the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Canada Hussein Al-Sammak announced that Kuwaiti Government has donated a one million Canadian dollars (807000 $) to constructs a new Islamic centre in Toronto, Canada. the ambassador said that the Kuwaiti diplomatic mission handed over the donation to “Alfajr Institute of Islamic Sciences in Toronto” to build a new centre will be named “the State …
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Can Our Communities Win the Next Election?
Your Voice is a non-partisan voter education and motivation campaign aiming to inform Canadian Arabs across the country about their right and responsibility to vote, and encourage them to engage in the country’s democratic process. WHY THIS CAMPAIGN? AN EMERGING COMMUNITY In 2010, Arab immigration to Canada reached an all-time high, with the arrival of 34,657 citizens of Arab countries, Arab immigrants …
أكمل القراءة »O’Canada – our National Anthem in Arabic
As the country prepares to celebrate Canada Day, the Canadian Arab Institute today shares with Canadians an Arabic and a trilingual (English, French, Arabic) version of the Canadian national anthem. Sung by soprano Miriam Khalil, Ya Canada is an expression of pride in our citizenship, and a commitment to our vision for an empowered and engaged community in an inclusive …
أكمل القراءة »Canada: New law proposed by feds to ban Niqab at citizenship ceremonies
The federal government says it will table a new legislation requiring members of the public to show their faces at citizenship ceremonies. The bill will ban face coverings, like niqab. Conservative Ministers Denis Lebel and Tim Uppal announced lately the law, after the Liberal government in Quebec introduced the “Bill 62” which would ban face covering veils among civil servants …
أكمل القراءة »Canada: “Give 30” Muslim campaign starts in Ramadan
This year, Muslims in Canada launched a campaign to feed the hungry during “Ramadan” the holy fasting month. The campaign will begin in the first day of Ramadan 18 June across North America and will runs until September 11. The campaign started in 2012, and it becomes a national campaign with eleven partner food banks in six provinces. It …
أكمل القراءة »Canada Offers to Take in Jailed Saudi activist Raif Badawi
On Friday, Canada offered to take in jailed Saudi activist and blogger Raif Badawi that faces flogging, to rejoin his wife and kids live in Canada as a priority immigrant on humanitarian grounds Quebec Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil announced on behalf of Quebec province that the way for Raif to come to Canada is by offering him an immigration …
أكمل القراءة »Sharif Higazy; A Global Citizen, For his socially-conscious entrepreneurship
Source: Canadian Arab Institute Sharif Higazy is the very definition of a global citizen: when interviewed, he explains that he’s been travelling between five different cities in the past 48 hours, including Dubai and London. As an international business expert and entrepreneur, the 37 year old Higazy has spent the last ten years working with clients like Amazon, Google, RBC, and Wal-Mart. …
أكمل القراءة »A race between solidarity and division: Charles Taylor on Muslims in Canada
By Dennis Gruending – the rabble.ca The celebrated Canadian political philosopher Charles Taylor made headlines recently when he said that the prime minister’s critical comments about Muslim women wearing the niqab (a partial face covering) were both “dumb” and a boon for terrorist recruiters such as the Islamic State. Taylor’s point was that the prime minister is fuelling anti-Muslim sentiment …
أكمل القراءة »Three worrisome facts about B.C.’s job market on the eve of Budget 2015
By Iglika Ivanova- The Rabble.ca 2015 marks the sixth year of B.C.’s recovery from the recession. But it’s been a slow and largely jobless recovery in B.C. 1. B.C. needs 93,000 more jobs to return to our pre-recession employment rate (the proportion of working-age British Columbians who have jobs). Only 71.2 per cent of working-age British Columbians have jobs today. …
أكمل القراءة »Prime Minister, this isn’t how we should do things in Canada
In these difficult times, the government’s public messaging has been polarizing. By Amira Elghawaby The governing party was quick to issue an email blast this week requesting support for its stand against the imaginary mob of niqab-wearing women clamoring to gain citizenship in Canada. “This isn’t how we do things here,” reads the Conservatives’ pitch for support, echoing Prime Minister …
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