Muslim Association of Canada is organizing frist Muslim Summer Festival in Britania Park Ottawa on August 01, 2009 from 11am to 7pm. So, if you are an Ottawa resident, then mark August 01 on your calender for this fun filled day.
For further information you can visit the website of Muslim Summer Festival.
 

1400 years ago…One man changed the entire world. Today, his legacy is carried on by our pious scholars of the past and present.
The Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wasallam) said, “The world, with all that it contains, is accursed except for the remembrance of Allah that which pleases Allah; and the religious scholars and seekers of knowledge. [At-Tirmidhi]
Come revive Islam by remembering these pious scholars of our Deen at the 2nd Annual Seekers of Virtue Conference -Reflections on the Heirs of the Prophets
Five inspiring shuyukh:
Shaykh Abdul Karim Hassan – Boston, …

A Yemeni Airbus which was carrying 153 persons crashed into stormy seas as it came into land in the Comoros islands.
French government is assisting the relief efforts as a number of passenger were French nationals. A doctor, Halidi Ahmed Abdou, at a medical centre opened for survivors has said that a doctor from the military hospital aboard one of the rescue boats called the Mitsamiouli hospital to tell them a child had been rescued alive.
Wreckage from the Yemenia airline flight were spotted in the Indian Ocean near the …

President Nicolas Sarkozy has condemned the head-to-toe cover as a symbol of subjugation rather than the Muslim faith.
While addressing the lawmakers in a major plicy speech, he said:
We cannot accept to have in our country women who are prisoners behind netting, cut off from all social life, deprived of identity. That is not the idea that the French republic has of women’s dignity. The burka is not a sign of religion, it is a sign of subservience. It will not be welcome on the territory of the French republic.
Sarkozy told a …

Pakistan cricket team captain Younus Khan has confidently predicted victory for his resurgent team after they defeated favourites South Africa by seven runs in a nail-biting semi-final. All-rounder Shahid Afridi played a crucial role in the Pakistan’s victory by scoring 56 runs and taking 2-16 with his leg-spinners.
Jubliant Younus Khan said:
One more game and this World Cup is ours. In the big games we do well and now I think we will win this. We can take our chances and we can win the World Cup.
We are slow starters, we …

Celebrity couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt has donated $1,000,000  to a United Nation’s refugee agency to help Pakistanis displaced by fighting between pakistani army and Taliban militants. Angelina Jolie has visited Pakistan three times to witness United Nations relief operations since becoming a ‘goodwill ambassador’ for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in 2001.
Most Pakistanis forced from their homes are living in government buildings or with host families, but more than 260,000 of them are in camps run by UNHCR.
 

A little girl from Swat with some naan bread who has been forced to leave her home and move to a safer place in Pakistan due to Armed operation against Taliban.
 

South Nepean Muslim Community (SNMC) has successfully bid for an institutionally zoned prime city land at Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa after Ottawa city council has approved it. SNMC will pay $1,050,000 for approximately 1.3 hectres of land.  SNMC requires community’s generous donations to raise additional $550,000 by Oct 2009 to complete Masjid and community center project.
South Napean Muslim Community members gathered at 3020 Woodroffe Avenue to celebrate the ocassion and post the sign on the new Masjid and community center site on May 31, 2009.  We at LinkMuslims.com congratulate SNMC for this joyous occasion. …

Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa, Canada and Director of the Center for Research on Globalization mentioned in his artilce “The Destabilization of Pakistan” mentioned how the plans have been made to destablize Pakistan. Now, Professor Gary Leupp has articluated that how the war on terror is resulting in destablization of Pakistan. Here are some excerpt from his article.
So far the principle result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan following the events of 9-11 has been the destabilization of Pakistan. That breakdown is peaking with the events …