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Hundreds of Protesters, many masked, stormed classes on May 16 at the University of Quebec in Montreal when administration tried to resume classes in the undergraduate law program. The protesters enforced their declared strikes, and resented that some students have used legal injunctions to return to school. The demonstra-tions over increased tuition fees of several hundred dollars per year have continued for 14 weeks now.

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If the B.C. Liber-als didnt already know theyre in serious trouble, heres proof: a new Angus Reid public opinion survey in the wake of two by-elections shows the provincial New Democratic Party under leader Adrian Dix has pulled far ahead and now would eas-

ily form a government if an election were to be held today. The online survey of 802 adults, done after the two April 19 by-election wins by the NDP in Port Moody-Coquitlam and Chilliwack-Hope, show that among decided voters in B.C. 50% would vote for the NDP, up seven points from the last poll two months ago and eight points higher than the level of support they received in the May, 2009 elec-tion. The Liberals under Premier Christy Clark continue to slide and are now at 23%, roughly half of the support they received in the election. The Conservatives under John Cummins have slid four percentage points to 19% since the last poll in March and the Green party is down two points to 6%. The poll, done between May 7 and 9, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. While the

results would seem to be good news for the NDP if the Liberals and the Conservatives continue to compete against each other, the level of level of undecided voters in the poll rose dramatically when people were asked about a possible free enterprise coalition of Liberals and Conservatives. Respondents were asked who they would support under the coalition: Clark, Cummins or Finance Minister Kevin Falcon. Twenty per cent said Clark, 21% Falcon, and 17% Cummins, showing the former Conservative MP continues to have trouble breaking the Liberal-Conservative ranks. However, more than one in three respondents were unde-cided on who they would vote for when presented with a choice between the NDP and the free enterprise coalition. The poll also shows that the NDP today retain the vast majority of people who voted for them in 2009: 88%, with 20% who voted Liberal in 2009 saying they would support the NDP. Only 48% of Liberals who voted for their party in 2009 said they would vote for them again. The Conserva-tives benefi t the most from that loss: 30% who voted Liberal in 2009 say theyd be willing to give the Conservatives a shot this time. Angus Reid said the poll also shows the NDP are the dominant party in all four geographic areas of the province: North, (61%), Vancouver Island (52 %), Metro Vancouver (49%) and the Interior (48%). It also shows the NDP have a high lead (17%) over the Liberals among male voters (45% to 28%). Among female voters, the NDP are fa-voured by a three-to-one margin (55% to 17%). Nearly 60% of young voters 18 to 34 said they would vote for the NDP; among voters over the age of 55, one in four would vote for the Conservatives.Source: National Post

Israeli forces faced off with Palestinian stone-throwers in the West Bank during the annual Nakba Day protests

over the catastrophe that befell the Palestinians in 1948. At Beitunia checkpoint near Ramallah, youths hurled stones at troops, who fi red tear gas, metal pellets and rubber bullets in a bid to break up Tuesdays dem-onstration. Several protesters could be seen with blood on their faces as they waved black fl ags and roared angry slogans. Clashes also broke out at Qalandiya checkpoint south of Ramallah, where youths threw stones at Israeli troops, who fi red tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse them. A source at Ramallahs gov-ernment hospital said that 17 people had been injured by rubber bullets, 15 at Beitunia and another two at Qalandia. There were also reports of clashes in Hebron and at Rachels Tomb on the edge of Bethlehem, where the Israeli military said 200 protesters confronted troops. Demonstrations also took place at the nearby Ofer military prison and Qalandia checkpoint where there were some minor clashes. The Higher Arab Monitoring Committee, which represents Palestinian communities in Israel, called for a general strike and for Palastinians to visit the sites of former Palestinian villages. More than 760,000 Palestinians, estimated today to number 4.7 million with their descendants, fl ed or were driven out of their homes. About 160,000 Palestinians stayed behind, and now number about 1.3 million, or 20 per cent of the population of Israel. Early on Tuesday, an AFP correspondent said clashes broke out between police and demonstrators in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya. Israel also said a projectile fi red from Gaza landed in the countrys south, though it was unclear if it was linked to the Na-kba commemoration. An explosive device fi red from the Gaza Strip, a rocket or a mortar shell, landed early this morning in southern Israel, causing no injuries or damage, Micky Rosenfeld , Israeli police spokesman, told AFP. Israeli security forces are on alert and Nakba Day commemorations in the past have often resulted in clashes with troops and police. We are co-ordinating with the military and border police, we hope things will

