Unique challenges faced by Black Muslim community warrant better understanding, attention

Black Muslim Canadians have been pivotal in helping to shape Canada’s contemporary social narrative. Clockwise from top-left, journalist Hodan Nalayeh who was killed in 2019 in Somalia; historian and activist Afua Cooper; writer Rahma Mohamed; federal minister Ahmed Hussen; human rights activist Farhia Ahmed; and long-distance runner Mohamed Ahmed. (Composite photo: CP, CBC and submissions) This […]

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Opinion: Affordable housing is more than just brick and mortar

Last week, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland met with Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson to discuss several key issues including affordable housing. This topic came to the fore in the wake of a federal announcement this week to better fund provincial and municipal affordable housing projects. Freeland and Iveson both highlighted the urgency of this issue, especially […]

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The national ripple effects of Bill 62

It seems that every few months an issue surrounding Muslims — and more often than not, Muslim women — comes up in the media. Religious texts are debated in mainstream discussions (often by those who have no training in religious studies, let alone Islamic texts or jurisprudence), laws are drummed up, and those who are […]

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