by Omar Qayum “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” – John F. Kennedy The East End Madrassah (EEM), a Shi’ite Islamic Sunday school in Toronto, Canada, is under high scrutiny due to accusations of an anti-Semitic, violent and sexist curriculum. At the request […]
by Sadat bin Anwar Beginning today, millions of Muslims will not only be beginning their Ramadan fasting from food and drink, but some like me will also have to fight the temptation of sneaking a peek at Christopher Nolan`s latest and final installment of the Batman trilogy, The […]
by Sadat bin Anwar The Toronto Sun, a sensationalist tabloid-style Islamophobic newspaper, is at it again. This time it has taken the trouble to report the (non)story of Islamic ads at subway train stations in the Toronto area. The ads in question state “There is no god but […]
by Sadat bin Anwar There is a most interesting twist to the recent controversial story of a book sold in an Islamic bookshop in Canada that allegedly promotes “wife beating”. The gentleman who claims to have made this accidental discovery while innocently browsing around the “Islamic Books and […]
A CLARIFICATION AND RESPONSE TO TONY COSTA’S COMMENTS ON MIDRASH IN PAUL’S WRITINGS By Sadat Anwar I appreciate Tony Costa’s response to my review of his recent presentation at an interfaith symposium in Toronto. Here are three quick points I would like to immediately clarify before moving […]
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