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Pakistan said on May 16, it had ordered offi cials to fi nalize an agreement as quickly as possible on lifting a six-month blockade on overland Nato supplies into war-torn Afghanistan, (reported by Dawn). Islamabad has stopped short of announcing when the transit lines will reopen, but has signaled President Asif Ali Zardari will attend key talks on Afghanistan in Chicago on May 20-21, after a last-minute invitation from Nato. The country shut its Afghan border crossings to Nato supplies on November 26 after US air strikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. As a result, Pakistani-US relations already frayed by the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden plunged into their worst crisis since Islamabad joined the United States in the war on al Qaeda after 9/11.Now Pakistani and US offi cials are locked in talks to fi nal-ize a deal on again allowing thousands of trucks and oil tankers to carry non-lethal supplies from the southern port city of Karachi to landlocked Afghanistan. Asked

if there was any deadline for the talks, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said: There is no dead-line. All departments have been asked to conclude their negotiations in the quickest possible time. The cabinet on Wednesday welcomed Natos invitation to Zardari, clearing the way for him to travel to the May 20-21 summit, and it is thought unlikely he would be willing to risk the wrath of Western leaders if the supply lines have not been restored. By going to Chicago, Pakistan hopes to ease its international isolation and boost its leverage over the future of Afghanistan, as Western countries pull out their combat forces by 2014. But Islamabad has es-sentially been forced to climb down on demands for an American apology for the air strikes and an end to drone strikes targeting Taliban and al Qaeda on its soil. Sources familiar with the talks say transit fees for the vehicles are the main sticking point and the border will probably reopen by early next week. Islamabad is looking to more than double the payments, which could earn the coun-try up to $1 million a day. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani advised against emotional decisions, which do not augur well for us in the long run. He told the cabinet that relations with Nato and the United States were at a delicate phase where we need to take critical decisions for Pakistans strategic importance in the region and in its national interest. Analysts say Pakistan had no choice but capitulate to international pressure to reopen the bor-der, with US cash needed to help boost its meagre state coffers as the government prepares to seek re-election. The State Department said considerable progress had been made on ending the blockade.We will continue to work on this throughout the week. Obviously, itll

Volume 12 Issue 310 Jumada-al-Akhar 26, 1433 AH / May 18 20124 i n t e r n a t i o n a lClinton urges India to cut Iran oil imports

B.C. to drop HST for improved PST

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At least 21 civilians have been killed after Syrian security forces opened fi re on a funeral procession in Khan Sheikhoun, a town in Idlib province, during a visit by UN peace moni-

tors, activists say. A spokesman of the rebel military council gave a higher death toll, saying at least 50 people were killed in Tuesdays attack during which cars belonging to the UN

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Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has urged India to reduce its imports of Iranian oil and to keep up pressure on the Islamic republic regarding its nuclear programme. Clinton told school children and activists at a town hall meeting in the eastern city of Kolkata on Monday that there was an adequate supply of oil from other sources in the market to allow India to fi nd an alternative to Iranian imports. She noted that India had taken some steps to reduce its imports from Iran, but said that the US wanted to see more. If there werent an adequate supply ... we would understand, but we believe that there is adequate supply, she said. India could face US sanctions by the

