 1960s. Dubai didn’t exist and Singapore was a colonial backwater, while Beirut was the only city with any comparable class. In those days, business entertainment and lifestyles were fun, relaxed and hedonistic. (1) Golf: Playing […]