OnIslam: December 1, 2012 Finding Islam three years ago, Amanda Redmond, a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, has launched a new business for hijab fashion to help her fellow Muslim women find appropriate clothes according to her faith. Aspiring to offer her fellow Muslim women a modest fashion, Redmond started her small business…
In October 2008 a Canadian Muslim named Beverley Giesbrecht was kidnapped in a remote region in northwestern Pakistan. Since then, her whereabouts and wellbeing are unclear. Giesbrecht has been held captive by a Muslim group since Nov. 11. She is somewhere in northern Pakistan or in Afghanistan. A former magazine publisher and advertising saleswoman, Giesbrecht…
Beverly Giesbrecht, a Canadian held hostage after she travelled to northern Pakistan says the Taliban will behead her by the end of the month if a ransom isn’t paid. In a new video provided to The Globe and Mail, she expresses fear for her life if her captors aren’t paid. Giesbrecht, 52, wearing a head…