end of June if the Obama administration determines that the South Asian country has not made signifi cant cuts in imports. The sanctions are part of a US law that is aimed at pressuring Iran on its disputed nuclear programme. India, with a growth rate of about seven per cent, has a high demand for oil, and any gaps in supply of the com-modity will negatively impact economic growth. The country imports about nine per cent of its oil from Iran, though offi cials say it has reduced its dependency in recent months. Iran remains its second largest oil supplier, after Saudi Arabia. We appreciate what has been done and, of course, we want to keep the pressure on Iran, Clinton said. With international sanctions making it diffi cult to fi nd banks willing to handle Iranian oil payments, India pays for about 45 per cent of its oil purchases in Indian ru-pees. Iran then uses the Indian currency to import Indian-produced goods. Clinton said Washington remained focused on putting global pressure on Iran. We believe, at this moment in time, the principal threat is a nuclear-armed Iran, she said. We need India to be part of the interna-tional effort. The US is currently determining whether to exempt India from the sanctions, along with European

Union nations and Japan, with Clinton saying a decision was still two months away. Clinton also met Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal state, who is a key coalition partner and has held up government efforts to lift sanctions on foreign-owned investments in the country. The two were expected to discuss the entrance of foreign multi-brand retailers such as Wal-Mart into the Indian market. At the town hall meeting, Clinton said that US nu-clear energy companies were also being frozen out of the Indian market by legislation that would impose what they believed were excessive liabilities on them in the case of an accident. Weve made it clear to the government that under the legislation that was passed it would be diffi cult for US companies to participate, Clinton said. We are still discussing this and were hoping there will be a way to work out the remaining kinks in this. Clinton will head to Delhi later on Monday, where she is expected to press India to push ahead with its stalled economic reform pro-gramme, even though the prime ministers chief economic adviser said last month that no new reforms were probably before the next election in 2014.Source: Al-Jazeera

B.C. will drop the HST and return to an improved PST next year with all previous exemptions, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon announced on Monday in Victoria. Weve got a much improved PST. Its not like the old piece of whatever you want to call it which was in place before, which was enormously frustrating for a lot of our small business community in particular, Falcon said. It is dramatically improved, simplifi ed, administratively more clear. The legislation intro-duced Monday includes some signifi cant changes to the old tax, but only a few basic exemptions such as those food and fuel were contained in the bill. Falcon promised those would be included in regulations to be introduced in the fall. As promised, on April 1, 2013 consumers will only pay PST on those goods and services that were subject to PST before the implementa-tion of the HST. All permanent PST exemptions will be re-implemented, said Falcon. There will be no PST on purchases like food, restaurant meals, bicycles, gym memberships, movie tickets or for personal services like haircuts, just as it was previously. NDP fi nance critic Bruce Ralston says the governments message is, Trust us. And I think, frankly on this fi le, the gov-ernment doesnt have a big reservoir of trust, Ralston said. Former premier Bill Vander Zalm, who orchestrated the downfall of the HST, says hes not entirely satisfi ed with the effort to bring back the PST. He says people shouldnt have to trust the B.C. government to follow through with rest of the exemptions in the fall. It could be done so quickly, he said. They could have just had a few pages saying, The end of it, thats it, the people have spoken, no more HST, back to PST as it was. Vander Zalm says the fi ght against the HST was about the democratic process, and he remains concerned the government will exclude the rest of the PST package from vigor-ous debate in the Legislature. For business, there are a number of changes being introduced in the legislation, including an online system that will allow businesses to track their PST informa-tion and remit payments. The online system will cut down on paperwork, allowing the govern-ment to reduce the number of staff needed to administer the PST by about one third. The Liberal government had taken a lot of criticism in recent months for delays in revealing exactly what the PST will look like once its reinstated along with the GST. The opposition NDP had suggested the PST might not feature the same exemptions it did before it was removed to make way for the HST. Prior to the introduction of the 12 per cent Harmonized Sales Tax in July 2010, B.C. residents paid a combination of the federal governments fi ve per cent Goods and Services Tax and B.C.s seven per cent Provincial Sales Tax on most items. But the HST eliminated a number of signifi cant exemptions. For example, restaurant meals were previously exempt from PST but were fully taxed under the HST system. The HST was soundly defeated in a province-wide ref-erendum last summer after a successful campaign to scrap the tax. That tax revolt eventually lead to the resignation of former premier Gordon Campbell and has been equally damaging to current Premier Christy Clark. Source: CBC News

