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MOSQUE UNBECOMING?

DATE : September 3, 2010 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 4 Comments

September 2010 It’s been almost a month since my article was published in the Ottawa Citizen http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Mischief+Manhattan/3370303/story.html regarding the proposed Mosque at Ground Zero, followed by my trip to New York to attend a meeting of the organizers and the follow up which has been good, bad and ugly. I felt no need to give […]

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MISCHIEF IN MANHATTAN

DATE : August 13, 2010 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 6 Comments

Subject: “Mischief in Manhattan” – Raheel Raza & Tarek Fatah question the need for the Ground-Zero Mosque August 7, 2010 Mischief in Manhattan We Muslims know the Ground Zero mosque is meant to be a deliberate provocation. It’s an act of “fitna” Raheel Raza and Tarek Fatah The Ottawa Citizen Last week, a journalist who […]

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BEING PART OF A SACRED RITUAL

DATE : July 15, 2010 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

At Iona Pacific tonight I attended a celebration of 25 years of the VST Native Ministries Program. This is celebrated with a salmon BBQ and gospel jamboree. Elders and children from various indigenous groups who have been staying here to learn and teach were invited along with visiting faculty. Outside under a white tent on […]

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STEPPING STONES ON MY JOURNEY

DATE : July 13, 2010 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

I am at Vancouver School of Theology where I am privileged to be part of a group that is the first visiting faculty for their interfaith summer school. The location by is by the sea and I can see the sun setting over the water while there is a lone tree where eagles have made […]

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ISLAMIC REFORM CONFERENCE IN OXFORD

DATE : July 11, 2010 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : One Comment

June 2010 It was a regular day of a regular week in Toronto dealing with irregular issues like the Niqab debate when I received an email Dr. Taj Hargey (Chair of MECO) inviting me to come to their annual conference CRITICAL THINKERS FOR ISLAMIC REFORM – The Way Forward being held in Oxford, U.K. from June 11 to […]

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Welcome to my new Blog

DATE : July 11, 2010 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 2 Comments

This is my first post and hopefully the beginning of some many inspiring conversations. Author of THEIR JIHAD…NOT MY JIHAD (PDF), Raheel Raza is a public speaker, Consultant for Interfaith and Intercultural diversity, documentary film maker, freelance journalist and founder of SAMA’ (Sacred Arts ad Music Alliance). She has recently been appointed to Public Interest Committee. Raza started writing […]

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