Archive for the ‘Muslim Youth’ Category
About 20,000 Muslim Scholars term Terrorism un-Islamic
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Maulana Shaukat told reporters at a 150-year-old Darul-Uloom Deoband in Saharanpur, 435km from the Uttar Pradesh capital, about 20,000 scholars and clerics took part in the declaration. The declaration said: “Islam is a religion of mercy for all humanity. Islam sternly condemns all kinds of oppression, violence and terrorism. “It has regarded ...
How many more Muslim girls to sacrifice?
Saturday, January 12th, 2008Sarah Said and her sister Amina Said were found dead in a taxicab outside a hotel on New Year's day. The girls were shot several times causing their death. Their father is the prime suspect in this killing and is currently on run. I would not like to get involved in discussions as if ...
Reviving the Islamic Spirit “Family Matters: The Basis of a Civil Society”
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008This is a guest post by Aalia Mirza In the early days of December 2007, I made the decision to go to the Reviving the Islamic Spirit Conference (RIS6). Prior to this experience, I heard from friends that this conference is like no other event. Furthermore, little did I realize the actual ...
Muslim Students win SMC Award
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008Muhammad Arsalan and Atif Shamim (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada) tied for first place for the 2007 SMC Industrial Collaboration Award for their presentation entitled DOSIMETER: Wireless Microchips in LTCC Package for Biomedical and Space Applications. The Strategic Microelectronics Council (SMC) of ITAC provides an Industrial Collaboration Award that is open to ...
Murderer Father should get Maximum Sentence
Thursday, December 13th, 2007A very tragic death of a 16 year old Aqsa Parvez in Canada by her father Muhammad Parvez has left most of us wondering why it could not been avoided? The press and media is depicting it as the 'honour killing' and 'not wearing hijjab' is highlighted as the prime motive behind ...
Hijab unlikely to cause soccer injuries: experts
Saturday, December 8th, 2007A hijab only poses a "long-shot" risk of injury to a soccer player, experts said Tuesday, as the debate continued over a 14-year-old Calgary girl's head scarf. Both Stephen Brown, a kinesiology expert at British Columbia's Simon Fraser University, and Maureen Simmonds, director of McGill University's school of physical and occupational ...
Preserving the Faith at the Campus
Saturday, November 24th, 2007Dr. Shahid Athar What happens to he faith of our young people when they leave home to enter a college campus? Do they take faith along with other belongings and necessities of life or, do they leave faith behind at home? This is partly related to the degree and type of ...
