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“Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match”

DATE : September 15, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

I seem to have inherited my mother’s matchmaking talent by default.

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A Warning From Dial – a – Fatwa

DATE : September 15, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

“According to an e-mail from an American Muslim group, I’ve received fatwa ruling number 2/882”

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Racism and Media

DATE : September 15, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

Media, is our biggest challenge of the new millennium – it represents one of the most powerful institutions in a democratic society.

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Our First Canadian Cottage Experience

DATE : September 15, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

As Canadians of South Asian heritage, the cottage experience is new to us.

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Muslim Convert Encourages an Islamic Reform

DATE : September 15, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

It’s been two decades since academic and author Jeffrey Lang made the passage from atheist to devout Muslim, yet he remains as passionate as ever about his conversion.

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Reflections on Feeling Nifty at Fifty

DATE : September 15, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

This Millennium affected people in so many different ways.

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World Parliament of Religions-Pathways to Peace

DATE : September 15, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

The 2004 Parliament of World Religions was organized in partnership with the Universal Forum of Cultures – Barcelona 2004 (which runs from May to September) and in association with the UNESCO Centre of Catalonia.

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Their Jihad is not my Jihad

DATE : September 15, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

Since September 11 last year, I’ve been invited to many churches, schools and community centres, to speak about Islam to non-Muslims.

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THREE WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL

DATE : September 15, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

At a Muslim wedding in Markham last week, about 350 guests faced an embarrassing situation.

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The Rise Of Islamic Extremism In Canada

DATE : August 24, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

My family and I came to Canada more than 30 years ago from Pakistan because we saw the rise of Islamist fundamentalism in the land of our birth.

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