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Free Raif Badawi: Plea at UN Human Rights Council

DATE : September 24, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

President Donald Trump in his address to the UN General assembly in New York last week critiqued some of those countries holding positions in the human rights council that offer no human rights for their own citizens. I tend to agree with him as I have seen during my trips to the UNHRC in the […]

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O CANADA – HOW I LOVE YOU, LET ME COUNT THE WAYS……

DATE : June 29, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 3 Comments

Last week an American radio show host asked me curiously how come I chose Canada as my home. Without blinking an eyelash I said to him “I came to Canada on a visit 30 years ago and it was love at first sight. That love affair still continues and I’m proud to be Canadian.” It […]

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COMMEMORATING EID AL FITR

DATE : June 25, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 2 Comments

It is with a heavy heart that we commemorate Eid al Fitr. This has been a tragic month of Ramazan with senseless bloodshed of innocents. Let’s not forget that the explicit purpose of the month of fasting is to reflect, feel for the less fortunate and ask forgiveness for our errors. I pray as we […]

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MANCHESTER – HOW DO WE GRIEVE WITH YOU?

DATE : May 25, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 6 Comments

The recent horrific and murderous terrorist attack at Manchester Arena hits close to the heart as I am a mother and grandmother. Twelve children under the age of 16 were among the 59 casualties taken to hospital after the attack, according to David Ratcliffe, medical director of North West Ambulance Service in UK. There is […]

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HEY WORD & THOUGHT POLICE – CATCH ME IF YOU CAN! Raheel Raza

DATE : May 20, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 2 Comments

As a writer I was member of The Writers Union of Canada for some years and used to regularly receive their magazine Write. In my early years as a journalist it was a handy tool to help with the “Canadian experience”. So it was with shock that I read the controversy surrounding Hal Niedzviecki, Write’s […]

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RENEWING OUR FAITH IN HUMANITY

DATE : May 14, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : One Comment

“We all face death in the end. But on the way beware to never hurt a human heart’ Rumi We live in times when the world faces many challenges. Politicians are selling their souls for votes, leaders and lying for popularity and we are being brainwashed to trust no one. Therefore we sometimes feel that […]

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A MEETING OF MODERN MUSLIM MINDS

DATE : March 28, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 4 Comments

Sunday March 26 was a wet, dark and cold day in Toronto. But inside the boardroom of Hilton Garden Inn, there was warmth, light and critical thinking. This is because Muslims and non-Muslims came together for a one day summit to speak about issues that face all of us. The event was hosted by Muslims […]

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M-103 won’t build a more united Canada. It will turn Canadians against each other (National Post, Feb 22, 17)

DATE : March 17, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 2 Comments

On Dec. 5, 2016, Canadian MP Iqra Khalid proposed Motion 103 (a motion against Islamophobia) and began her statement in parliament by saying, “Mr. Speaker, I am a young, brown, Muslim, Canadian woman …” I find it curious that she begins by identifying herself first as brown, then Muslim and lastly as a Canadian. To my understanding, a Canadian […]

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LEARN FROM YESTERDAY, LIVE FOR TODAY AND HOPE FOR TOMORROW – Albert Einstein

DATE : January 4, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : One Comment

WRAP UP OF 2016 – AND WHAT A YEAR IT WAS! 2016 was the year for travel. I travelled to 36 events and conferences through the year. January started with a visit to Sweden where we screened Honor Diaries in the Swedish Parliament and paid tribute to the victims of honor killings. To say that […]

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SUPPORTING THE RIGHTS OF ALL WOMEN TO BE EQUAL AND FREE – A REPORT FROM A TRIP TO HOUSE OF LORDS, UK

DATE : October 21, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 2 Comments

“We cannot continue with the present situation in which so many women are suffering in ways that would make the heroines of the suffragette movement turn in their graves.”- Baroness Cox Last week I was invited to The House of Lords in UK by Baroness Caroline Cox to speak about Honor Based Violence and Sharia […]

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