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...
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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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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Boycott of Commonwealth talks raises serious questions
Canada will boycott next month’s Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka. Stephen Harper has also threatened to cut the purse strings to the 64-year-old...
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Canadians arrested abroad have only themselves to blame
John Greyson and Tarek Loubani, the two Canadians jailed in Cairo, were fortunate in being freed. Greyson, a Toronto filmmaker and Loubani, a London, Ont...
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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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Quebec religious symbol proposals dangerous
Quebec has done it again; the uproar over a ban on Sikh turbans in soccer has just subsided when the government is proposing the Charter of Quebec Values. The...
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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...