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Lies and distortions main weapons of Islamophobes
  MOHAMMED AZHAR ALI KHAN     When it comes to maligning Islam or Muslims, hatemongers don’t let accuracy, fairness or truth get in their way. So a Point de Bascule attack on me also targeted several Muslim organizations. Clearly the objective is to ...
An Ottawa imam who gets things done
    MOHAMMED AZHAR ALI KHAN       When I was president of the Ottawa Muslim Association, we installed a table tennis table in the basement hoping such facilities would attract youth for recreation, learning and prayers. Some Muslims were opposed, however. When I refused ...
Creating divisions in a land of harmony and peace
Mohammed Azhar Ali Khan Western democracies thrive on political parties attacking each other, especially during an election campaign. Such arguments spotlight their proposed policies on major issues and help the voters  decide which leaders are most likely to serve their ...
The two contradictory faces of America
Mohammed Azhar Ali Khan It was a poignant moment: the first black president of the United States spoke passionately about America’s commitment to the equality of all citizens that the Declaration of Independence embodies. He did so at the very ...
Canadian Muslims turned into a political football
      MOHAMMED AZHAR ALI KHAN         Muslims in the West have felt uncomfortable since 9/11. Now Canadian Muslims fear they are being turned into a political football for this year’s federal election.    The issues are Prime Minister Harper’s inflammatory rhetoric against the threat posed ...
Freedom of religion versus respect for others
    MOHAMMED AZHAR ALI KHAN     Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is battling a Muslim woman who at a citizenship ceremony refused to remove her niqab (a veil commonly worn by Muslim women in public that covers the whole face apart from the ...
On Palestine, Israeli activist brings message of hope
    Mohammed Azhar Ali Khan   Israeli human rights activist Jeff Halper is on a month-long tour of Canada with a stark message - Palestinians are struggling against overwhelming odds for justice, freedom and human rights. They are suffering but also winning moral ...
Canadians and other tourists a lifeline for cornered Cuba
    MOHAMMED AZHAR ALI KHAN President Barak Obama has thanked Canada for its role in bringing the United States and Cuba together after 50 years of feuding. But, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper stated, Canada only provided a venue where diplomats from ...
Cuba is a country of glaring contrasts
  Mohammed Azhar Ali Khan     Some judges at Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board treated Cuban asylum seekers lightly, arguing that since the one-party government controls all jobs it denies dissidents proper employment and that this amounts to cruel and unusual punishment and ...
Ferguson and CIA torture painful for Canadians
  Mohammed Azhar Ali Khan     Canadians know, by following their own and the US media, that race relations remain ugly in the United States despite gratifying progress and that the CIA tries to topple foreign governments, kill foreign leaders and tortures people ...
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