[Spice]

Hello everyone
What is the max I should take in the summer without burning out? I'm thinkng of three half credits.. advice please

[kikar]

Rumour has it that

1. Mufti Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf
2. Mufti Muhammad Ibn Adam al-Kawthari

maybe even someone who hasn't been in canada forawhile
will be in Mississauga in July...

don't miss it

[IbnMardhiyah]

THE CANADIAN ISLAMIC CONGRESS
MEDIA COMMUNIQUE


April 14, 2008


ARAB AND MUSLIM ORGANIZATIONS VOICE CONCERNS
OVER RECENT CANADA-ISRAEL "PUBLIC-SECURITY" DEAL

-- FEARS THAT AGREEMENT WILL RESULT IN CANADIANS BEING RACIALLY PROFILED BY
ISRAEL


Following the signing of a Canada-Israel "public security" agreement in Tel
Aviv late last month, Canadian Arab and Muslim organizations are concerned
that Israel could be allowed access to confidential information on
Canadians and could racially profile immigrants and visitors of Middle
Eastern background.

In a statement outlining its concerns about the March 23, 2008 agreement -
an event barely mentioned in the national media -- the Canadian Arab
Federation (CAF) and the Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC) warned that "the
State of Israel, a country high on the worst offender lists of the UN and
of major international human rights organizations for its numerous
violations against the people of Palestine and Lebanon, could now play a
significant role in determining Canada’s public security policies."

According to the joint security agreement, Israeli officials could now
assist the RCMP and CSIS by supplying them with politically tainted
information which could lead to racial profiling of Canadians citizens,
immigrants and visitors.

Canadian Arab and Muslim organizations also believe that the agreement’s
Declaration of Intent violates several fundamental principles of the
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and believe that this is why
ongoing Parliamentary discussions about it have not been brought to the
forefront of public debate.

"Not only will the Jewish state now have potential access to confidential
files of Canadian Muslims and Arabs that could easily lead to ethnic
profiling," today's statement concluded, "but it has gained this
opportunity to intrude on citizens’ rights through what amounts to a back-
door deal in which Canadians have no say."


CONTACTS:

Imam Dr. Zijad Delic
CIC Executive Director
(613) 698-8469 (Cell)
E-mail: imamdrdelic@canadianislamiccongress.com

Mohamed Boudjenane
CAF Executive Director
(416) 493-8635 ext. 23
E-mail: ed@caf.ca

[Azamnoor]

Well THAT sucks....

[TdotGirl]

beautiful weather we're having..too bad i have to study for exams.

[hockeychicka]

Originally Posted by TdotGirl

beautiful weather we're having..too bad i have to study for exams.

study outside!!

im studying on my trampoline! haha

[TdotGirl]

hhahaha...that's awsome. maybe we'll hit up starbucks and study there.

[Haramoobobi]

My friend was telling me all about this, they got stuck outside though.

Any updates? I am surprised this thread didn't mention it... or perhaps I haven't been paying attention.

[hockeychicka]

seven have had their charges dropped. iA the remaining will too soon.

Ranks close for young jailed Muslim

Apr 23, 2008 04:30 AM
THOMAS WALKOM
Saad Gaya, one of the ever-diminishing Toronto 18 terror suspects, was up for a bail hearing yesterday and so most of his relatives – plus many people who have previously never laid eyes on him – trooped out to Brampton to wish him well.

It's a tense time for the family of the 20-year-old McMaster University student. Gaya has been in jail since June 2006, when police swooped in and arrested 17 young, Toronto-area Muslim men and boys (the 18th was picked up a few weeks later) on terror charges.

Like the other adults arrested, Gaya spent more than a year in solitary confinement. His father, Hussain, says he worries what that experience has done to Saad.

But the Crown has made no excuses for coming down heavily on the 18, alleging initially that all were engaged in terrorist acts and that some – including Gaya – were planning to use explosives against an unspecified target.

Actually, the Crown now alleges that only 11 were involved in terrorism. Seven of the original 18 have had their charges stayed – which, in simple English, means the government now admits it never had any real evidence against them.

Those remaining in jail are hoping, at the very least, to get out on bail.

