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Almost 75% of neighborhoods in Vancouver are too expensive for the average family to buy a house in, a study conducted by The Vancouver Sun suggested. The daily created an interactive “affordability map”, and found out that a family with an income of less than $ 80,000 before taxes cannot afford homes in 76% of the Metro Vancouver region’s neighborhoods, …

Houthi rebels reportedly stormed the Yemeni Interior Ministry headquarters In Sana’a on Wednesday, expelling employees from their offices. According to sources, the militants arrived in cars to premises broke in many offices, including the office of Mohamed al-Sherafi, the Undersecretary for Financial Affairs. The incident came on the heels of the Yemeni government failing to meet the deadline on the …

A new poll conducted by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs suggest that 75% Jewish Israelis oppose a potential state of Palestine based on the international borders in 1967, the division of Jerusalem, and Israel’s withdrawal from Jordan Valley. The body has been conducting opinion polls on the Palestinian-Israeli peace process since 2005; according to the latest poll it conducted …

Pakistani immigrant Ahmer Ali Khan is one of seven people behind tech giant Apple’s latest innovation “Apple Pay”, which promises to revolutionize the way consumers purchase products. Thirty-eight-year-old Khan hails from Rawalpindi and had moved to Silicon Valley in 2000 after graduating from the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Newsweek Pakistan reported. He worked at several …

The British Columbia Muslim Association (BCMA) will host the “Muslim Scientist in the West – From Glory in Spain to Glory in Canada?” on, Saturday October 25th, celebrating Islamic History Month. The event is scheduled to take place at 6 p.m. at the Al-Salaam Masjid & Education Centre in Burnaby, BC. Noted Astrophysicist from the University of British Columbia Dr. …

The Aga Khan Museum of Islamic Art – a $300 million complex – is the first North American museum dedicated to Islamic Art, and is an initiative of the Aga Khan, leader of the Ismaili Muslims. The complex aims to foster knowledge and understanding between Muslims and Islamic societies and other cultures. Occupying 6.8 hectares, the complex, with its open-air …

Iran has blocked access to a page on Instagram dedicated to the lifestyle of the young elite of Tehran that stirred strong displeasure and had spawned a rival page that showed how most people in Iran live. The “Richkidsoftehran” page was created in September on Instagram and had attracted around 90,000 followers, with its contributors stating that they wanted to …

New York’s renowned Metropolitan Museum of Art has purchased a collection of Egyptian artifacts, discovered a century ago by famed British archaeologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie and deemed to be over 4,000 years old, thereby averting a much-criticized plan to auction off the artifacts. The Treasure of Harageh consists of 37 items including flasks, jewelry inlaid with rare minerals …

Indonesia has pledged to protect ancient cave paintings which researchers say could prove that Europe was not the birthplace of art. Indonesian authorities plan to place the caves, located on the central island Sulawesi, on a list of Indonesia’s official “cultural heritage” and are applying to get them included on the UNESCO World heritage list. “This is certainly something that …

Islamophobia has been rife post the 9/11 WTC attacks. Bias has been evident – though not prevalent – even in Canada. According to several surveys conducted post 9/11, hate crimes and discrimination against Muslims has seen an appalling increase. According to the survey conducted in 2002 by CAIR-CAN, a civil rights organization, majority of Muslims in Canada felt there was …