Earlier this month, the blue-collar city that has been home to Polish Catholic immigrants and their descendents for more than a century became what demographers think is the first jurisdiction in the nation to elect a majority-Muslim council. Read more
An Austrian girl who went to Syria to join ISIS was beaten to death by the terror group after she was caught trying to get back home.
Samra Kesinovic was 16 years old when she became a poster girl for ISIS last year. She and her 15-year-old friend Sabina Selimovic appeared in videos and photos on social networking sites to lure other European girls to the twisted cause. Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered state-of-the art air defence missile systems to be deployed at a Russian air base in Syria. Read more
“It’s part of a global trend,” said Ross Moore, director of research for CBRE in Canada, referring to the Chinese investment here. “It’s not like (Canada) is the only place the Chinese are investing in. We saw it in New York, we saw it in London. What was interesting to me is Chinese capital is highly selective. It’s only going to maybe four or five countries. You look at the ties between the countries, you’ve got a large Chinese population in Vancouver and Toronto, so they go with what they know.” Read more
Moroccans, Iranians and Pakistanis on Greece’s northern border with Macedonia blocked rail traffic and demanded passage to western Europe on Monday, stranded by a policy of filtering migrants in the Balkans that has raised human rights concerns. Read more
Roughly a dozen armed anti-Muslim protesters held a rally at a mosque in Irving, Texas over the weekend, raising tensions in the former town of Ahmed Mohamed, the ninth-grader who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school. Read more
Donning a red, white, and blue hijab, Muslim-American activist Saba Ahmed took Megyn Kelly and Donald Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson to task last night, immediately shutting down Kelly’s assertion that mosques “tend to be hotbeds for political activity, not as much religious activity.”
Sterling Heights officials have voted down a plan that would have led to a mosque being built in the city. Read more
A recent Ipsos poll shows that 60 per cent of Canadians oppose the [refugee] operation. Read more
Maher denied he’s demonizing Muslims, but said their ideas need to be changed.
“You’re saying their ideas are bad?” Freeland asked.
“Killing women for being raped, I would say is a bad idea. I do. Hang me for it,” Maher shot back.
The study also showed a large increase in the number of visible minorities on boards, climbing to 7.3 per cent of directors from just 2 per cent last year.
She said many companies that adopted diversity policies in the past two years have included other forms of diversity beyond gender, such as race and ethnicity, which could be encouraging boards to search for other diverse candidates to fill new positions. Read more
