Reflections

Islamic History Month Reflections: Guyanese Roots, Canadian Muslim Identity

Our example shows how faith and culture can flourish in a new context - an important lesson for our diverse community seeking to carve out a Canadian Muslim identity.

Environment

Olive Tree Foundation Supports Interfaith Climate Action

The Olive Tree Foundation has provided a grant to support Faiths4Climate Conversations 2026, an interfaith initiative that brings together communities to address the connections between faith, sustainability, and climate action.

News

Muslim hotel worker assaulted in Markham in alleged hate-motivated attack

A 54-year-old Muslim man working at a hotel in Markham sustained serious injuries in an assault on September 28 that police are treating as a hate-motivated attack.

News

Child of Palestinian Refugees, Omar Yaghi, Wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

His family, displaced from Jaffa, lived in a crowded one-room home without reliable electricity or water. For Yaghi, his Nobel Prize is not only a personal milestone but also a symbol of resilience, perseverance, and the ability of science to transcend borders and hardship.

News

Friday Sermon at Manitoba Mosque Highlights Importance of Studying History in Islam

Hassam Munir called for a reframing of how Muslims view history. Instead of focusing solely on empires, wars, or a romanticized “Golden Age,” he urged worshippers to look at history as a collection of human stories — of people with similar struggles and triumphs to our own.

News

Toronto to host 21st Annual UMAA Convention, uniting Shia Muslims from across North America

This year’s theme, “The Global Shia Narrative: Identity, Challenges, and Opportunities,” will explore theological foundations, historical experiences, and contemporary issues shaping Shia Muslim life worldwide.

Real Lives

Quiet leader, bold builder: Remembering Nadir Mohamed

He is remembered as a connector between corporate Canada and the country’s rising generation of innovators — a leader whose legacy lives on not only in the companies he helped build, but in the people he encouraged along the way.

News

“Together for Canada” Campaign Marks Islamic History Month 2025

The initiative aims to celebrate Muslim contributions to the country while raising awareness about Islamophobia.

Real Lives

Rafia Haniff-Cleofas: An Exceptional Muslim Leader

She was a mercy among us, a living reflection of the Qur’anic call to enjoin what is right and to stand for those in need.

Culture

Islamic History Month: Honouring Our Past, Writing Our Future in Canada

For Muslims, remembering the achievements of earlier generations instills pride and reinforces the belief that faith and knowledge, spirituality and service, are inextricably linked. Yet, as valuable as this global heritage is, Islamic History Month must also challenge us to look closer to home.

News

Maritime Faith Leaders Sound Alarm Over Rising Religious Intolerance

In a recent report by CTV News Atlantic, Muslim, Christian, and Jewish leaders in Halifax described escalating incidents targeting their communities — from harassment of Muslim women wearing hijabs, to increased antisemitic threats, to broader suspicion of faith in secular spaces.

Culture

Book Review: Sacred Insights – 50 Principles for an Inspired Life by Muneeb Nasir

'Sacred Insights' provides a roadmap to living with greater compassion, gratitude, and mindfulness. It is a book that meets readers where they are—whether seeking guidance in hardship, inspiration in daily life, or a thoughtful gift for a loved one.

News

Teenager Shot Dead by Longueuil Police Sparks Outcry, Mourning, and Calls for Reform

Rezayi’s death on September 21 has shaken Montreal’s South Shore. For his classmates, neighbours, and family, the sudden loss feels unbearable.

Editor

From Victims of Hate to Builders of Hope: A Muslim Path in Canada

If our presence in Canada is defined solely by victimhood, then Islamophobia has already set the terms of our existence. Perhaps the most faithful response to Islamophobia is not only resistance, but contribution.

Culture

CBC Gem documentary challenges stereotypes with intimate look at Muslim converts

A powerful new documentary, So You Want to Be a Muslim, is now available for streaming on CBC Gem, offering viewers a rare and intimate look into the lives of five North Americans who have converted to Islam. Directed by Hoda Elatawi and produced by GAPC Entertainment, the film streams

Culture

Book Review: 'From Turtle Island to Gaza' and its Relevance on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

As Canada pauses on September 30th to honour the children lost to the residential school system and the survivors who live with its legacy, Groulx’ work reminds us that truth and reconciliation cannot be confined to the past.

News

National Orange Khutbah Day Calls Muslim Communities to Stand with Indigenous Peoples

Organizers are encouraging mosques and Muslim communities nationwide to show solidarity with Indigenous peoples and to acknowledge the ongoing legacy of genocide and systemic injustices faced by First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities.

Editor

Gaza as Our Teacher: Lessons for Muslim Communities

In its steadfastness, its witness, and its faith under fire, Gaza calls us to live differently, even here.

Interfaith

Faith & the Common Good Celebrates 25 Years of Interfaith Leadership on Climate and Justice

FCG was born from a simple but powerful vision: that people of faith could contribute a distinctive moral and spiritual voice to the most pressing challenges of our time.

Real Lives

A Beautiful Way to Honour and Remember Loved Ones

Through the Olive Tree Foundation, a loved one’s memory becomes more than a story; it becomes a source of ongoing goodness. Their name is carried forward, tied to causes that uplift the community and inspire future generations.

Culture

Silk Road Institute Brings Its Stories Festival Back to Toronto

“We are the weavers of dreams, the chroniclers of untold tales.” That’s how the Silk Road Institute describes its mission—and this fall, those dreams and stories will take centre stage in Toronto.

Editor

Mosques Are Sleepwalking Into Losing a Generation

Mosques risk losing teenagers and young adults who turn to third spaces to find the belonging and purpose they do not experience within their own faith institutions.

Real Lives

Lives Lived: Dr. Thomas Ballantyne Irving (1914–2002)

A Canadian scholar who gave North American Muslims their first Qur’an translation in contemporary English

News

Coalition Urges Canadian Parliament to Recognize Gaza Genocide

"This is our call today: do not falter now; do not stand mute while a people are destroyed; words must become truth," said Taha Ghayyur, executive director of Justice for All Canada.

Real Lives

Lives Lived: Pyarali Nanji, C.M., 95

His faith anchored his life, reflected in the Muslim teaching: “Life and all that exists belong to God, and all will ultimately return to Him”