That's why Saad Gaya was before Superior Court Justice Casey Hill yesterday and why his parents, sister, brother and 14 other relatives were there as well.

Not to mention the roughly 80 supporters bused in from local universities along with those like Bell Canada employee Imran Mian, who took time off from his vacation to ensure that justice was being done.

"There has been this problem of Islamophobia since 9/11," Mian said as he waited in line to enter courtroom 212. "That's why I came."

I can't tell you what Crown prosecutor Ione Jaffe or Gaya's defence counsel, Paul Slansky, said in courtroom 212. I can't tell you what the judge said or what any witnesses said. The court hearings dealing with the Toronto 18 are subject to sweeping publication bans.

I can tell you that the relatives, friends and supporters who filled that courtroom were quiet and respectful. Over lunch in the cafeteria (Gaya's thoroughly competent mother, Rukhsana, ordered in vegetarian submarine sandwiches and tasty samosas), one relative admitted sheepishly that he'd been admonished by bailiffs after falling asleep during the proceedings.

Outside in the warm spring sunlight, Toronto activist Matthew Behrens used a megaphone to tell the bused-in students to keep their protest peaceful (which they did) and not hassle the police "who are very laid back" (which they were).

"In these times, the presumption of innocence gets lost in the name of protecting national security," Behrens said, a telling point for 21-year-old Lizna Bukhari.

The McMaster sociology student doesn't know Gaya and doesn't usually go to demonstrations. But she said she came to Brampton yesterday to "support a fellow Muslim."

It wasn't always that way. In the early days of the terror case, many Muslims were reluctant to speak up for fear that they, too, might come under suspicion. Even yesterday, some were reluctant to be identified in the press.

Gaya's bail hearing is expected to continue most of this week.

Rukhsana Gaya says that if her son is released she will ensure that he rigorously abides by every condition the judge sets. But Saad was denied bail once. Will he get it now?

"I'm more hopeful," said his sister, Beenish. "The judge seems nice. But it's in the hands of the court."

TheStar.com | Columnist | Ranks close for young jailed Muslim

[IbnMardhiyah]

Originally Posted by Haramoobobi

My friend was telling me all about this, they got stuck outside though.

Any updates? I am surprised this thread didn't mention it... or perhaps I haven't been paying attention.

Originally Posted by hockeychicka

seven have had their charges dropped. iA the remaining will too soon.

Yeah, a lot of us were there, including other Islamicans as well. I was inside the courtroom at the very beginning and left around noontime to get back to work.

As usual, it was often hilarious - the prosecution couldn't get their act together and the judge [in my opinion] came down hard on the prosecutors several times. We had a good laugh. family and friends sitting on the benches in the back were looking at each other and mouthing the word "ooo burrnnn!!!" several times. As for the defense, Saad's lawyer is a former prosecutor himself I believe, so he knows the game from both sides of the fence.

Immediately outside the courtroom there were a lot of people waiting, and they had about another 100 people watching via video-link in another adjacent court building.

Outside the rally was, I think, closer to about 200 people than 80. Pics of the rally are up on Facebook, check 'em out.

The rest of the proceedings are continuing on for the remainder of this week.

[hockeychicka]

the_only_one says: hi islamica.. I miss you!

[TdotGirl]

exams are almost over, so I'm chillaxing this weekend.
the hubby and i might go shopping...yesterday we hit up young street ..Green Mango was awsome. the service was better than ever...alhumdulillah.

[TdotGirl]

Originally Posted by Spice

Hello everyone
What is the max I should take in the summer without burning out? I'm thinkng of three half credits.. advice please

Depends on the courses..3 would be light/medium...you can also do the two month S courses downtown and be over with..

[hockeychicka]

I was just going to ask what you guys thought of the TTC strike.. but looks like they have been ordered back to work.

[Spice]

Originally Posted by TdotGirl

Depends on the courses..3 would be light/medium...you can also do the two month S courses downtown and be over with..

Im taking one with Timbit at St George, though its a half cred. I think Im going to play around with rosi today, and since I'm kind of pissed off, I'm going to add a bunch more courses.
Screw this. Need to get school over with.

Also, is Javaab taking anything in the summer?