Protesters have succeeded in shutting down classes scheduled to resume today for some students at the University of Quebec in Montreal. More than 100 protest-ers, many of them wearing masks, made their way into the schools downtown campus at around 9:30 a.m. ET, just as law students with a court injunction tried to return to class. Some were waiting for those classes to start when demonstra-tors stormed the building, surprising security guards. Carrying a list of scheduled classes, the protesters marched through pavilions at the University of Quebec in Montreal. Making noise with drums and whistles, they made their way through the main UQAM building, splitting up on a number of occasions as they searched for ongoing classes. A masked protester would yell out marching orders for the next target, such as: Pavilion M! They entered a contract-law class after walk-ing up nine fl ights of stairs. In that classroom, the group began fl icking on and off the lights, and repeatedly yelling, Scab! at the stunned group of students seated inside. A few men even grabbed two female students by the arm, telling them to get out. One spray-painted a red message on the wall of the classroom: On strike, dammit! Students hoping to study said after group moved through, their professors fl ed and classes were effectively called off. UQAMs director of secu-rity said there were no plans to have police immediately intervene. One masked demonstrator, who identifi ed himself only as Eric B., insisted the protest was peaceful. Me myself, I would have never acted on violence, he said. I would have never gone upstairs if people were there to break stuff. We have to stop just always demonizing people, always saying the reds are terrorists and shit like that. Thats totally BS. Students opposing the tuition hike, known as the reds, have been sporting the red square symbol of the protest since the student strike started 14 weeks ago. The students who support the tuition increase and want to return to class are known as the greens for the green squares theyve adopted. Eric B. ar-gued it was the greens who were violent during the incident at UQAM Wednesday morning. Law student Christina Macedo said she was in class when protesters came in and told the students to leave. She saw the incident differently. Peace-ful? I really dont see it was peaceful at all, she told CBC as shewas jeered and shouted down by a group of demonstrators outside the school. Im trying to re-spect our right [to] go back to school! The university says classes have not been offi cially cancelled and they are still trying to determine how to proceed. UQAM went to court last week to get an injunction to allow some students to resume their studies. The association of law students is among the groups that have voted to boycott classes as part of the anti-tuition hike protest, but some students want to return to the classroom. Scenes like the one at UQAM have been playing out for the past few weeks at CEGEPs where students have court injunctions across Quebec. In many of those cases, protesters blocked the entrances to the schools, and students and administrators werent able to enter the building. More student protests are planned in Montreal on Wednesday.

Wildlife populations around the world have de-clined by 30% in the past four decades in the face of record over-consumption of natural resources, a report has warned. The examination of how more than 9,000 populations of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians and fi sh are faring reveal a planet in crisis, with serious implications for human health, wealth and well-being, conservationists said. Fresh-water creatures in the tropics have seen the worst declines, of around 70%, while tropical species as a whole have seen populations tumble by 60% since 1970. In Asia, tiger numbers have fallen 70% in just 30 years. Wildlife is under pressure from ever-growing human demand for resources, the study by WWF, the latest Living Planet report from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and the Global Footprint Network said. And research into demand

for water revealed 2.7 billion people live in areas that suffer severe water shortages for at least one month of the year. People are exploiting resources such as water, forests and fi sheries and putting greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere at a much higher rate than they can be replenished and pollution absorbed. The ecological footprint of human activity was 50% higher than the capacity of the Earths land and oceans in 2008, the most recent year for which fi gures are available, with people living as though we have a planet and a half to sustain us. Rising population and consumption means that by 2030, two planets will not be enough to meet human demand, threatening the resources including food, freshwater and a stable climate that people need to survive, the report said. ZSLs Professor Tim Blackburn said: We are living in a planet in crisis, and the Living Planet Index is one window into how bad that crisis is. He said the Living Planet report monitored the Earths natural capital in the same way the FTSE 100 tracked the stock market, and was showing declines that if they occurred in the fi nancial sphere would cause global panic. And he said: Nature is more important than money. Humanity can live without money, but we cant live without nature and the essential services it provides.Source: Press Association

