Quebec monitors lamb sacrifices during Eid

CBC – October 26, 2012 Quebec’s Agricultural Ministry ieyed many farms as thousands of Muslims took part in traditional lamb sacrifices to celebrate the Eid al-Adha. The Muslim Canadian Congress said it is pleased with the government’s decision to ensure regulations are respected during the religious celebration. Mayor of Mont-Saint-Grégoire Suzanne Boulais, a town about…

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Launch of new Canadian group, Muslims Facing Tomorrow

The National Post – September 11, 2012   A Muslim Canadian activist has founded a new group that will promote moderate Islam, saying there are too few progressive Muslim voices countering extremism in Canada. Raheel Raza, the Pakistan-born author of Their Jihad, Not My Jihad: A Muslim Canadian Woman Speaks Out, was once a member…

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Canadian Irshad Manji book tour in Indonesia runs into trouble

News Agencies –  May 10, 2012   Police crackdowns and attacks by religious extremists have attempted to derail the book tour of famed Muslim Canadian author Irshad Manji through Indonesia, a country she previously described as a symbol of “meaningful moderation in Islam.” “Four years ago, I came to Indonesia and experienced a nation of…

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Canadian Muslim family endures U.S. border nightmare

News Agencies – February 25, 2012 It was supposed to be a cross-border shopping trip to New York State to break the monotony of a Quebec winter – a Montreal soccer dad, his wife, their adult son and their two youngest children packed in a car, headed toward Plattsburgh. But when the Benaouda family got…

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Canadian Minister Claims Wide Support for country’s ‘burqa ban’

News Agencies  – January 23, 2012 A month after Canada banned Muslim women from covering their faces during citizenship ceremonies, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says the policy has won widespread support. Speaking at a Muslim Canadian Congress event honouring his “courageous decision,” Mr. Kenney said polling shows that eight out of 10 Canadians…

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