Apr 22 2010
As a non Muslim person, I had to do some research when asked to answer this question. This is rather like asking, “Are Jews cool with pork?” Every religion has its extremists, who take what is written as the iron clad law of the land. And every...
Apr 22 2010
Just because a person has submitted their life to God, does not mean that they must give up the joys and comforts which pets can provide to them. If God has created a creature and allowed it to grow amicable to man kind, why would it be wrong for us to...
Apr 22 2010
This is a difficult question to answer because there are so many misconceptions and misunderstandings about Islamic attire for women. Many people have this mental image of a woman draped in a shapeless black cloth with a slit for the eyes. In reality,...
Apr 22 2010
All the religions in the world teach only two things- love and peace. However, human beings, for their selfish motives, mould the religion, and create discrimination and hatred. Islam represents a religion of humanity, love and peace. Unfortunately, due...
Apr 9 2010
Two Canadian men, each given up for adoption at a young age, were separately searching for their biological families when they learned that all they had to do was walk across the street. The two men discovered that they were brothers — and...
Dec 9 2009
Canada has the largest crude oil deposits in the world after Saudi Arabia, and the biggest in the Western Hemisphere. But approaching the United Nations climate change conference, which takes place over the next two weeks, it has found that the bounty...
Jul 1 2009
It is Canada Day, when we celebrate Confederation and reflect on our great and abiding love for and pride in Canada, a satisfaction that is found in a new Globe/CTV poll showing that 90 per cent of those surveyed agreed with the statement that...
Mar 29 2008
Sealers and observers headed to the ice floes Friday as the annual seal hunt began in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Animal welfare activists had accused the Canadian government Thursday of denying them observer permits as part of a...
Mar 27 2008
Five Canadian soldiers were honoured with prestigious bravery medals in Ottawa on Wednesday, but they all insisted they aren’t heroes. “I have my heroes and my heroes, they don’t come home,” said Sgt. Gerald Killam of Cole...