Bosnian Serb army com-mander Ratko Mladic is set to go on trial on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including genocide. He is the last of the main protagonists in the Balkan wars of the 1990s to face an international trial in The Hague. He is accused of orchestrating the week-long massacre of over 7,000 Muslim boys and men at Sre-brenica in 1995. General Mladic calls the accusations monstrous and the court has entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. Now nearly 70, Gen Mladic spent 15 years on the run before being apprehended by Serb forces last May and sent to The Hague. He has been awaiting trial in the same prison as his former political leader Radovan Karadzic, who was arrested in 2008 and is now about halfway through his trial on similar charges to Gen Mladic. Judicial authorities have rejected defence calls to delay proceedings, most recently a petition to have the Dutch pre-siding Judge Alphons Orie replaced on grounds of alleged bias. The number of crimes of which Gen Mladic - who is in frail health - stands accused has been almost halved to speed up his trial. Gen Mladic is accused of committing genocide and other crimes against Bosnian Mus-lims and Croats in a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing that began in 1992 and climaxed in Srebrenica in 1995. Then, Serb fi ghters overran the Srebrenica enclave in eastern Bosnia - supposedly under the protec-tion of Dutch UN peacekeepers. Men and boys were separated off, shot dead and bulldozed into mass graves - later to be dug up and reburied in more remote spots. Gen Mladic is also charged over the 44-month siege of Sarajevo during which over 10,000 people died. These were the worst atrocities in Europe since the end of World War II, says the BBCs world affairs correspondent Peter Biles in The Hague. Over 200 hours, the prosecution will make its case against Mladic, taking testimony from over 400 witnesses. Pre-trial hearings have been characterised by ill-tempered outbursts from Gen Mladic, who has heckled the judge and interrupted proceedings. The whole world knows who I am, he said at a hearing last year. I am General Ratko Mladic. I defended my people, my country... now I am defending myself. The case has stirred up strong emotions among watching survivors, with some shouting murderer and killer from the court gallery. Many fear that Gen Mladic, who suffered at least one stroke while in hiding and remains in frail health, could escape judgement by dying mid-trial. The architect of the Balkan wars, former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, died in detention in his cell in 2006, before receiving a verdict.Source: BBC News

Greece headed into a month of political uncertainty after power-sharing talks collapsed, triggering new elections that could determine whether the country retains its tenuous position in Europes currency. Nine tortured days of fruitless talks to build a coalition government fueled increasing doubt that Greece can make enough reforms to prevent the worlds largest currency union from fracturing. No date had been set for the elections as of Tuesday, but they will have to be held by mid-June -- the month in which Greece must make more spending cuts to ensure it meets the terms of its international bailout. A caretaker government will be appointed until then. The uncertainty has created alarm across the continent, with key leaders fearing that Greece could be forced out of the euro, triggering shock waves throughout the 17-country eurozone. What Greece now needs is reliability and the will to re-form German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said in a statement. They are the only way back to growth and competitiveness. There is no alterna-tive. The protracted deadlock and the prospect of an anti-austerity party winning the new vote ham-mered Europes markets on fears that Greece might have to leave the euro. Main European markets lost earlier gains, with the FTSE 100 index of lead-ing shares shedding 0.6 per cent, Germanys DAX down 1 per cent and the CAC-40 in France 0.7 per cent. Greek shares were clobbered further after days of heavy losses, with the Athens stock market initially diving 4.86 per cent before a slight rally to close 3.6 per cent down. The euro also fell, trading 0.3 per cent lower at $1.2794. About C700 million ($898 million) in deposits have fl own out of Greek banks since the May 6 elections, President Karolos Papoulias told party leaders after being briefed by the central bank governor, George Provopoulos.

