Canada

The Waterloo Region District School Board has become the first Canadian Public School Board to stop using the words “festival” and “celebration” to describe Ashura in its calendars. “I want all our Shia teachers to stand up for the truth…

The Imam Shirazi International Center, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in the Canadian city of Montreal, held Husseini mourning ceremonies on the painful Ashura commemoration.A group of Shias of various nationalities attended and participated in the ceremonies.Sheikh Salih Sibawayh…

  On Monday, 8 Aug, Shia Muslims, from different communities, organized for the first time a unified march to commemorate Ashura procession in Ottawa, Canada.  The mourners gathered at the Parliament Hill and the opening speech was delivered by sister…

 For the first time, the Ashura procession took place in Ottawa, Canada amid a rainy weather. One of the organizers of the mourning procession told Shia Waves News Agency, “Praise be to God, about 400 Shia followers of the Ahlulbayt,…

The Jalsa Salana Western Canada conference was held in Calgary at the Genesis Center this weekend. The two-day event that took place on Saturday and resumed on Sunday returned to the city after a pandemic hiatus. “Words cannot express how…

In a recently published statement, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) attacked the Canadian Alberta Police for failing to protect a mother and her children after they were attacked, as well as for failing to conduct a fair investigation,”…

In Toronto, the lovers of the Commander of the Faithful, Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon him, celebrated the Greatest Eid of Allah, Eid al-Ghadir.  According to the Shia Waves News Agency correspondent there, more than 20 Islamic centers,…

Community groups are condemning the appointment of the new chief of the Alberta Human Rights Commission and Tribunals, following the resurfacing of a 2009 academic book in which he made Islamophobic comments. Calgary lawyer Collin May began his new five-year…

Ottawans have been gathering to celebrate Eid al-Adha in person this year — a welcome change after two years of COVID-19 restrictions. On Saturday, the Assunnah Muslims Association in Ottawa hosted its annual Eid al-Adha bazaar and festival. Eid-al-Adha is…

A Canadian Hindu leader has openly demanded the killing of Muslims and Sikhs in India because they “deserve to die”. Ron Banerjee, the director of the Canadian Hindu Advocacy (CHA), was filmed making these comments in a video by YouTube…