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VU law professor among world’s most influential Muslims
January 1, 2013 – 11:03 am | No Comment

John Scheibel | The Times
Faisal Kutty is an assistant professor of law at Valparaiso University Law School.

December 31, 2012 12:00 am  •  Susan Emery Times Correspondent

VALPARAISO | A Valparaiso University assistant law professor has been named to …

Islamic Law, Adoptions and Kafalah
November 6, 2012 – 7:47 pm | No Comment

“There hasn’t been a concerted push to open doors for Muslim orphans because the expectation would be that those efforts would fall flat…”
— Chuck Johnson, chief executive, National Council for Adoption.
Conventional wisdom — among both Muslims …

50 Greatest Books – The Koran: Words beyond worth
June 23, 2008 – 9:40 pm | Comments Off

By MONA SIDDIQUI
From Saturday’s Globe and Mail
How do you measure a book’s worth? By its sales in the millions, by its perennial appeal to generation upon generation, by the beauty of its language and …

Hate laws a reasonable limit on free speech
June 23, 2008 – 9:38 pm | Comments Off

By Haroon Siddiqui
TORONTO, ONTARIO – According to some journalists, freedom of speech is in peril in Canada. And human rights commissions are “kangaroo courts.”
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Only genuine misunderstanding or deliberate …

Guantanamo detainees were tortured, medical exams show
June 20, 2008 – 9:41 pm | Comments Off

From CBC NEWS
TORONTO, ONTARIO – Medical examinations of suspected militants formerly held by the U.S. military at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba showed evidence of torture and other abuse that resulted in …

Police mole paints altered picture at terror trial – Crown will have a tough time arguing campers were serious threat
June 17, 2008 – 9:43 pm | Comments Off

By Thomas Walkom
TORONTO, ONTARIO – Alter the perspective and everything changes. In the first full-fledged trial coming out of the case of the Toronto 18, the Crown is arguing that a youth (who cannot …

Commentary – With persistence, the truth will come out – by MAHER ARAR
June 17, 2008 – 9:42 pm | Comments Off

By MAHER ARAR
On my way home to Canada from a family vacation in September of 2002, I was stopped and interrogated at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Within two weeks, against my …

Free speech cannot be an excuse for hate – By Haroon Siddiqui
June 17, 2008 – 11:46 am | Comments Off

By Haroon Siddiqui
TORONTO, ONTARIO — One staple of anti-Semitism has been that Jews have taken over the world, or are about to. Now Muslims are being accused of the same.
That Muslims pose a …

Intense security checks lead to author’s absence
June 17, 2008 – 11:46 am | Comments Off

By JAMES ADAMS
Globe and Mail Update – An Indo-Canadian author and playwright from Calgary cancelled scheduled appearances at two major cultural events in Toronto on the weekend after failing to get assurances from Air …

UNITED PARCEL SERVICES – UPS (CANADA) vs. 8 Temporary Agency Workers
June 17, 2008 – 11:44 am | Comments Off

BACKGROUNDER
UNITED PARCEL SERVICES – UPS (CANADA) vs. 8 Temporary Agency Workers
The WAC is working with 8 Muslim women who wear hijabs and jilbaabs and who were employed for almost two years as temporary agency …

Ottawa urged to press Celil case – Government should use Olympics to secure Canadian’s release from Chinese jail, wife says
June 17, 2008 – 11:41 am | Comments Off

By Debra Black
TORONTO, ONTARIO – The wife of a Canadian citizen who is serving a life sentence in China after being accused of being a terrorist is asking Ottawa to press her husband’s case …

‘We are sorry’
June 13, 2008 – 11:51 am | Comments Off

By BILL CURRY and GLORIA GALLOWAY
From Thursday’s Globe and Mail
June 12, 2008 at 3:48 AM EDT
Prime Minister Stephen Harper had yet to utter a single word of Canada’s apology to former Indian residential schools …

Terror trial a major test of Canada’s security, expert says – Khawaja proceedings deserve real show of force, officials told
June 13, 2008 – 11:50 am | Comments Off

By Don Butler and Andrew Seymour
The Ottawa Citizen
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Canada’s reputation will be on the line when the terrorism trial of Momin Khawaja starts later this month, says a leading security and intelligence …