A review of racist CRA audits, confronting Quebec’s Bill 21 and a federal office to tackle Islamophobia would be a good start. While the Canadian political landscape has remained largely the same in the aftermath of the last federal election, there are many lessons the government would do well to heed. The National Summit on […]

Anver Emon is Canada Research Chair in Islamic Law and History and the director of the Institute of Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto. Nadia Hasan is the chief operating officer of the National Council of Canadian Muslims. On July 22, the federal government will host a national summit on Islamophobia. All levels of […]

By: Faisal Kutty “Do you know any trusted person we can disburse our zakat (charity) through?” I am getting this a lot this Ramadan, as Canadian Muslims — like their coreligionists elsewhere — look for ways to distribute their charity as an act of worship. For decades now, there has been unease surrounding charities in […]