The Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies has been established at Simon Fraser University to encourage the academic discussion and public understanding of the cultures and societies of Muslim peoples in the past and present. The Centre works through a variety of programs to broaden the discussion of this important subject and to introduce more complexity and comparison in the analysis.
In the 2018 Municipal Elections in British Columbia, Pakistani Canadian podcaster Abubakar Khan ran as an independent to join the Vancouver City Council.
"Open Mosque Days” have become a great way of bridging the gap between Muslims and non-Muslims around the globe.
This October, cities in British Columbia, Ontario, and Manitoba are holding elections for the positions of mayor, city councillors, and school board trustees.
Simon Fraser University's Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies brings traditional art into Vancouver Mural Festival
Mississauga, Aug. 3, 2018 — Along with the global Rohingya communities, the Burma Task Force (BTF) and Canadian Rohingya Development Initiative (CRDI) have officially recognized August 25 as the date for the annual “Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day.”
Muslim Canadian journalist Muhammad Lila from Toronto crowdfunded for a gift for Jake Taylor, an ordinary Canadian who intervened during the violent Islamophobia-motivated assault of a young Muslim woman, Noor Fadel, on the Skytrain in Vancouver in November.
As Noor Fadel stated on her Instagram, "Out of all the passengers he alone stepped in and protected me. He got off the train and comforted me until police paramedics came by. He means the world to me and more than anything I’m honoured to call him a friend."
Muslim Food Bank & Community Services (MFB) is a charity based in Surrey, British Columbia that provides a diversity of services to Muslims and refugees in the Greater Vancovuer area.
Muslim Link has been given permission to publish the true story of how one Baha'i refugee family was supported through MFB's Aspire Program which pairs volunteer caseworkers with families in need in order to help them navigate social services in BC.
Pakistani Canadian Abubakar Khan, who has gained national recognition in Canada’s Muslim communities for his interfaith initiative to open up a Vancouver mosque as an emergency homeless shelter last winter, runs his own podcast called The Chosen Khan.