A Parti Québécois candidate has been disqualified by the sovereigntist provincial political party in Quebec, Wednesday 29th of August, for his anti-Islam posts on social media, reports Canadian online newspaper Montreal Gazette. Pierre Marcotte who was chosen as the party’s candidate in Drummond-Bois-Francs published posts on his social media accounts, calling Muslims «pit bulls». «This person will not be a Parti Québécois candidate;
Canadian maritime province Nova Scotia is teaming up with Morocco in a bid to find petroleum riches, says Canada’s CTV News on Monday 20th of August. The two lands were considered were one 200 million years ago, before they broke apart. A group of researchers in each territory will be conducting a study to find offshore petroleum resources. In Morocco, the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines signed a memorandum of understanding with the Offshore Energy Research
Aziza Dini is a 34-year-old politician who is running for the Quebec’s provincial election, scheduled for October. The Canadian citizen of Moroccan descent, who is a member of the Quebec Green Party (PVQ), is the first veiled woman to stand for election in the French-speaking province. In a recent interview with the Belgian online newspaper La Libre, Dini says she is «proud» to be a veiled female politician in Quebec, stressing that one must «be careful with
ISIS claimed responsibility, Wednesday, for the deadly Toronto shooting, through its propaganda agency Amaq. According to the latter, the attack was carried by «one of the ISIS fighter» who responded to the «calls to target nationals of the international anti-jihadist coalition». The mass shooting occurred on Sunday July 22nd at night in a bustling artery of the Greek district of Danforth Avenue and left two people dead including a 10-year-old girl and 13
Moroccan movie director Hind Bensari premiered her documentary «We Could Be Heroes» at the 2018 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival as part of the Toronto Film Festival hosted from April 27th to May the 6th. The documentary received the Best International Documentary Award, allowing Bensari to become the first Moroccan and African filmmaker to win the prize. Through her work, «We Could Be Heroes», Hind sheds light on the journey of two disabled
For Nora Toutain, music found the way to her heart since her early childhood. The young Moroccan artist who currently lives in Montreal is about to graduate university with a music degree in hand and a first EP coming soon.
In Quebec, Hijab-wearing candidates will be able to run for elections without removing their headscarves or showing theirhair, announced Tuesday, February the 20th, the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec, Pierre Reid, reports Le Devoir. In fact, women wearing the hijab, chador and Sikh turbans can submit their candidacies, while the niqab and burka-wearing women will still be banned. The Electoral office has indicated that it updated its regulations dating back to 1980, and which obliges
On her way to school, a young girl was assaulted on Friday in Toronto because of her hijab, reports The Guardianaq and La Presse. Khawlah Noman, 11, was approached by an individual in his twenties. The latter cut off the girl's veil using a pair of scissors, according to Toronto police. Je pense de tout cœur à Khawlah Noman, qui a lâchement été attaquée ce matin à Toronto. Le Canada est un pays ouvert et accueillant. Les attaques de ce genre ne
It is freezing in several part of Canada especially, Quebec, where a Muslim charity has volunteered to distribute warm clothing to the homeless people in Montreal and Quebec City, La Presse reports. The mission of Islamic Relief Canada is to provide emergency assistance to communities hit by disasters. This is the first time the charity has conducted a relief operation in the country, spokeswoman Nora Shamroukh said in an interview with the same Canadian newspaper. In Montreal, hot meals,
The National Council of Canadian Muslims, one of the largest Muslim organizations in Canada, asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to declare January 29th, the day of the attack that targeted the Centre culturel islamique de Québec (CCIQ), «a national day against Islamophobia», says La Presse. In a letter to the Prime Minister, released Friday, Ihsaan Gardee, director of the National Council of Canadian Muslims, said the proclamation «would allow Canadians to remember