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The Myth and Reality of ‘Shari’a Courts’ in Canada: A Delayed Opportunity for the Indigenization of Islamic Legal Rulings
The Ontario government’s passage of the Family Statute Law …
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IRFAN-Canada Responds to Speculation About CRA Suspension
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – April 15, 2010) – The International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy (Canada) responded today to misinformation by third-parties regarding the decision released April 13, …
Smile. is mandated to develop community based awareness of the limitations faced by children with disabilities and critical illness. Smile. is guided by the principle of equity and is focused on the …
The Spring 2010 Symposium of the University of St. Thomas Law Journal will explore the intersection of constitutional democracy and Islamic law. Two broad themes lie at the heart of this intersection: First, what challenges …
“Reflections on a Global Crisis: Current Issues in International Law and Economics”
April 9, 2010.
Norte Dame University, School of Law
Reception to immediately follow close of the panel
AAUP, ACLU, PEN American Center, and Slate present
SECULARISM, ISLAM, & DEMOCRACY:
Muslims in Europe and the West
Featuring Tariq Ramadan (first U.S. appearance since he was barred …
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti: Palestinian political dynamics and the realities for Middle East Peace
Toronto, Ontario, Saturday, March 20, 2010, 07:00 PM
ADDRESS
MacLeod Auditorium (Room 2158)
Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
1 King’s College Circle
Toronto, ON M5S1A8
TICKET INFO
Admission $15, $10 …
By Faisal Kutty
The top Sunni Muslim cleric and legal scholar Sheikh Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy died of a heart attack on Wednesday (March 10, 2010) in Saudi Arabia.
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, one of the leading …
By Chato Hazelbaker
Monday, April 12,2010 the University of St. Thomas School of Law will host the spring University of St. Thomas Law Journal Symposium. Held in the Schulze Grand Atrium at the School …
By Faisal Kutty
A new study just published in the Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice confirms what many of us have known for years.
The study by two sociologists suggests that the …
By Faisal Kutty
The second issue of Prism Magazine is now available online. The not-for-profit journal launched last month by Maher Arar describes itself as a “security practices monitor”.
The journal has an impressive list …
By Erin Miller
Continuing our series of five-minute podcasts on oral argument days, we have two new podcasts below with the counsel from both sides of today’s first case, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (08-1498; 09-89). …
An Evening with Zarqa Nawaz
Film Screening and Discussion
Documentary-maker, writer, and broadcaster Zarqa Nawaz, best known for the documentary Me and the Mosque and the CBC sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie, discusses her many works; …
The Annual York-Noor Lecture Series 2009-2010
presents
The Image of God in Humanity: A Muslim Approach
Lecture by Professor Yahya Michot, Hartford Seminary
Date: Sunday March 7, 2010
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Auditorium, Noor Cultural Centre
Admission: $5.00
and
Ottoman Puritanism and …
By Faisal Kutty
Two recent studies conclude that a judge’s race or gender makes for a dramatic difference in the outcome of cases they hear—at least for cases in which race and gender are factors. …
By FAISAL KUTTY
York University – Osgoode Hall Law School
Abstract:
The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and the ensuing war on terror has brought to the fore a number of issues that were not previously …
A REVIEW
by Nader Hashemi
Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State
Tarek Fatah
Wiley and Sons
410 pages, hardcover
ISBN 9780470841167
“Those who thought that religion could be separate from politics understand neither religion nor politics. ”
—Mahatma Gandhi
Two …
By Faisal Kutty
TORONTO, ONTARIO – “Nothing personal sir, but your packages are not allowed on passenger airlines,” said a United Parcel Service customer service agent, sitting in an American call centre. She was explaining to …
Published in Toronto Star, February 27, 2006
Letters to the Editor
The Toronto Star
One Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
Re: A lesson for Bush: You reap what you sow (Feb. 25, 2006)
Opinion, Feb. 26.
Thomas Walkom hits the nail squarely …
By Faisal Kutty
The long awaited report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182 is finally out today.
Confirming what many security experts have believed …
AJE Al Jazeera English Headlines BBC News Jurist: World Legal News Jurist: Opinion Editorials
Against All Enemies: Inside America\’s War on Terror by Richard Clarke
America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy by Ivo. H. Daalder
Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism by Robert Pape
Ghost Plane: The True Story of the CIA Torture Program by Stephen Grey
The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State by Noah Feldman
