As we enter the year 2022 in the Gregorian Calendar, Canadian society at large usually take this time to celebrate, with only COVID dampening these festivities. For Muslims, however, every passage of time is taken very seriously. Each passing hour, week, month, or year, brings us that much closer to the most momentous event of ...

As Muslim families in Canada are getting ready for their winter break, we are bombarded with advertisements, movies, shows and music all geared towards the celebration of Christmas. As believers we are caught between non-Muslims’ genuine desire for us to share in their festivities, and the desire of many Muslims to not be seen as ...

Earlier this month, Fatemeh Anvari – a Grade 3 teacher from Chelsea Public School in Quebec – was fired from her job for wearing a hijab. She was removed under Bill 21, a Quebec law that bars public employees in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols. Although the Quebec High Court had ruled to ...

With 2021 coming to a close, as Muslims we cannot help but notice the turmoil the current financial system of the world is currently in. From rising cost of food and essential goods, to the sky-high rise in the cost of housing and transportation we can feel the crunch of making our ends meet for our ...

Starting at the end of last month, leaders from all over the world met in Glasgow, Scotland for a 12-day Conference of the Parties (COP). Called COP26, this is the 12th conference of this type. The declared purpose of the meeting is to tackle climate change. We are told that the conference will facilitate urgent, ...

Surat Al-Fatiha (“The Opening”), is known as the Umm Al-Kitab (the Mother of The Book) because it contains the meaning of the entire Qur’an in it and the central basic ideas and beliefs of Islam. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said regarding Al-Fatiha: “It is the Umm (mother) of the Qur’an, the Fatiha (opener) of ...

It is our human instinct to look for security. Having a secure place to live, accessing stable work, growing wealth, and being surrounded by friends and loved ones are all forms of security. This is part of our survival instinct. So, what is the Islamic perspective on security? They who believe and do not mix ...

A team of 600 journalists from over 150 news outlets have spent the last 2 years sorting through millions of documents revealing the financial activities of the economic elite all over the world. The main focus of the documents was the millions of dollars taken out of their local economies and kept in offshore accounts. ...

Muslims at University are faced with many problems, obstacles and challenges. Whether they are in their home cities or have moved, having left home for the first time. They prepare themselves for the problems of coping with the workload, organizing their time, accommodation, and coursework. Although these problems are real and cannot be overlooked, they ...

At the end of August, Justin Trudeau called for a snap federal election for September 20th. The rationale Trudeau expressed was, “Canadians need to choose how we finish the fight against Covid-19.” The real politics behind the decision to call for early elections was likely because of the polls, which indicated that most Canadians were ...