The kirpan, which is a stylized representation of a sword, will be allowed in public areas of Toronto courthouses subject to certain conditions.

The kirpan, the Sikh ceremonial dagger

Sikhs’ ceremonial daggers now allowed in Toronto courthouses

Published On Wed, 16 May 2012

Curtis Rush
Police Reporter

Toronto has become the first city in Canada to develop a formal policy allowing Sikhs to bring their ceremonial daggers into its courthouses.

The kirpan, which is a stylized representation of a sword, will be allowed in public areas of Toronto courthouses subject to certain conditions.

For instance, the court officer must be informed the person is a Khalsa Sikh, which is an initiated Sikh, and that they are carrying a kirpan.

The Ummah Mosk gets provincially-funded gymnasium

Finishing touches on new Halifax Mosque delayed again
Provincially-funded gymnasium will be open to the public when complete
CBC News Posted: May 8, 2012 4:57 PM AT Last Updated: May 8, 2012 6:39 PM AT
The Ummah Mosque should be complete by the fall. (CBC)

The Halifax Ummah Mosque and Community Centre is facing more delays as it tries to finish the final stage of construction.

The building on Chebucto Road is nearly complete except for the basement, which will be the home of a provincially-funded gymnasium.

Worshippers fundraised most of the $6.2 million project, but the province chipped in $700,000 to pay for the gym.

The project is already two years overdue.

The project manager is struggling to find a bricklayer to finish the gym. (CBC)

The project manager is struggling to find a bricklayer to finish the gym. (CBC)

“Most of it is already wired and ready to go,” said Project manager Peter Scott. His biggest hurdle right now is finding a bricklayer to complete the stage. He said he’s desperate to find a contractor to finish the project.

“I think at the moment it’s just the time of year everybody’s busy on housing, all are committed to contracts,” he said.

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The latest deadline for completion was this month, but Scott estimates it will take up to six weeks to finish the work once he finds a contractor.

Scott says he expects the building to have its official opening in the fall.

Tory MPP Rob Milligan said Wednesday that the East End Madrassah (EEM) should lose its permit to rent from the Toronto District School Board until a York Regional police investigation into a lesson allegedly containing hate language is wrapped up.

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TORONTO – An Islamic school that has been renting space at a Toronto public school to allegedly teach its students to hate Jews should have its permit revoked until a police investigation is finished, says Ontario’s PC education critic.

Tory MPP Rob Milligan said Wednesday that the East End Madrassah (EEM) should lose its permit to rent from the Toronto District School Board until a York Regional police investigation into a lesson allegedly containing hate language is wrapped up.

The Islamic school rents teaching space on Sundays at David and Mary Thompson collegiate in the city’s east end.

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Quebec debit card ring defrauds 22,000
Montreal-based ring linked to Vancouver, U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Tunisia
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“We believe that we’ve put an end to a significant operation that was in operation here in the province,” said Supt. Guy Pilon of the RCMP.
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“Internationally, it is a reality that is obviously evident in all countries today. The advent of the technology creates opportunity for the public, but also for criminal organizations that want to defraud individuals.”

The network was based in Montreal, but worked with accomplices in Vancouver, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Tunisia and the United Kingdom.

Aset Magomadova, pictured leaving the Calgary Courts Centre in June 2010, will not have to stand trial until early 2013. (CBC)

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The retrial of a Calgary mother accused of strangling her teenage daughter will be delayed for at least seven months for health reasons.

Aset Magomadova initially faced a murder charge in the death of her 14-year-old daughter, Aminat, in 2007. During the trial, she testified that she acted in self-defence when her daughter came at her with a knife.

She was convicted of manslaughter and got a suspended sentence, but last year, the Alberta Court of Appeal ordered a new trial on the charge of second-degree murder.

Islamic school apologizes for anti-Semitic material on website
CBC News Posted: May 8, 2012 1:23 PM ET Last Updated: May 8, 2012 4:51 PM ET
A Toronto Islamic school that is under police investigation after anti-Semitic teachings were found on its website is apologizing “unreservedly” for its curriculum material, which is now being reviewed.

The Toronto District School Board is also reviewing a complaint that the East End Madrassah was teaching children that “treacherous” Jews “conspired to kill” the Islamic prophet Mohammed. It also contrasted Islam with “the Jews and the Nazis.”

The complaint came from the Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, which found the material on the school’s website.

The East End Madrassah, a Sunday school run that rents space in a Scarborough school, is run by a Thornhill, Ont., mosque. It has since taken the material off the website, but copies are still available online.