Photograph by: Bruno Schlumberger, The Ottawa Citizen Sheema Khan was just three years old when she emigrated with her family from India to Montreal. They wanted a country with a good education system, and work opportunities. But mostly, they wanted to leave behind the sectarian violence between Hindus and Muslims in their Calcutta home. Canada was that land of promise …

It has been reported that a prominent Christian leader, Pat Robertson, has said that Haiti has been “cursed” by a “pact with the devil.” Fortunately, this is not the mainstream Christian position and my friend, the Reverend Paul Raushenbush, has rejected Robertson’s “blaming the victims” theology. Religious leaders must take a stance against extremist voices in their community, and I …

Dr Hassan al-Turabi from Sudan is one of the world’s leading living scholars of Islam. In addition to a traditional Islamic education, he holds a Bachelors degree in Law from the University of Khartoum, a Masters from the University of London and a PhD from the Sorbonne, Paris.  He has served Sudan as Speaker of parliament, Attorney General, Minister of …

Washington, DC/New York, New York – What do one billion Muslims really think? Despite widespread media coverage of global terrorism by various self-proclaimed “Islamic” groups from America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, little is known about what the majority of the world’s Muslims really think and feel. What do Muslims have to say about violence and terrorist attacks, democracy, …

The Sun Is Setting on the Two-State Solution Perhaps recent leaders of Israel might made better choices had they spent more time reading Sherlock Holmes. Of particular use to them might have been The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet in which Holmes says, “It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however …

Tanweer Academy organizes a 3-day Islamic Leadership Training and Career Guidance Camp for Sinhala Medium Muslim Students who sat for the O/L Examinations in 2009 December. Insha Allah, this program will be conducted from 04th – 07th February, 2010 at Tanweer Academy, Thihariya (Gampaha District). This is a full-time, residential program specially designed to provide a comprehensive knowledge, guidance and …