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Canada: Muslims in Calgary holds food, clothing drive for Syrian newcomers and needy

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More than 150 volunteers helped a Muslim charity hand out food and winter clothing to an estimated 1,200 needy in Calgary, Canada. The Muslim Families Network Society (MFNS) a non-profit NGO , provided canned food, warm clothing and grocery gift cards to newly arrived Syrian refugees and many others needy in the area. Idrees Khan, the chairwoman of the society …

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Canada: Mohamed Fahmy, Amnesty International Seek “Charter” To Help Canadians Jailed Overseas

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journalist Mohamed Fahmy is leading the call for a new law that would lay out how Canadian politicians and bureaucrats should proceed when citizens are detained overseas. Fahmy, along with Amnesty International and other civil society groups advocating to see a ” protection charter” that would give transparency to a process that appears to be applied unequally and unevenly around …

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Canada : Soup’s on for newcomers from Syria

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Hundreds of Calgarians came together for preparing soup that will welcome some of the city’s newest residents. Sharon Hapton, the founder and CEO of Soup Sisters, an organization that brings people together to feed those in need  said “When we knew that we were going to have refugees in need, of not just the comfort of a bowl of soup …

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Canada: the teachings of Islam in an open house on  Norwich, Ontario

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On Saturday the  23rd of  January ,Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association were at the Norwich Library , Ontario  for an Open House To give the Library visitor  a lesson on the teachings of Islam and the Muslim faith. Ghalib Baten from  Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association said  that they are hosting these open houses at smaller communities across Ontario. …

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Canada: Syrian refugees greeted by Trudeau as they arrive to Toronto

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On Thursday, The first large group of Syrian refugees coming  to Canada by government aircraft arrived in Toronto. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed the refugees  at a temporary processing centre at Pearson International Airport. The PM was accompanied  by the ministers of immigration, health and defence, as well as Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne. Trudeau greeted  the first two families to …

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Canada: Ummah Mosque in Halifax holds open house

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On Sunday , Ummah Mosque and Community Centre in west-end Halifax held an open house to help clear up any misconceptions about Islam. Abdelkader Tayebi, imam of Ummah Mosque  said , “We were planning to do this for a long time .It’s just the events that came recently made it more urgent than we planned,”  referring to the recent attacks in San Bernadino, …

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Brazilian star Caetano Veloso announces he will never go back to Israel

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BDS:  After performing in Tel Aviv, in defiance of Palestinian appeals not to help Israel use his name to cover up its regime of oppression, Caetano Veloso has now concluded that he will “never go back” to Israel. In an article entitled, “To visit Israel to never go back to Israel”, published on November 8, the prominent Brazilian artist reveals …

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Muslims and Christians work together  to bring refugees to  Canada  

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Muslims and Christians formed a partnership to bring refugee families to Victoria.They will work to help families that fled violence  in Syria and Iraq. The partnership  is formed between  Masjid Al-Iman  ,  Oak Bay United Church and St. Aidan’s United Church in Saanich. Ismail Mohamed Nur, the mosque’s imam said “The groups are a good match… the Muslim community is “very …

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Sorry, JK Rowling, You’re Wrong over The Israel Boycott

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By Ramzy Baroud There is a possibility that you have heard of the famed British author, J.K. Rowling, writer of the popular fantasy series ‘Harry Potter’. While I knew of her books – through my teenage kids – I knew little about the author herself, until recently. Using generalised, ambiguous terminology that offered little by way of compelling Israel to …

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Walmart drops controversial IDF and ‘Sheikh Fagin nose’ costumes

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Lately Walmart dropped two costumes from its Halloween collection after they  had caused  controversy on social media. The two  controversial costumes are an IDF soldier and a “Sheikh Fagin nose”, a latex nose which was described in the website  as the  “perfect for an Arab Sheikh”. The “Sheikh Fagin nose,”  is a reference to the Jewish antagonist in Oliver Twist, was denounced …

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