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Your Daily Muslim #726: Ziaullah Khan
725 wasn’t enough. No promises about starting this up again as a regular thing, but here’s one I couldn’t resist writing up. Halifax, Nova Scotia’s Centre for Islamic Development is causing quite a ruckus. Its leader, imam Ziaullah Khan, isn’t too fond of the hipster brewery/restaurant next door. Instead of accepting those of different lifestyles […]

Your Daily Muslim #721: Ahmad Kutty (Part 2)
(Part 1) Indian-born Canadian sheikh Ahmad Kutty’s Ask the Scholar site has yielded a fresh crop of seventh-century idiocy. Behold the religion of peace (and an exhaustive list of sexual dos and don’ts that could only come from a deeply repressed Christian Grey type.) Kutty listed the following sexual practices as haram (forbidden) when asked […]

Your Daily Muslim #699: Nabil Huruy
Toronto Muslim Nabil Huruy was ahead of his time. His ideas, deemed radical by many, were put into practice not long before they became mainstream. Yes, he’s a hipster Muslim – he attempted a lone-wolf jihad beheading before they were cool. Huruy had several encounters with law enforcement in the weeks leading up to the […]

Your Daily Muslim #620: Zunera Ishaq
Zunera Ishaq was brought to Canada from Pakistan by her husband in 2008. Now, she’s demanding Canada change its laws for her bizarre religious practices. Instead of being grateful for the opportunity to become a citizen, Ishaq put off her citizenship ceremony – because she wasn’t allowed to pretend it was Halloween and wear the […]