Jami Omar Ottawa Canada is providing an opportunity to all the Muslims whether living in Ottawa or any other part of the world to take part in the construction of the Masjid. Any Muslim brother or sister can purchase a brick and get his/her name inscribed in the House of Allah.
I am sure we all Muslims are aware of the Hadith about building a masjid which states “Whoever builds a masjid, desiring thereby Allāh’s pleasure, Allāh builds for him the like of it in paradise.”
Why not grab this golden …

Canada has announced $135 millions for Haitian earthquake relief efforts.

The Imam of Ottawa Assalam Mosque, Sheikh Mohamed Rashad, believed to be in his late 50s, collapsed Thursday morning while visiting Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where he was on Hajj with thousands of others.
“In a way, this is the worst day of my life. ,My father was a fragile man to begin with. He was a workaholic. He didn’t believe in taking rests,” said Rashad’s eldest son, Abdul Hakim Moalimishak.
The family is still waiting to learn the cause of Rashad’s death, but Moalimishak said he might have died from liver or …

Ottawa Muslims Association has been in the local news due to a number of issues related to Muslim community in Ottawa, Canada. It is always very painful to see such kind of behaviour on part of the people who have been entrusted with huge responssiblity of keeping the Muslim community united. The issue of Immam of Ottawa Mosque has created so much rift between the officials of the Ottawa Muslims Association that a large majority of the officials has decided to resign.
I do beleive that their resignation is not going to make …

Should Ottawa Mosque Imam leave before his contract expires?

The Canadian government is supporting two new projects aimed at helping Muslim youth address discrimination and promote cross-cultural understanding.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada will provide $441,000 dollars for My Canada, a project that provides access to multi-faith sessions for both Muslim and non-Muslim youth in schools and community centres.
“This project demonstrates the importance of promoting common understanding and mutual respect — the basic building blocks to achieve peace and stability here in Canada and elsewhere in the world,” says Immigration Minister Jason Kenney.
As for the other project, the Status of Women …

The meltdown of US housing market mainly due to risky and wreckless mortgage practices is effecting real estate in Canada. The housing prices are falling and housing market is turning to favour buyers now.
According to latest figures from the Canadian Real Estate Association, the housing prices across Canada has dropped by 11 per cent since May 2008.
The Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals predicts mortgage approval activity to fall nearly 12 per cent to $193 billion in 2008, compared to $218 billion in 2007. Approvals are forecast to fall another 10 per …

The entire Canada was being hammered by a variety of weather systems on the first day of winter (December 21), with storms and blowing snow gripping much of provinces of Ontario and Quebec, while wind-chill warnings are in effect through most of the prairies and Western Canada. High winds are forecast throughout Atlantic Canada.
Extreme wind chill warnings remained in effect for large part of the Prairies egion, with temperatures expected to drop as low at -40 C and remain frigid for another four days.
Up to 40 cm of snow was …

The Prime Minister of Canada, in an interview with CTV News in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada has confirmed first time that his Conservative government’s January 2009 budget would push Canada into a deficit, while including billions of dollars in spending. “The truth is, I’ve never seen such uncertainty …,” the Globe and Mail quoted Harper as saying in the interview. “I’m very worried about the Canadian economy.”
The Prime Minister also raised the possibility that a depression — loosely defined as prolonged recession where output declines more than 10 percent — …