Socialist party leader and former fi nance minister Evangelos Venizelos on Tuesday said the country is unfortunately headed for another round of elections, because certain people coldly put their short-term party inter-ests above the national interest. Papoulias convenes a new meeting of party leaders on Wednesday to appoint a caretaker govern-ment until the election. On May 6, voters furious over the handling of the countrys two-year vicious fi nancial crisis took their anger out on the conservative New Democ-racy and socialist PASOK parties that domi-nated Greeces political scene for the past 40

years, deserting them for smaller parties on the right and left. New Democracy came in fi rst but with a massive loss of support. PASOK saw its popularity plunge to the lowest level since it was founded in 1974, after the end of Greeces seven-year dictator-ship. Those who saw their numbers surge were par-ties that promised to pull Greece out of its bailout agreement, with forced spending cuts and tax hikes in return for billions of euros in international rescue loans. Political leaders traded accusations as to who was to blame during the failed power-sharing talks. The spotlight quickly fell on Alexis Tsipras, the young head of the Radical Left Coalition, or Syriza, whose party came a surprise second in the elections. Tsipras insisted he could neither join nor support any government that would continue to implement the bailout terms. Venizelos and conservative New Democracy head Antonis Samaras accused him of being irresponsible, saying his policies would force Greece out of the eurozone. But Tsipras remained adamant that the austerity measures meant Greeces recession-bound economy could never recover. Venizelos and Samaras could have formed a govern-ment with the small Democratic Left party of Fotis Kouvelis, but all insisted Tsipras had to be on board or at least lend his backing if the government hoped to push through yet more austerity measures Greece must implement next month. A last-ditch proposal by the president for the creation of a technocrat gov-ernment went nowhere. Opinion polls show Syriza is likeliest to come fi rst in the new vote, but without enough seats in parliament to govern alone. How-ever, as fi rst party, Syriza would enjoy an automatic 50-seat bonus and could hope to form a coalition with the help of other left and right-wing anti-aus-terity parties. Source: CTV News

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be quiet, Rosenfeld said. We have mobilised a number of units in vari-ous areas, he said, without elaborating. Last year, Israeli troops opened fi re on demonstrators from Lebanon and Syria as they tried to breach a security fence and enter Israel. Four protesters from Syria were killed along with another 10 from Lebanon. A senior military offi cial in Is-raels northern command said troops had trained to handle all situations, although they were not aware of plans for any big demonstrations along the borders. We are getting eady or all kinds of provocations, he told AFP on condition of anonymity. This years Nakba events come with protesters hailing a mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. The strike appeared to have come to an end on Monday night after an Egyptian-mediated deal under which Israel offered a number of measures easing prison conditions in exchange for an end to the hunger strike.Source: Al-Jazeera

be a wonderful signal if we can get it done by the time of the summit, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said. But the Pakistani government is likely to face an angry backlash over the U-turn from opposition, right-wing and religious parties keen to exploit rampant anti-American sentiment in an election year. Nor lifting the blockade is likely to solve other problems in the relationship between Pakistan and the United States. American offi cials remain deeply distrustful of Pakistan, whose territory is used by Taliban and other Afghan insurgents who have been fi ghting US troops for more than a decade. Pakistan is still smarting from the American raid that killed bin Laden last year and deeply resents American calls to do more to clamp down on militant safe havens. The United States has made increasing use of other routes into Afghanistan and the Pakistan supply routes now constitute as little as 25 per cent of what Nato needs to sustain itself. The United States has guaranteed payment of at least $1.1 billion should the borders reopen as compensation for fi ghting militants, although Pakistan believes it is owed far more, one source said.

