Author - Mansoor Ladha

Mansoor Ladha is a Calgary-based journalist and author of A Portrait in Pluralism: Aga Khan’s Shia Ismaili Muslims.

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Journalism is a risky occupation

Journalism is a risky occupation, especially for those who are assigned overseas in trouble areas. Those of us who are privileged to work at home under safer...

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Resolutions hard to keep

January is a resolution month. That’s the time when most people make their New Year resolutions, but it’s only the fortunate few who can keep them...

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Heralding the New Year 2014

We are welcoming the New Year – 2014 – and bidding goodbye to the old one. It is a time to take stock and reminisce about main events of 2013 and looking ahead...

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Meaning of Christmas for a Muslim

Being a Muslim in a predominantly Christian country, especially during Christmas can be quite an experience. Every mid-November, neighbour Sam, dubbed...

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JFK legacy remembered 50 years later

I was a young university undergraduate when President Jack F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. All the students were shocked to hear of his death...