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Mississauga, Aug. 3, 2018 — Along with the global Rohingya communities, the Burma Task Force (BTF)  and Canadian Rohingya Development Initiative (CRDI) have officially recognized August 25 as the date for the annual “Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day.” 

The Syrian Canadian Foundation wants to make Dema's dream to participate in the Paralympics come true.

The Somali Centre for Family Services in partnership with the City of Ottawa is hosting SOMFEST, the Second Annual Somali Cultural Festival on Saturday, July 28th starting at noon at Ottawa City Hall. 

Somali Canadian playwright and spoken word artist Habiba Ali will be the MC. 

On the evening of Sunday, July 22nd, 29 year old Faisal Hussain opened fire on passersby in Toronto's busy Greektown/Danforth Avenue neighbourhood. An 18 year old woman and 10 year old girl are dead, along with 13 people injured.

Minister Ralph Gooddale announced in a tweet that the Federal Goverment will not pursue the deportation of Abdoul Abdi.

The Governor General of Canada awarded Farhat Rehman, President of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women's Ottawa Chapter, with the Meritorious Service Medal on Tuesday, June 5, 2018.

The Federal Liberal Caucus invited Muslims in their ridings across Canada to a national Eid Al-Fitr celebration at Parliament Hill on June 19th.

I Am Rohingya: A Genocide in Four Acts chronicles the journey of fourteen Rohingya youth who take to the stage in order to depict their families' harrowing experiences in Burma and beyond; before, during, and immediately after the escalation of military violence in their native Rakhine state; their unforgiving escape by foot and by boat to makeshift refugee camps in Bangladesh; and their eventual resettlement in the unfamiliar Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.

The City of Windsor has a permanent monument commemorating those who died in the massacre. In 2017, Windsor's Mayor Drew Dilkens also proclaimed July 11th as "Srebrenica Remembrance Day".

In honour of the 23rd Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide, today Brian Masse M.P. (Windsor West) made the following statement:

We would like to thank Mayor Jim Watson for his efforts to help support tenants facing eviction in Herongate by negotiating with Timbercreek for an extension and a larger financial compensation. However, the tenants in Herongate are not fighting for more time or more money.

Toronto-based author Uzma Jalaluddin will be in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 11 at Octopus Books.

First Hijabi influencer starring in Sephora's latest 2018 campaign in Quebec.

Toronto-based Somali Canadian youth activist Habon Ali was appointed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Youth Advisory Council in June.

Muslim Link interviewed Habon about her activism and what challenges facing youth in Canada that she hopes to raise with the Prime Minister.

Selected leaders of Muslim organizations based in Ottawa or Toronto but with a national focus attended a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Caucus on Tuesday, June 19.

Ottawa, June 20, 2018 – The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship; the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs; and the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development, today issued this statement on World Refugee Day:

The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) and the Alberta Muslim Public Affairs Council (AMPAC) have issued press releases in response to the alleged arson at the Islamic Society of Edson, that took place late in the evening on Saturday, June 16.

Muslim Link would also like to thank the many people who have been sending messages through our website to the Islamic Society of Edson, expressing their support for Muslims in the community.

After the historic results of June 7, we will be seeing many new faces in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Muslim Link would like to introduce you to some of the new Muslim Canadian Members of Provincial Parliament we hope to be hearing great things from over the course of their political careers.

In order to help our readers get to know these MPPs better, we have compiled some videos about the candidates and interviews they have participated in, so readers can become more familiar with their lives and work.

Maryam and Nivaal Rehman, 16 year old activist vloggers, joined the Malala Fund at the G7 Summit in Whistler, BC.

As you may be aware, our neighbourhood, Herongate, is currently undergoing the largest eviction campaign in Canada. We are being mass evicted, our affordable townhouses destroyed and our community torn apart. This is a gross violation of human rights.

Mercy Mission Canada has launched a new project aimed at encouraging more Muslim Canadians to become foster parents.

The project is called FosterLink.

Muslim Link interviewed the project’s founder Shahzad Mustafa about the initiative.