October is Islamic History Month in Canada! Islamic History Month is more than just a token formality: it’s an opportunity to do real da’wah, both within the Muslim community and outside of it. Hassam Munir talks about expanding our understanding of Islamic history, preserving our own Canadian Muslim histories, and how to set up your […]

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Craig Mokhiber on Netanyahu at the UN. Jon Elmer on US aircraft losses. Trump’s post-midterm war threats.

Darius helps select new guards for the Five Star caravan, and a fun trip to the suq comes to a sudden, chaotic end.

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Fazl Mosque was used as an air raid shelter in the war – but that is not its only link to a pivotal moment in world history

Exactly 100 years ago the Guardian wrote about the opening of London’s first mosque, an impressive white building surrounded by immaculate flower gardens in the heart of south London suburbia.

A report described the mosque, in its incongruous surroundings, as “a thing of beauty”. The journalists who attended the opening ceremony witnessed the mosque’s large black doors being opened with a silver key. About 600 eminent guests attended the grand opening.

Memoir recounts how doctors were made to do the impossible under the gaze of a “useless” world.