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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 …
Published academic articles and working papers
Book reviews, recommended reading and new published titles
Articles and documents on national security, human rights, religion and law
Opinion, comment and editorials published in various newspapers and journals
Aspiring to become binding authorities. Until then, we’re lost in orbiter
By Faisal Kutty – “There is a huge opportunity for Islamic banking and finance in Canada,” according to Don Blenkarn, former chairman of the Special Committee on Banks and Banking and of the House of …
By Faisal Kutty – Victor Ostrovsky, a former Israeli intelligence officer and author of two books exposing Mossad secret operations (see review of his The Other Side of Deception on p. 58 of this issue) …
Book Review
The Politics of Islamic Resurgence: Through Western Eyes, A Bibliographic Survey
By Ahmad AbulJobain and Ahmad Bin Yousef. UASR, Inc., 1992, 199 pp. List: $14.95; AET: $11.95 for one, $14.95 for two.
Reviewed by Faisal Kutty
Many …
By Faisal Kutty – At an age when most of their friends are preoccupied with fast cars and the opposite sex, two young Canadians had experiences they will never forget during a month spent working …
…neither is assisted suicide
The Toronto Star August 7, 1994, Sunday, SUNDAY SECOND EDITION
Copyright 1994 Toronto Star Newspapers, Ltd.
The Toronto Star
August 7, 1994, Sunday, SUNDAY SECOND EDITION
SECTION: LETTER; Pg. E2
LENGTH: 183 words
HEADLINE: …neither is assisted suicide
BODY:
In …
By Faisal Kutty – “Deportation by clairvoyance.” That’s what Alan Borovoy, General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Union, calls it. But Canadian Immigration and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) feel that Issam Yamani’s …
Most Islamists are seeking peaceful change
The Toronto Star February 27, 1994, Sunday, SUNDAY SECOND EDITION
Copyright 1994 Toronto Star Newspapers, Ltd.
The Toronto Star
February 27, 1994, Sunday, SUNDAY SECOND EDITION
SECTION: LETTER; Pg. C2
LENGTH: 171 words
HEADLINE: Most Islamists …
By Faisal Kutty — The Hindutva movement appears to be gaining momentum throughout India, and spilling over its borders. Like a contagious disease, this form of religious fanaticism is spreading even among expatriate Hindus, …
By Faisal Kutty
Special to Arab News — Media interest in Islam and Muslim has proliferated since the growth of Islamic movements, the Gulf war and, more recently, in the wake of the World Trade …
By Faisal Kutty – Media interest in Islam and Muslims has proliferated since the growth of Islamic revivalist movements, the Gulf war and, more recently, in the wake of the World Trade Center bombing. Members …
Violence is means to ultimate goal of Hindu state
The Toronto Star March 25, 1993, Thursday, AM
Copyright 1993 Toronto Star Newspapers, Ltd.
The Toronto Star
March 25, 1993, Thursday, AM
SECTION: LETTER; Pg. A22
LENGTH: 249 words
HEADLINE: Violence is means …
New world order based on hypocrisy
The Toronto Star January 14, 1993, Thursday, AM
Copyright 1993 Toronto Star Newspapers, Ltd.
The Toronto Star
January 14, 1993, Thursday, AM
SECTION: LETTER; Pg. A16
LENGTH: 256 words
HEADLINE: New world order based on hypocrisy
BODY:
The …
The misunderstood Malcolm X
The Toronto Star February 21, 1992, Friday, AM
Copyright 1992 Toronto Star Newspapers, Ltd.
The Toronto Star
February 21, 1992, Friday, AM
SECTION: OPINION; Pg. A21
LENGTH: 747 words
HEADLINE: The misunderstood Malcolm X
BYLINE: By Faisal Kutty
BODY:
EL-HAJ MALIK …
By FAISAL KUTTY – EL-HAJ MALIK AL-SHABAZZ, or as he is more commonly known, Malcolm X, is still wrongly associated with violence and hatred. The fact that he was instrumental in liberating the African-American mentality …
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
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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
