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Q&A: Hamid Slimi, the Toronto imam with a plan to prevent homegrown extremism
Our Six in the Six interview with the former chairman of the Canadian Council of Imams
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Zunera Ishaq’s war
Zunera Ishaq's pro-niqab advocacy turned her into a powerful voice for Muslim women
City News
Memoir: my strict Muslim upbringing didn’t stop me from losing faith in God
I grew up in an observant Muslim household in Hamilton. My parents were refugees from Afghanistan who spoke Dari at home, read the...
City News
Rob Ford has a sibling we’ve never heard of who’s “a Muslim,” he says
On Wednesday, the media learned that Rob Ford may, at one point in time, have briefly been contemplated as an assassination target...
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World of Wonders: the Aga Khan brings his treasure trove of Islamic artifacts to Toronto
Anyone who drives in Toronto knows about the kink in the DVP—that bend below the Eglinton off-ramp where, however swiftly cars...
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The Jihadists of Suburbia
Raed Jaser, a school bus driver with a long record of petty crime, and Chiheb Esseghaier, a doctoral student in...
Check out North America’s first museum of Islamic art
It’s rare that Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau meet in a place where they aren't the most important people in the room. But on...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: what’s the proper dinner-guest etiquette for Ramadan?
Dear Urban Diplomat, My wife and I were asked to a dinner party by some neighbours. The invite said 7 p.m., but it will be during...
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Q&A: Amjad Tarsin, U of T’s new Islamic chaplain, on Gaddafi, TIFF and moving to Toronto
Amjad Tarsin, a 28-year-old law school dropout with a fondness for fantasy lit, is the new Islamic chaplain at U of T U of T’s...
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Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 11, because we get along
A couple of years ago, a proposal to build a mosque on a site not far from Ground Zero was met with months of protests and...
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Allah in the Cafeteria: Inside the school prayer scandal at Valley Park Middle School
When the principal at Valley Park Middle School allowed 400 Muslim students to pray in the lunchroom, he thought he was being...
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Five stupid things Geert Wilders said during his stay in Toronto
Last night, Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders visited Toronto, where he spoke to both Sun TV’s Ezra Levant and the...
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One hundred and eighteen days: the harrowing tale of James Loney, a Toronto man kidnapped in Iraq
Of the many humiliations James Loney suffered during his terrifying captivity in Baghdad, the worst was his kidnappers’...
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Ezra Levant weighs into Egypt discussion for some reason
The last time we checked in with Ezra Levant , he was in a dispute over suggesting a billionaire was a Nazi . The writer then got...
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January riots are smaller than June riots: “Islamaphobic” founder of English Defence League causes a ruckus when he speaks to Toronto group, but it’s no G20
Sometimes people think it’s a bright idea to bring divisive, extremist people from outside the country to lecture us on what...
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Gerrard Street East Guide: our nine favourite places along Little India’s main drag
The shop lights on Gerrard Street East stay on till nine—a late-night tradition that started out with the old Bollywood movie...
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Reason to Love Toronto: we’re a safe haven for an anti-terrorist
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, a former Pakistan National Assembly member, is an international phenomenon among progressive Muslim...
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Some Campbell’s soups get halal-certified, people go nuts
This could be something out of the Twilight Zone , because we’re pretty sure it’s not an elaborate piece of performance art...
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The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
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Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
Deep Dives
The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
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The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
Deep Dives
Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
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Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
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Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
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Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
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The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
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Almost
Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
Deep Dives
“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
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“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
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These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions