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IDDRF honored Dr Fuad Shahin

Niagara is the home of miraculous beauty- the falls and the scenery. But add more attraction to this Canadian place of fame- Dr Fuad Shahin.

Recently IDRF honored this stalwart of the Muslim community with a lifetime award after he was honored earlier by the Ontario Award for selfless human service. He being a founder of IIDR relief agency and several others and a great doctor and family man this award came timely as others in the community continue to get inspired by the selfless years our great fathers put in to make Canada and Islam a glowing beacon of inspiration throughout the world.

This function was held at the Versailles Banquet Hall in Mississauga and was attended by a huge populace of leaders and politicians. Attendees were entertained by two talented dub poets and served a delicious Pakistani meal after. It was an evening you wouldn’t want to have missed!


Unionville hosts Islam information session

They meet every month over snacks and discuss everything under the sun. But these affluent Unionville residents reach not to discuss new BMWs but to understand spirituality.

After asking around from his patients for an Islamic Scholar, almost since 9/11, Dr Gordon finally found a patient who linked him to a mosque. Finally the arrangement was made and Habeeb Alli was at the event one Monday night presenting Islam and answering questions. It was like a tap burst out of eagerness to learn! Everyone had questions from hijab to Jesus, from violence to who’s an imam.
Learning about diversity will make living with diversity easy and fun!
See www.knowcanadianmuslims.ca to engage others in such a fruitful workshop on Islam.


Mr. Fareed Amin cops Guyana Award prize.

It’s not easy to see him in the mosque as a Minster’s deputy and harder to notice him as the President of the Islamic Institute of Toronto behind the city’s office chair. But yes he is honored by his long outstanding service in the public sector and recognizable he was last Saturday when he copped the Guyana Award for excellence in his field.

Mr. Fareed Amin is a dedicated Muslim leader – getting the IIT from conception into reality while never divorcing his Guyanese roots. Today he has made the Muslim community proud, when upon accepting the award he recognized all the other recipients and committed to follow those ideals that religion and community afford us in the journey of life.