TORONTO MOSQUE EXPANDS TO MEET GROWING NEEDS OF CONGREGATION
The Circle
The downtown Toronto mosque, Masjid Toronto@Adelaide, held an opening ceremony for its recently expanded facilities on Wednesday, September 26th, as political, civic, and...
Alphonse Dougan: A Neglected Value in The 21st Century: NEIGHBORLINESS
Alphonse Dougan
Neighborhood and neighborliness is an important social value that is often neglected in this century. Just as in Judaism and Christianity, the rights...
The English Circle
Dear Friends,
It is our pleasure to inform you that the English version of The Circle is undergoing a revitalization process. We are hoping to...
Afaun Mandol: My İdeal Canadian Mosque
Afaun Mandol, The Circle
My ideal Canadian Mosque would be a center of learning and interaction for the community.
Back in the time of the Prophet...
Islam vs. Modernity: Islam through the Eyes of New Muslims
Samaa Kabbar and Fatima Sidaoui, The Circle
The modern individual has it all: absolute individual freedom, unprecedented technological advances, and material wealth.
But could we be...
Isabelle Koerber: Canadian Immigrants
Isabelle Koerber, The Circle
People around the world come to Canada to create a better life but is this what they achieve?
Canada has accepted many...
Joseph Clay: Fasting in Abrahamic Faiths
Joseph Clay, The Circle
“O you who believe! Prescribed for you is the Fast, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you...
A Mennonite’s Ramadan Experience
Dick Benner, Former editor/publisher of the Canadian Mennonite
It’s been a couple years now, but the experience stands out in my mind as if it...
Toronto Church Hosts Interfaith Iftar Gathering
The Circle
One of the largest churches in downtown Toronto, Metropolitan United Church, hosted an Iftar and dinner gathering on Thursday, May 24 and over...
Tamana Miyazada: My Ramadan experience in Canada
Tamana Miyazada, The Circle
The first time I fasted during the holy month of Ramadan, I was twelve years old. On the first day, I...