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IS THIS ABOUT THE REAL ISLAMIC HERITAGE OR A WHITE WASH?

DATE : October 12, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 3 Comments

October has been officially declared as Islamic Heritage Month in Ontario after a Private Member’s Bill was tabled but now has been unanimously passed by Legislature. Ontario Provincial NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says Islamic Heritage Month is an opportunity to eliminate Islamo-phobia and for Canada to celebrate and learn about the history of Islamic culture. […]

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A TOUR OF EUROPE

DATE : October 11, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 2 Comments

(On September 25, I travelled with a group hosted by The Middle East Forum on a fact-finding mission to Europe. There were 33 attendees from Australia, UK, Canada and USA (academics, activists and ordinary citizens) and we spent two days each in Paris, Berlin and Stockholm. In each City we had a local guide, met […]

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BANGLADESH WAKES UP TO JIHADIST IDEOLOGY By Raheel Raza

DATE : October 9, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

In the wake of repeated terror attacks against bloggers and activists in Bangladesh, a fatwa by 1,01,524 Islamic scholars and clerics was issued this June. http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/over-1-lakh-bangladesh-clerics-issue-fatwa-against-extremism-2861497 This comes at a time in the history of Bangladesh when there are discussions taking place about making it a secular country. While there are many activists working within […]

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THE PARLIAMENT OF WORLD RELIGIONS – PATHWAYS TO PEACE THE WISDOM OF LISTENING, THE POWER OF COMMITMENT

DATE : July 30, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : One Comment

(In anticipation of Toronto being considered as a possible venue for PWR in either 2017 or 2018, here is my personal experience from 2004) THE PARLIAMENT OF WORLD RELIGIONS – PATHWAYS TO PEACE THE WISDOM OF LISTENING, THE POWER OF COMMITMENT Barcelona July 7 – 13, 2004 By Raheel Raza “There will be no peace […]

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THERE IS NO HONOR IN MURDER

DATE : July 18, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : One Comment

Huffington Post Blog – July 18, 2016 Qandeel Baloch, was a 26-year-old social media celebrity who had boldly decided to live “outside the box.” The box in this case being the parameters laid out by the majority of men in Pakistan dictating how much freedom a woman can have in their staunchly patriarchal society. She […]

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TO MY FELLOW MUSLIMS – SHOULD WE CELEBRATE OR COMMEMORATE?

DATE : July 4, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 3 Comments

During these last few days at the end of Ramzan, I contemplated sending out Eid Greetings as I always do. And it is during these odd nights in the last ten days of Ramzan that we as Muslims are supposed to reflect and see ourselves in the spiritual mirror. So I reflected on what greetings […]

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WHY IS THE GENOCIDE AGAINST THE YAZIDIS BEING IGNORED?

DATE : June 20, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : One Comment

Last year our organization, The Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow hosted a rally at Queen’s Park in Toronto to protest the massacre of Arab Christians and especially the Yazidis in the Middle East by ISIS. We had sent the event invitation to hundreds of people including Churches and members of Parliament. To their credit, the […]

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“HARDTALKING” MY WAY FROM EUROPE, UK TO PAKISTAN AND BACK

DATE : May 11, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 3 Comments

Europe has been in the news recently especially with the movement of migrants. I got a feel of this on my recent visits to Holland, Sweden and UK. There are huge problems facing this Continent and Europeans, both Muslim and non-Muslim are largely in denial about the issues. This was reflected in my conversations with […]

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WHY JANUARY 21 IS EMBEDDED IN MY HEART AND SOUL

DATE : January 24, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : One Comment

January 21 which is my birthday will never be the same for me ever again. In 2016 on this date which is always a celebration, I found myself in Stockholm, Sweden for a series of conferences and seminars. I was invited by an organization called GAPF which is essentially a commemoration for the memory of […]

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AND THIS IS HOW IT WAS IN 2015…..

DATE : January 1, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : 5 Comments

Usually at the end of the year I pen my thoughts about travels and excitement, journeys to the center of my soul etc. However this year (2015) has been more serious than previous years – the tipping point was reached. These are the highlights and low lights of the year for me presented straight from […]

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