The London-based Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) has accredited Centennial College’s School of Business as its first training provider in Canada. The college will offer a course in the CISI’s groundbreaking Islamic Finance …

By Wahida Valiante
Islamic History Month Canada (IHMC) is an unparalleled annual initiative launched in October 2007 whose purpose is to inspire Canadian Muslims to share and rejoice in their history, heritage and culture with their …

By Royson James
The premier was there. So, too, the federal finance minister and a clutch of mayors, city councillors, economic development officers and board of trade facilitators.
Mayor Hazel McCallion called them an “assembled powerhouse.” And …

From Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor:  Here at home, amid all the losses in the banking and housing worlds, there is one conspicuous exception.  It’s the Islamic practice of doing business without charging or …

By Faisal Kutty – The Regal Constellation Hotel in Toronto was the venue for the Second Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance which took place June 2 and 3.
More than 65 people, including representatives from …

By Faisal Kutty – CANADA’S 500,000 MUSLIMS face a moral dilemma when it comes to conventional banking and investment. Under Islamic law, the charging of interest is prohibited, as is investment in businesses dealing in …

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 …