Tag: muslim
Memorial held for mosque shooting
Last Wednesday, the Muslim Students’ Association, in collaboration with UTMSU, held a memorial event featuring community guest speakers to talk about the six victims...
What makes Islamic finance different?
Last Thursday, UTM’s Li Koon Chun Finance Learning Centre invited Rehan Khan, a Liaison Officer with the Islamic Finance Advisory Board, to introduce students...
Why you and everyone else needs to call themselves feminists
Dear Editor,
There are two things everyone needs to know before they identify as a feminist:
To identify as a feminist is to willingly accept that...
We are all “jihadists”
Last week, I talked about building character and used the international response to the Paris attacks as an example of us looking out for...
Discussing the rise of Islamophobia
After the recent terror attacks on Paris, the world was left reeling, aggrieved, and confused. In their distress and confusion as to why events...
Farrah Khan speaks about gender violence
When I think of the most badass queer, Muslim (yes, queer and Muslim), coloured woman, last week’s Feminist Lunch Hour guest speaker, Farrah Khan,...
Responding to Charlie
The CCT atrium was strewn with roses and carnations on Monday morning to signal the start of Islam Awareness Week hosted by the Muslim...
Who’re you calling a moderate Muslim?
Growing up in Canada and watching Canadian news, I’ve often had issues with the usage of the term “Moderate Muslim” in our media.
According to...
Op-Ed: You’re probably tired of hearing this
The Muslim guy in your class probably doesn’t have a bomb strapped to his chest. The hijabi girl you passed on the street probably...
I watched UTM/TV’s piece…
Dear Editor,
I watched UTM/TV’s piece on Islam & Dating, and as a Muslim I’m sad to say I was disappointed by its lack of...
An Islamic comic
Ninety-nine superheroes make up the characters of the The 99, a comic book created by Kuwaiti psychologist and CEO of Teshkeel Media Group, Dr....
Its about us Muslim women. Again
Todays plunging necklines and stacked bangles are flashbacks to pre-Islamic Arabia where women walked around heavily ornamented and bare-breasted. Pre-marital sex, multiplicity of partners...