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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A black mark on the red poppy

I was upset this week to learn that there are people in our society whose conscience doesn’t bother them when they steal poppy funds. Members of the...

Columnists - Mansoor Ladha

Texting habits need to change

One of the modern gadgets that we are so accustomed to is the cell phone and telephone. You don’t realize how dependent we have become on phones until...

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Munro victory cause for national pride

Congratulations Alice Munro, Canada’s guru of the short story, for winning the Nobel Prize for literature. Every Canadian should be proud of Ms. Munro...

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Enough is enough on niqab, hijab

Whether to wear hijab and niqab is one topic that will not leave us so easily. The subject has now crossed the Atlantic and there is a fierce debate currently...

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My manual for modern travel

As a retired journalist, I have adopted freelance travel writing as my new career. I love traveling and I find it’s the best way to see new places and...

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King’s dream still unfulfilled

August 28, 2013 – the world paid tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King for delivering his iconic speech, “I have a dream.” Thousands of civil rights...

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Can a Muslim write about Jesus?

A fierce debate and controversy is currently raging in the U.S. about whether a Muslim academic can write a book on Jesus. The Muslim author, Reza Aslan, has...


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