Muslims look for mates in D.C. at annual speed-dating event

The swelling crowd, ranging in age from 21 to 50-something, meant the evening of speed dating and socializing known as the Matrimonial Banquet was about to begin.  Kadir, 35, was sitting on a bench outside a ballroom at the Renaissance Washington hotel, surrounded by several hundred single Muslim men and women. The banquet has been…

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Andre Carson: Speech to Islamic Circle praised success of all faith-based schools

U.S. Rep. Andre Carson, an Indianapolis Democrat who is one of only two Muslims in Congress, is coming under attack for a speech he gave to the Islamic Circle of North America. André Carson, created controversy when he told an Islamic Circle of North America convention that; American schools should be modeled after Madrassas, or…

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Toronto’s Largest Muslim School Tournament

OnIslam – March 8, 2012 The Annual Muslim Interscholastic Tournament (MIST Toronto) is set to open on Saturday, March 10 on the York University campus for an annual Muslim interscholastic tournament. Launched in 2001 by a freshman at the University of Houston, MIST is a fun, educational, interactive program of competitions and workshops. It aims…

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Protest at Mississauga, Ontario mosque

Mississauga.com – October 23, 2011 Protesters were on the sidewalk in front of the Islamic Society of North America Canadian headquarters demonstrating their opposition to a Calling the World Back to Allah conference featuring speakers who have been previously linked to allegations of anti-Semitic and anti-gay remarks. The full-day conference is part of the Canada…

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Young Somali Muslims in Toronto drawn to activism

The Globe and Mail – September 23, 2011   Famine in their homeland has brought 20 young Canadian-Somalis together to walk 350 kilometres to reach the nation’s capital. They’re bonded by a common goal: to raise money and awareness for a humanitarian crisis that the United Nations estimates has killed tens of thousands of people…

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