Ontario liquor store sells alcohol to 14-year-old in burka, no questions asked

News Agencies – July 24, 2012 A 14-year-old boy was able to buy liquor at three LCBO [Liquor Control Board of Ontario] outlets without having to show identification. A stunt orchestrated by the Sun News Network has shed light on how easy it can be for minors to buy alcohol in the Greater Toronto Area…

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Greater Toronto Area to open first cemetery catering to all Muslims this summer

News Agencies – March 7, 2012 The province of Ontario has granted a license to the Toronto Muslim Cemetery Corporation, allowing it to operate the site in Richmond Hill. The corporation says the cemetery is a joint project between Sunni and Shia Muslim communities and will open in June. The group plans to open the…

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Canadian Muslim Students Enrolling in Catholic Schools

The Globe and Mail – September 6, 2011 At a time when progressive sex education and gay-rights clubs are becoming an increasing part of the secular curriculum, many devout families in Canada’s most populous province are looking for a faith-based approach to learning. In Ontario, however, the only publicly funded faith-based option is Catholic schools…

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Young Canadian Muslim women describe how they are stereotyped

The Globe and Mail – July 3, 2011 This Globe and Mail article describes the experiences of young Canadian Muslims in the Greater Toronto Area and how they are often negatively seen in Canadian public space. High-profile stories, including the Toronto 18 terrorism bust, the murder of Mississauga teenager Aqsa Parvez by her father and…

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Salon worker in the Greater Toronto Area claims she was fired for her headscarf

The Toronto Star – February 10, 2011 A young Markham, Ontario woman who works as an esthetician claims she was fired for wearing an Islamic headscarf because the salon “promotes hair.” Mehwish Ali, a 22-year-old esthetician was fired a day after she says the co-owner told her the hijab was unacceptable. “I was devastated when…

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