Project Ramadan was created 10 years ago by a group of young adults who found themselves concerned about the food disparity within their local community.

This Sunday, April 22nd, they are coming to Ottawa to volunteer at the Ottawa Food Bank and raise awareness about food insecurity in Canada and they hope you wil join them.

Osman Naqvi was recently awarded Ottawa's City Builder Award.

Muslim Link interviewed Osman about his work in the community.

Alexandre Bissonnette, who killed 6 men at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec on January 29th, 2017, has pled guilty to six counts of first degree murder.

Superior Court Justice François Huot read the names of those who were killed by Bissonnette, who plead guilty to first degree murder for their deaths: Azzeddine Soufiane, Khaled Belkacemi, Ibrahima Barry, Mamadou Tanou Barry, Abdelkrim Hassane and Boubaker Thabti.

Justice Hout then read the names of those who survived being shot by Bissonnette, Aymen Derbali, Said Akjour, Said El Amari, Nizar Ghali and Mohamed Khabar. Bissonette plead guilty to the attempted murder of these men.

Justice Hout then read the names of 35 other people, including four children, who were present in the mosque at the time. Bissonette admitted that it was his intention to murder all of those present at the mosque that night.

Being ME Toronto is an annual conference for Muslim women. This year the conference takes place on Saturday, March 31st. Being ME Toronto is trying to gather Muslim women from across Southern Ontario by organizing buses to the conference in several cities. 

Muslim Link interviewed the team behind Being ME Toronto about this year's conference. 

Muslim Link has compiled a list of Canadian Hajj Packages as we have seen many visitors to our site searching for this.

If you have any questions, please contact the hajj travel agencies directly.

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A highlight of this year's I.LEAD Conference is speaker Ibn Ali Miller who gained international recognition when a video him intervening to stop a fight when viral. To purchase tickets for the I.LEAD Conference, click here.

The I.LEAD Team connected with past attendees, from parents to students to Bazaar vendors, to learn about their experiences at I.LEAD over the years and what aspects of the conference they enjoyed.

Abdoul Abdi came to Canada as a refugee when he was six years old and is now facing deportation to Somalia, a country he has never lived in. Why?

After the gruesome death of Abdirahman Abdi, our community could not stand idle. In August 2016, the Justice for Abdirahman Coalition was born. With the support of so many local and national organizations and grass roots love, our Coalition has been able to achieve so much. See our work here.

For the past six years, I.LEAD’s organizers and team have been focused on empowering youth and bringing together the Muslim community. This year's I.LEAD will take place on Saturday, March 17 from 10 am to 9 pm.