As reported on the CBC, the “Ford government removed approximately 2,995 hectares of land from the Greenbelt in December [2022], while adding land elsewhere, to build 50,000 homes. The Greenbelt is a vast 810,000-hectare area of farmland, forest and wetland stretching from Niagara Falls to Peterborough that was meant to be off-limits to development. Very ...

Umar ibn Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “We are a people whom Allah has honored with Islam, so whenever we seek honor through anything other than Islam, Allah humiliates us.” In another narration attributed to him, he said: “We are a people whom Allah has honored with Islam, so we do not ...

On Eid al Adha this year, an Iraqi refugee in Sweden went outside the largest masjid in the country wearing two Swedish flags, blaring the national anthem, and   proceeded to desecrate the Quran. He tore pages out, burned them, and placed bacon in the Quran. This action was not spontaneous. Rather, the refugee had ...

A concept that circulates among the ulema who are enthusiastic about calling to Islam, summarized as follows: “There is no upliftment for individuals or societies except through akhlaq (etiquette).” They argue that if individuals possess these akhlaq, they will rise and progress, but if they lack them, they will decline and degrade. They build upon ...

At public and Catholic schools across the country, throughout the month of June, Pride Month is being celebrated. Students of all ages are subjected to rainbow flags, teachers dressed in colorful outfits, and in some cases, men performing in women’s clothing; all in the name of celebrating the gay and transgender lifestyle. This campaign has ...

We live in a post-truth world. Post-truth is a philosophical and political concept for “the disappearance of shared objective standards for truth”. With the advent of mass media, fake news proliferating on social media, the spread of A.I. generated images and videos, and political parties that are willing to hire people who can produce completely ...

The following is a summary of the Answer to the Question titled, “The Armed Fighting in Sudan and its Repercussions on the Political Conflicts”.  Clashes broke out on April 15, 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the RSF in several critical military locations across the country, including the army headquarters, airport, and other areas ...

Capitalist economies, including Canada’s, are experiencing the consequences of COVID-19 stimulus policies. These policies led to a massive influx of money created by central banks, causing inflation to spiral out of control. As a result, there has been a sharp increase in prices. In Canada, inflation reached 8.1% in mid-2022, significantly higher than the Bank ...

As we have all been busy in another blessed Ramadan, keeping up with our fast, striving to get in our night prayers and trying to increase our worship, the people of Palestine are again under attack. Tensions were already high in Al-Aqsa Masjid. This year Ramadan coincided with the Jewish festival Passover, which prompted the ...

We have entered the Blessed Month of Ramadan and indeed it is one of the most joyous occasions for every Muslim every year. A month in which the gates of Allah’s (swt) mercy are open for us, and we, as one Ummah from all over the world, engage in the ibad’ah of Fasting, offering supererogatory ...