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The Islamic Supreme Council of Canada (ISCC; French: Le Conseil Suprême Islamique de Canada) is a Canadian Muslim organization based in Calgary, Alberta.It was founded in 2000 by Sufi [1] [2] Imam Syed Soharwardy [3] with the aims of fostering Canadian understanding of Islam, contributing to society in general, guiding Canadian institutions on the needs of Muslims, furthering Canadian ...
The organization's mission is to "enable an effective food bank community that addresses the short term need for food and longer term solutions to reduce hunger in Canada". [2] It operates a number of programs such as the Hunger Awareness Week, HungerCount, a research report on food bank use in Canada, and a Safe Food Handling program for food ...
The warehouse of the Capital Area Food Bank. With thousands of food banks operating around the world, there are many different models. [6]A major distinction between food banks is whether or not they operate on the "front line" model, giving out food directly to the hungry, or whether they operate with the "warehouse" model, supplying food to intermediaries like food pantries, soup kitchens ...
The Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) in Calgary, Alberta operates the Al Salam Centre in northwest Calgary and the MAC Islamic School Calgary in the northeast. The Al Salam Centre features a mosque, a gymnasium, and a youth room, serving as a community hub. The MAC Islamic School offers education from kindergarten to grade 9.
Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens (pictured in 2008) was the original chairman of Muslim Aid from its inception in 1985 until 1993. Muslim Aid was founded in 1985, in response to the 1983–85 famine in Ethiopia, by 23 organisations based in Britain. [2] It was initially led by a committee including Cat Stevens and members from the Muslim Council of ...
The only significant distinction between the Islamic waqf and English trust was "the express or implied reversion of the waqf to charitable purposes when its specific object has ceased to exist", [55] though this difference only applied to the waqf ahli (Islamic family trust) rather than the waqf khairi (devoted to a charitable purpose from its ...
The cornerstone of the mosque was laid in 2005, [2] and construction was completed in 2008 at an estimated self-funded cost of C$15 million, [1] with roughly C$8 million raised from the approximately 3,000 local Ahmadi Muslims. [3] [4] As of 2008, it was the largest mosque in Canada. [2] [5] [3] [6]
Pages in category "Islamic organizations based in Canada" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .