Smartphone applications connect Canadian Muslims with Islam

CBC News – July 31, 2012   More and more Canadian young people receive reminders of the five daily prayers on their smartphones. Many use iPray — an iPhone app — that is among a host of smartphone offerings that aid Muslims in the observance of Islamic rituals. “We can be connected and are able…

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Mosque in Gatineau, Quebec attacked for second time

News Agencies – January 5, 2012 A second attack in three days on a local mosque is prompting renewed calls for a hate-crime investigation from a Canadian Muslim organization. The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations urged the move after the mosque was found spray painted with hate messages earlier this week. The attack follows the…

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Columnist Haroon Siddiqui responds to latest demographic forecasts in Canada

Statistics Canada has released its population projections to 2031. The population of visible minorities is expected to rise from one in every five Canadians to one in three – potentially to 14.4 million. In 2031, the Toronto CMA (census metropolitan area, Oshawa to Burlington) would be nearly two-thirds non-white – 5.6 million. Among them, South…

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Largest mosque in Hamilton, Ontario firebombed

Shock and anger is spreading among Hamilton’s 20,000 Muslims after the city’s largest mosque was firebombed. The mosque includes the Islamic School of Hamilton which has about 200 students from kindergarten to Grade 8. Attackers had used a large rock to smash a hole in a front window at the mosque and then lobbed in…

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Sweden: Swedish Muslim could set new headscarf precedent

Cherin Awad, known for her work on a controversial Swedish television program, may become the first practicing attorney in Sweden to wear a headscarf. Awad, a 23 year old woman recently gained notoriety for refusing to shake hands with Aftonbladet newspaper columnist Carl Hamilton in an episode of “Halal TV” which features three young Swedish…

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