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Muslim Welfare Centre and Project Ramadan will launch the Feed Canada initiative on Parliament Hill April 23

Muslim Welfare Centre and Project Ramadan will be at Parliament Hill on Monday, April 23rd to build food baskets for those in need within the Ottawa community. Source: Muslim Welfare […]

April 22, 2018

Niqab-wearing woman starts driver training school just for women

For the past five years, Maha Al-Shaibani has been running The Queen of Sheba, a driver-training service for women only in Ottawa. Source: Niqab-wearing woman starts driver training school just […]

March 15, 2018

What Past Attendees Have To Say about Ottawa’s I.LEAD Conference

What Past Attendees Have To Say about Ottawa’s I.LEAD Conference Source: What Past Attendees Have To Say about Ottawa’s I.LEAD Conference

March 15, 2018

Long wait almost over for Syrian family

Although it’s not in the news as much anymore, the civil war in Syria continues to rage and millions of refugees are still stuck in limbo after fleeing to neighbouring […]

February 22, 2018

NDP delegates protest ‘watered down’ Palestine policy – The Hill Times

Delegates stand in protest of what they said was a ‘watered down’ motion on Palestine and Israel during the second day of the NDP’s policy convention in Ottawa. The Hill […]

February 19, 2018

Federal funding helps increase security at Muslim places of worship

With hate-motivated crimes on the rise at religious centres around the world, the federal government has allocated funding to enhance security around places of worship. Source: Federal funding helps increase security […]

December 1, 2017

Hundreds decry violence against Rohingya Muslims at Ottawa protest

Hundreds of people showed their solidarity with Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar at a noisy protest outside the country’s Ottawa embassy Sunday afternoon. Source: Hundreds decry violence against Rohingya Muslims at […]

September 12, 2017

Ottawa police say reported incidents of hate on the rise

Ottawa police confirm the number of hate-related reports has grown from 79 in 2015 to 109 in 2016. To date this year, the number has reached 56.”Just because our reporting […]

August 21, 2017

Man charged after windows smashed at Ottawa mosque, Islam Care Centre

Ottawa police say a 27-year-old man was charged with mischief after a mosque and Islam Care Centre were vandalized earlier this week. At least one window was smashed at the Islam […]

April 17, 2017

OC Transpo investigating video of Islamophobic tirade on bus

OC Transpo is investigating after a video surfaced online showing a man screaming insults directed at Muslim passengers on one of its buses.The racist tirade, captured on a cellphone by a Muslim high […]

March 7, 2017

Ottawa’s Somali community pleased after officer charged in Abdirahman Abdi’s death

People who have been calling for greater transparency from Ottawa Police in the wake of the death of a Somali-Canadian man last July say they welcome the news that an officer involved […]

March 7, 2017

Syrian refugee families learn ice fishing on Ottawa River

Abdallah Alfayhin, his wife Wafaa and their four young children zipped up their snowsuits to head out onto the Ottawa River Sunday, ice fishing gear in hand.The Alfayhins were among some 50 […]

February 21, 2017

Public outpouring of support ‘very powerful’: imam

Many at the Kanata meeting, including Lila Hammouda, expressed shock that the attack happened in Canada. She said it felt as if the shooting occurred in her neighbourhood and not […]

February 8, 2017

Members of the Somali community want Ottawa police to acknowledge racism

Members of the Somali community will be meeting with the Ottawa Police Services Board Monday afternoon to discuss how they can begin to build a more trusting relationship. The death of […]

January 23, 2017

University of Ottawa student uses holidays to deliver aid to Yemeni refugee camp

“We only had a short period of time to do this,” said Ahmed during an interview just before leaving Ottawa.”It just shows how the Ottawa community has such a big […]

January 3, 2017

Ottawa’s Turkish community worries nightclub attack new normal

A gunman killed a policeman and another man outside the Reina club in the early hours of 2017 before entering and firing an automatic rifle at an estimated 600 people […]

January 3, 2017

Abdirahman Abdi’s death raised questions about how police deal with race and mental health

Early in the year, many people in Ottawa watched violent cellphone videos of fatal encounters with police assuming they happened far from home. In July that idea was shattered as […]

December 28, 2016

Our bond was one of faith and friendship

Almost 1,500 people braved the cold to attend the funeral at a west-end Ottawa mosque. I saw one man trudging through the snow, a toddler in his arms, as he […]

December 21, 2016

Ottawa Muslim community grieving after sisters killed

Ottawa’s Muslim community is struggling to come to grips with an alleged family tragedy that resulted in the deaths of two devout sisters. Source: Ottawa Muslim community grieving after sisters […]

December 20, 2016

Friend identifies double homicide victims as Somali-Canadian sisters

“They were the definition of good citizens,” said a friend of the two women killed Friday night in the city’s south end. Source: Friend identifies double homicide victims as Somali-Canadian […]

December 18, 2016

Syrian children find comfort in numbers at Ottawa elementary school

About 40 boys named Mohammad — or a variation of that spelling — now attend classes at the Gloucester school. Most are recent Syrian refugees. In fact, of a total school population of 288, 110 of […]

December 15, 2016

‘We’ll get there one tea at a time’: Ottawa startup hires Syrian refugees

SuraiTea, founded by former University of Ottawa student Kevin Smiley, launched online in last March. Since then the company has sold $17,000 worth of product and provided 380 working hours […]

December 2, 2016

Ottawa police search for solutions to end racial profiling

Younis Mohamed rallied his friends to join him Thursday night for a rare opportunity to have a say in how police interact with Ottawa’s ethnic and racial minority communities.  “Because if […]

November 25, 2016

Ottawa students bring the refugee crisis a little closer to home

For the typical teenager, the Syrian refugee crisis probably seems a world away.That may well apply to the typical adult, for that matter.But for a group of students at Cairine Wilson […]

November 25, 2016

It takes a village to combat hatred – here’s how to do it

It isn’t just president-elect Donald Trump who has thrown poison into the melting pot. Here in Canada, we have politicians tearing at the mosaic many Canadians have long prided themselves on […]

November 24, 2016

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