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NewsJun 1, 2023
London Council of Imams Statement Regarding School Activities in June
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful May 31, 2023 Assalamu alaykum, As Muslims, our faith tradition is built upon the essential precept of haya’, or modesty, which lies at the core of our beliefs. The Messenger of Allah # indicated such when he stated, “Every religion (deen) has an…
NewsMay 31, 2023
Navigating Differences: Imams and Religious Educators Across North America Issue Statement on Sexual and Gender Ethics in Islam
On May 23, 2023, imams and religious educators in Canada and the United States issued a statement about sexual and gender ethics in Islam.
NewsNov 20, 2015
Breaking the Taboo: Why a Calgary Therapist is Teaching Muslims to Talk about Sexual Health
Sexual abuse, pornography, birth control — for many Muslim parents, the thought of discussing sensitive subjects such as these with their children makes them very uncomfortable. But it shouldn’t, according to Sameera Qureshi, a Calgary-based occupational therapist. She recently held a workshop…
StoriesJun 2, 2015
North American Muslims & Sex Ed: Looking at Sexual Guilt with Researcher Sobia Faisal-Ali
In response to the conversations emerging from opinion pieces we have published on the new Ontario Sex Ed curriculum, Muslim Link is starting a series of interviews with several members of North America’s Muslim communities on sexual education. We’ll be exploring the challenges Muslim Canadians,…
StoriesMay 28, 2015
The Miseducation of Ontario's New Sex Ed Curriculum
"Have your children tested for STDs," said a Muslim family doctor during a health session at a Toronto mosque a few years ago. Her message was that unbeknownst to the audience, many of their children were sexually active from an early age.
NewsMay 5, 2015
Abraar School Educators Present on New Sex Ed Curriculum for Muslim Parents
An information session was organized Saturday at the MAC Youth Centre to explain Ontario’s updated Health and Physical Education curriculum to Muslim parents. The revised curriculum will be introduced in public schools starting September 2015.
StoriesApr 25, 2015
A Muslim Activist on Ontario's New Sex Ed Curriculum
When Muslim Link published the opinion piece, A Muslim Principal on Ontario's New Sex Ed Curriculum by jeewan chanicka , we did not expect how popular the article would be. But clearly the subject of the revised health curriculum is on many Muslim parents’ minds and communities across Ontario are…
StoriesFeb 28, 2015
A Muslim Principal on Ontario's New Sex Ed Curriculum
Muslim Link welcomes the current debate the recent changes to Ontario’s sexual education curriculum has stirred within the Muslim community particularly as it is encouraging parents to be more engaged in what their children are learning at school. We are publishing one perspective on the new…

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