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September 23, 2024 Recent escalations of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon are highly damaging for regional security and risk spiraling out of control into a much wider regional conflict.

Resources Around Me and the validated youth apps database will host the most comprehensive list of youth-focused resources in Canada

[Islamic Relief Canada welcomes] today's loud and clear message from the UN General Assembly that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful and must end within 12 months.

September 17, 2024 During a time of heightened online polarization and increasing cybersecurity threats, National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) and OpenMedia are co-hosting a national Digital Justice Summit in Ottawa that examines current legislation aimed at tackling online harms.

September 18, 2024 Toronto, ON — Faced with a packed zoom court of hundreds of people, the Federal Court on Tuesday refused to hear Indigo Books & Music Inc.'s emergency injunction to shut down the IndigoKillsKids.ca website.

Deen Support Services is excited to announce that preparations for the 2024 Imams' Charity Game are in full swing!

September 10th, 2024 – Today, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly held a press conference where she stated, "We will not have any arms or parts of arms be sent to Gaza. Period."

Near the start of each school year, many U.S. schools wrestle with how to teach about 9/11 – the deadliest foreign attack ever on American soil.

On August 10th 2024 an article was published by the Toronto Sun titled “Ottawa Turns a Blind Eye to Questionable Pro-Palestinian Charities,” written by Warren Kinsella.

EDMONTON, Alberta, Sept. 04, 2024 General admission tickets are now on sale for The Mosquers Film Festival 2024, the world’s largest Muslim film and arts festival, which returns to Edmonton for its 16th year.

September 3, 2024 Hands for Charity (HFC) categorically rejects the allegations made against our organization in the recent article published by the Toronto Sun, titled “Ottawa turns a blind eye to questionable pro-Palestinian charities,” authored by Warren Kinsella.

Montreal, September 4, 2024 Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) condemns Elle Canada’s decision to remove Ontario MPP Sarah Jama from its list of trailblazing women in an article titled “These Incredible Canadians Have Broken The Glass Ceiling.”

August 30, 2024

Dear College and University Presidents,

It has been almost 11 months since October 7, 2023, and the onset of the war in Gaza.

29 August, 2024 Islamic Relief has begun delivering food aid to disaster affected communities in Bangladesh after heavy flooding displaced 284,888 people in the country, killing 18, and has impacted at least 4.9 million people, causing widespread suffering.

29 August, 2024 Islamic Relief Canada condemns the actions of the Israeli military over the last two days in what has been the largest attack on the occupied West Bank in 20 years. Soldiers, fighter jets, and drones have attacked Palestinians in West Bank areas of Jenin, Tulkarm and Tubas leaving a trail of death and destruction.

The war in Sudan has now lasted for over 500 days, turning the region into "the world’s biggest hunger crisis" according to Islamic Relief.

26 August, 2024 500 days of war has turned Sudan into the world’s biggest hunger crisis and starvation is spreading across the country, Islamic Relief is warning.

Toronto, August 12, 2024 - The Migrant Workers Alliance for Change welcomes the final report by United Nations Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Professor Tomoya Obokata, in which he reiterated that Canada's immigration systems are a “breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery” and that “the structural precarity for temporary foreign workers would be mitigated by systematically providing workers with a pathway to permanent residence”.