Syria : Continued from pg 1

Nato : Continued from pg 3

Volume 12 Issue 310 Jumada-al-Akhar 26, 1433 AH / May 18 20126In keeping with its humanitarian traditions and international obligations, Canada offers protection to the vulnerable people of vari-ous ethnic backgrounds from all troubled parts of the world. Canada is well known to handle the emerging refugee situations; works closely with the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissions for Refugees) and enjoys recognition around the world for its leadership in resettling asylum seek-ers who need protection. It takes part in preventing refugee smuggling scenarios from further developing. Subject to tough scrutiny, refugee-protection is available here to claimants who fear persecution, a risk to their life or a risk of cruel treatment if they are deported back to their home countries. Canadian Bill C-31 is an omnibus bill that is actually aimed at amending the Immi-gration and Refugee Protection Act, the Balanced Refugee Reform Act, the Ma-rine Transportation Security Act, and the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Act. With regard to protecting Canadas im-migration system act, strong criticism came from the civil society, the Canadian council for refugees, the refugee forum, the Canadian association of refugee lawyers, the Canadian civil liberties association, amnesty international. Dealing with people seeking asylum in Canada has become questionable as sec-tions 24 and 25 of Bill C-31 modify the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in such a way that asylum claimants will

be presumed as bogus, and they will have to remain in detention for up to one year before the hearing actually takes place to determine their status.Hearings under the current law must be held within 48 hours which is a major change in Canadas approach towards the protection of refugees, and regardless of how one might feel about the challenges of selecting and integrating new immigrants into Canadian society.According to the legal/constitutional ex-perts, the detention provisions of the said Bill violate several rights and freedoms guaranteed under the Charter of rights: this includes freedom from arbitrary detention, the right to prompt review of the reasons for detention, the right to liberty and secu-rity of the person, and freedom from cruel punishment indeed.Section 9 of the Charter states that eve-ryone has the right not to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned. Section 10(c) provides that everyone who is arrested or detained has the right to have the valid-ity of the detention determined by way of habeas corpus and to be released if the detention is not lawful. Additionally, fake claimants cause head-ache to the system. And, these queue jump-ers have made problem from bad to worse leading to hardships for genuine asylum seekers. However, the Protecting Canadas Immigration System Act makes several reforms to the refugee system, designed to crack down on bogus refugee claims.Although, the government under immense

pressure has proposed some amendments to the controversial new refugee bill, yet the critics still see major issues with the legislation. Good and bad examples:The original version of the bill, tabled last February, reads asylum seekers who are part of mass arrivals would face mandatory detention for 12 months with no review. The amended version would require an ini-tial review within 14 days, a second review six months later. The government has saved itself from legal challenges under the original refugee law but is not completely off the hook yet.The bill, as it was written originally, could have seen refugees who visited their now-peaceful home countries - lose their perma-nent residency status in Canada. But now, the minister also promises to modify the bills wording for more clarity that refugees accepted years ago would not be retroactively deported to their home-lands if conditions there improved.

The unfairly deprived, however, are the existing failed claimants, who would be barred by the authorities from applying for humanitarian consideration for 12 months, effective the day the said bill is passed. No good news for the successful mass arrival refugees, as they would still be prevented from bringing over their children for fi ve years.The minister failed to defi ne mass arrival (although the bill was prompted by the landing of two boatloads of Tamil asylum

seekers in 2009 and 2010). And he did not provide any clarity either on how the government will designate safe countries to which asylum seekers can be sent back promptly with no right of appeal.

Despite changes in Bill C-31, there is no mechanism in place to challenge blunt refusal with respect to family reunifi cation. Families are denied the opportunity to bring their spouse and children, because they did not list them when registering in refugee camps where people live in terrible condi-tions. Once the refugees arrive in Canada, they are given one-year window to declare another individual on their application. Obviously, the mass migration to Canada is negative news for the locals as it adversely affects the rights of main stream lawful ap-plicants. In fact, it severely slows down the processing of family re-unifi cation regular cases.But the fact remains that the asylum seek-ers including the boat loads of desperate people are not necessarily economic refu-gees or queue jumpers as most of them are genuine refugees running away desperately from life-threatening risky environment; thus deserve being accommodated accord-ing to law.

