Iqra.ca
  • Home
  • About
  • News
  • Reflections
  • Lifestyle
  • Interfaith
  • Culture
  • Real Lives
  • Environment
Subscribe
531

Cordoba Centre launched to promote civic engagement

  • iqradotca

iqradotca

May 12, 2015 • 1 min read
Cordoba Centre launched to promote civic engagement

CordobaCentre2

(May 12, 2015) – The Cordoba Centre for Civic Engagement and Leadership, a new centre that promotes civic engagement has been launched in Toronto.

“The Cordoba Centre for Civic Engagement and Leadership will engage people in service for the betterment of society and will build trust by promoting dialogue and understanding among people of various cultures and faiths,” says Muneeb Nasir, the Centre’s founder and Executive Director.

“The Centre will bring together civic engagement and outreach activities and campaigns in the Greater Toronto Area, many of which are currently operating as stand alone initiatives,” adds Nasir.

The Centre will also organize intercultural and interfaith programs, as well as experiential learning and leadership training activities.

Through its programs and activities, the Cordoba Centre for Civic Engagement and Leadership hopes to promote meaningful community involvement and a culture of civic engagement among Canadian Muslims. It will also facilitate mutually beneficial partnerships with community organizations locally and across the globe.

“The Cordoba Centre will allow for all of these programs to brought together under an institution and, as such, Muslims will be able to engage more effectively with other civic and interfaith organizations in the society,” adds Muneeb Nasir.

Sign up for more like this.

Enter your email
Subscribe
Stand Up #forSafeWorship

Stand Up #forSafeWorship

The United Nations Alliance of Civilization (UNAOC) has released the first edition of a #forSafeWorship Update, which has been collecting inspiring stories about places of worship around the world as shared symbols of our history, traditions, and humanity. UNAOC was established in 2005 and maintains a global network of partners

Iqra May 23, 2022 • 1 min read
Friday reflection: On Trust

Friday reflection: On Trust

By Muneeb Nasir Trust is what makes our lives and relationships meaningful and rewarding and, as we have learnt during the pandemic, make us safe. Damien Cave, New York Times bureau chief in Sydney, Australia, wrote in a recent article about how high levels of trust in a society save

Iqra May 20, 2022 • 3 min read
Discovery Week: from an attendee’s eyes

Discovery Week: from an attendee’s eyes

By Brian Carwana More than thirty years ago, an American minister, with a big booming voice and a thoughtful nature had what may have been a radical idea at the time. He was convinced that the way to foster connection and understanding across cultures and religions was simply to introduce

Iqra May 19, 2022 • 5 min read
Iqra.ca © 2022
  • Contact
Powered by Ghost