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NewsNov 26, 2019
Ottawa and Mississauga Area Imams Play Soccer to Fundraise for Sports for Youth with Disabilities
What do Imams and soccer have in common?
NewsFeb 2, 2019
Canadian Muslims and Polygamy: Dr. Hamid Slimi Clarifies His Position After Appearing on CBC Fifth Estate Documentary
Originally posted on Dr. Hamid Slimi's Facebook Page on January 15, 2019.
NewsDec 7, 2018
Toronto Area Imams Play Soccer to Fundraise for Sports for Youth with Disabilities
What do Imams and soccer have in common?
StoriesMar 15, 2018
Mahdi Tirkawi: A Young Imam's Journey to Montreal
Mahdi Tirkawi is the imam at Mosquée Al Rawdah in Montreal. Muslim Link interviewed him about being a young imam in Montreal, Quebec.
StoriesMar 15, 2018
Shaykh Daood Butt: Lessons from the Muslim Community of Quebec City
Muslim Link interviewed him about the theme of this year’s conference and the lessons he has learned from working closely with the Muslim community of Quebec City after the tragic mosque shooting that left six men dead, and several injured.
NewsMay 31, 2016
Imams Urge Ottawa Muslims To Donate To CHEO This Weekend
The Council of Imams of Ottawa-Gatineau and the United Muslim Organizations of Ottawa-Gatineau are raising funds to present to CHEO on behalf of the Muslim community, live during their annual Telethon on CTV Ottawa this weekend, June 4-5.
StoriesApr 10, 2016
Sheikh Daood Butt: What Will Your Legacy Be?
Sheikh Daood Butt will be speaking at the I.LEAD Conference on April 16 th . Sheikh Butt received his B.A. in Da'wah and Usool ad-Deen from the Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia. In 2015, he received the Imam of the Year Award at MuslimFest from DawaNet . Born and raised in Montreal to…
NewsDec 30, 2015
Holistic Support: Local Imams Attend Workshop on Mental Illness and the Law
In early December, local imams, along with other faith leaders, attended a workshop at the South Nepean Muslim Community (SNMC) mosque exploring the intersection of mental illness and the law. The workshop was presented by Connecting Ottawa as part of The Spirit of the Law , a provincial project…
StoriesAug 5, 2015
Meet the Imams: Imam Badat of Masjid Bilal
Imam Mohammed Badat was born and raised in Toronto, Canada to parents who emigrated from Gujarat, India in the early 1970s. His family grew up near their local masjid in York region. “The masjid was our playground growing up,” he shared. Imam Badat began his Islamic Studies there, memorizing Quran…
NewsJul 30, 2015
“Certifying Imams” and the Senate Report on Countering the Terrorist Threat in Canada
So much has been written about the recent Senate Report , particularly the suggestion of “certifying imams”. The “Certifying Imams” controversy comes from Recommendation 9 of the Senate Report which states that “The federal government work with the provinces and the Muslim communities to…
StoriesMar 19, 2015
Navaid Aziz: Empowering Youth and Countering Extremism
Born and raised in Montreal, Indo-Pakistani Canadian Navaid Aziz, 33, stumbled upon a vocation as an Islamic scholar when he was accepted to the Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia at 17. Now an imam in Calgary, Aziz will be coming to Ottawa’s I.LEAD Conference to discuss youth…
StoriesFeb 11, 2015
Musleh Khan on Effective Youth Engagement
Musleh Khan, one of North America’s youngest imams, serves at the Sakinah Community Center in Toronto. Educated at the University of Medina, the city where he was born to Indo-Caribbean parents, Khan has been recognized for his ability to make some of Islam’s most complicated concepts easier to…

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