Beverly Giesbrecht, who adopted the name Khadija Abdul Qahaar when she converted to Islam in 2002, was on a freelance assignment for the Al-Jazeera network when she disappeared Nov. 11, 2008 in northern Pakistan. A videotaped message has emerged from a Vancouver journalist who was abducted last year. She says she was kidnapped by the…
Tooryalai Wesa, a University of British Columbia associate researcher has been named the new governor of the province of Kandahar. 58-year-old Wesa is an agricultural expert based in Coquitlam, B.C. He will replace outgoing governor Rahmutullah Raufi, who was fired after three months on the job. Wesa has worked with both Canadian military and civilian…
While Fisher-Price insists that its Little Mommy Cuddle & Coo doll does not deliver hidden messages, many claim it includes the phrase “Islam is the light.” Fisher-Price spokesperson Juliette Reashor noted, “There is a sound that may resemble something close to the word ‘night, right, or light.’ To avoid any potential misinterpretation, we have eliminated…
In an effort to generate interest among Muslims in careers in the Canadian military, the Canadian Forces have begun making appearances in mosques. Reception is mixed. At Burnaby, British Columbia’s Al-Salaam mosque, some members claim a religious institutions should not be used to showcase the military, while others warn of an organization involved in a…
The Canadian Human Rights Commission has dismissed a complaint against Maclean’s weekly news magazine over a controversial article on the future of Islam. The Canadian Islamic Council launched a dual complaint of Islamophobia to the Canadian Commission as well as the provincial British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal over a article, The Future Belongs to Islam,…
