Dollar for Dollar: Canada announced matching donations for flood relief in Pakistan

The Ottawa Turkish Festival 2010 will be open to general public free of charge and will display Turkish art, folk dance, music and gourmet food, where visitors will get an opportunity to celebrate, learn, and savour Turkish hospitality, culture, heritage and cuisine.
Visitors will be able to browse and buy Turkish products, souvenirs and handcrafts, participate in activities for children, view many authentic demonstrations and performances, sample Turkish cuisine, and do much, much more at the Festival.
Following is the schedule of a various number of activities of the Ottawa …

“I need to know why all this happened,” Mr. Almrei said in an interview. “And I need somebody to be held accountable for what happened.” In December, Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley struck down a security certificate against Mr. Almrei, arrested in October, 2001, on suspicion of terrorism.
Mr. Almrei, 36, came to Canada in January, 1999, on a false United Arab Emirates passport and attained refugee status the next year.
Judge Mosley said there were reasonable grounds to believe Mr. Almrei was a security danger when he was detained just …

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 …