In a tribute to the Algerian Islamic scholar Mohammed Arkoun, who died at the age of 82 in Paris, France, on Tuesday, September 14, 2010, Algeria’s Minister of Culture, Khalida Toumi, said that Professor Arkoun “believed in dialogue between cultures and civilizations of which he was an ardent activist” and “his sincerity and dedication to…
The Calgary Sun – September 12, 2010 Vandals tossed a chunk of concrete through the front window of mayoral hopeful Naheed Nenshi’s campaign office early Sunday morning, hours after several of his signs were damaged and stolen throughout the northwest. Stopping short of calling it an attack against his Muslim faith, Nenshi noted the vandalism…
The Toronto Star – September 11, 2010 Harvey Simmons, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Political Science at York University, has written this short piece reflecting on the Sharia debate which transpired five years ago in the province of Ontario. He claims that it is still not clear why Premier McGuinty dumped religious arbitration. Some…
The Globe and Mail – September 17, 2010 The Canadian Harper government has quietly tightened air security rules to make it absolutely clear that airlines must check a passenger’s “entire face” before they board a plane. The measure stems from an early August 2010 controversy in which a video released on YouTube showed two Muslim…
News Agences – September 16, 2010 Mohamed Arkoun, a French scholar of Islam, has died in Paris at 82. Arkoun was a professor emeritus in the history of Islamic thought at the Sorbonne. He was born in 1928 in Taourit-Mimoun, a Kabylian village. He wrote a great deal about the linkages between Jewish, Christian and…
