Canada

The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) launched its 2022 Quebec Elections Policy Guide on Thursday, 22th of September, ahead of the October 3rd provincial elections in Quebec. The guide provides an overview of policy issues and recommendations related to…

An Arbaeen Walk ceremony was organized at the “Hussainiyat Al-Batool Fatima” in Ottawa, Canada, according to a statement published by the Hussainiyah, and received by Shia Waves News Agency.  The Arbaeen Walk ceremony will take place on Saturday, September 17,…

The Shia community in Ottawa, Canada, is holding its Arbaeen March tomorrow, Saturday. The march will start from the Parliament Hill at 11:00am and will head towards Wellington Street, Elgin Street, Laurier Street, Bank Street and then back to Parliament…

The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) in a statement on last Friday condemned the Islamophobic comments of several prominent leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and demanded that they be banned from setting foot into Canada. “We…

The Waterloo Region District School Board has become the first Canadian Public School Board in all of Canada to allow its Shia teachers (full-time or part-time) to take time off to perform Ziyarah at any time of the year without…

An Ontario man who fled Afghanistan amid the threat of a militant takeover says his life was endangered multiple times because of a license plate resembling the word ‘ISIS’ that he never asked for and that the province refused to…

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,…