By FAISAL KUTTY – Fifty years after the universal declaration of human rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, the debate continues as to whether the document is truly universal.
Upon its adoption 50 …

By Faisal Kutty – A few rotten apples can spoil the bushel. Nobody knows this better than police and court officials in Toronto as they try to deal with the negative publicity surrounding strip searches …

By FAISAL KITTY AND BUSHRA YOUSUF – Bruce Willis. Denzel Washington. New York City. Action-packed thriller. You’ve seen the arresting trailers.
Ingredients of a box-office hit? Probably.
But while Hollywood may have produced another hit, Muslims and …

By Faisal Kutty and Bushra Yousuf – Bruce Willis. Denzel Washington. New York City. Action-packed thriller. You’ve seen the arresting trailers. Ingredients of a box-office hit? Probably. Edward Zwick’s new movie The Siege appears to …

By Faisal Kutty and Bushra Yousuf – Bruce Willis. Denzel Washington. New York City action-packed thriller. You’ve seen the arresting trailers. Ingredients of a box-office hit? Probably. Edward Zwick’s new movie The Siege, which opened …

By Faisal Kutty and Bushra Yousuf – Bruce Willis. Denzel Washington. New York City. Action-packed thriller. You’ve seen the arresting trailers. Ingredients of a box-office hit? Probably. Edward Zwick’s new movie The Siege appears to …

By FAISAL KUTTY and BUSHRA YOUSUF — Bruce Willis, Denzel Washington, New York City. Action-packed thriller. You’re seen the arresting trailers. “Those Muslims” are at it again, but this time “we” are prepared! – well …

By Faisal Kutty – The Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC) held a successful one-day conference at the Ramada Inn in Toronto on June 27, 1998. The group, set up last year, aims to establish a national …

By Faisal Kutty – Sheikh Mahfoud Nahna of Algeria was the main speaker at the 24th Annual Islamic Society of North America (ISNA-Canada) Conference held from May 15 to May 18.
The conference, titled “Capturing the …

By Faisal Kutty – In the tussle between Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the equally obstinate Western powers, the desperate plight of the Iraqis caught in the middle appears to be overlooked.
Unfortunately, their plight has …

By Faisal Kutty — Members of a stateless Palestinian family, denied a stay of deportation from Canada, have taken sanctuary in a Toronto church. Immigration Minister Lucienne Robillard refused a last-minute request from the …

By Faisal Kutty – A prominent imam visiting North America from Egypt was handcuffed, strip- searched and detained without the right to legal counsel by Canadian immigration authorities on Jan. 7, 1998 while trying to …

By Faisal Kutty – Until last Sept. 25 a Canadian passport was considered one of the safest travel documents available. That was the day on which members of a Mossad assassination squad using altered passports …

By Faisal Kutty – A Nov. 18 political cartoon in the Montreal Gazette showing a snarling dog wearing an Arab headdress has outraged Canadian Muslims. The cartoon by Terry Mosher was headlined “In the name …