Waan laysa lil insaniilla ma saaa

That man can have nothing but what he strives for.

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By Rosalie SchmidtWhenever I am visiting Vancouver, I try to pick up the ethnic newspapers, to get a more balanced view of the news and watch Aljeezra.As a third generation canadian(non practis-ing christian) I do get a bit perturbed that the Muslim religion does seem to regulate women below men.ie: May 4th edition< the Importance of Is-

lamic Education and the role of Islamic Schools. The paragraph it is only men of understanding who will rememberAre women not capable of understanding? Also, in the Islamic Schools, do they teach anything of Canadian history? it is only through learning about each others cultures and adapting them to the country we choose to live in, that we will obtain eternal peace.I really enjoyed the column by Nada Adams on Bromine. Keep up the good work.

Dear Readers, I take this golden opportunity via The Miracle to thank you all for your generous support for the fl ood victims of Fiji. Your help in any way or form was very warmly appreciated by the recipients in Fiji. Our relief items were delivered to the remote and hard to reach areas via trucks and 4x4 vehicles. Food items and clothing were of superior grade and were received with a lot of blessings to the BC donors. In my observation, we have to do more than sending the food and clothing. We have to send some technical personnel to im-part technical skills. Instead of food, we should supply tools and equipments to make people self suffi cient. Our Schools have out of date computers and are short of maintenance and upgrading. We should fi nd some sponsors to donate some newer computers and softwares also like to inform the readers that our Society is now registered with the Registrar and the offi cial name is HUMAN CARE BC SOCIETY. Since our objective of the Society is to help the needy all year around, please do not stop showing your moral, fi nancial and physical support. Our Website is under construction and you will be able to see our activities soon. Adam Buksh

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By: Maryam Amirebrahimi Why memorize the Quran? Because it will give you a constant, incredible, and person-ally special relationship with The Creator, with The Sustainer, with The One Who has power over all things. You want the best of both worlds? Its through the Quran. Its through memo-rizing, understanding, loving and most importantly, living it. When one is sincere about memorizing it, one needs to be com-pletely aware of the heavy responsibility and glorifi ed honor of living as Allahs servant and carrying His words in their hearts. This must translate into their actions. The key: Sincerity. 1. Make the Intention to Invest in Your Akhira (Hereafter)The Prophet (peace be upon him) taught us, The Quran will meet its companion on the Day of Resurrection when his grave is opened for him, in the form of a pale man. It will say to him, Do you recognize me? He will say: I do not recognize you. It will say: I am your companion the Quran, who kept you thirsty on hot days and kept you awake at night. Every merchant benefi ts from his business and today you will benefi t from your good deeds. He will be given dominion in his right hand and eternity in his left, and there will be placed on his head a crown of dignity, and his parents will be clothed with priceless garments the like of which have never been seen in this world. They will say: Why have we been clothed with this? It will be said: Because your son used to recite Quran. Then it will be said to him: Recite and ascend in the degrees of Paradise, and he will continue to ascend so long as he recites, either at a fast pace or a slow pace. [Ahmad, Ibn Majah] 2. Know that Allah is with You Allah Most High says in a Hadith Qudsi (re-cord containing the words of God), When my servant takes one step towards Me, I take ten steps towards him. When my serv-ant comes walking towards me, I come run-ning towards him. Recognize that you are not alone; that it is the One Who revealed these words Who will help you learn and retain them. The struggle must begin with the servant, but the Lord is the One Who will continually open the way and aid you through the struggle. When its Hard, There is Twice the Reward. Wait, what? You dont understand Arabic? Wait, what? You arent Arab? Wait, youre Arab, but your tajweed (rules of recitation/pronunciation) is really off?. For you, the Prophet has shared words of encouragement, Such a person who recites the Quran and masters it by heart, will be with the noble righteous scribes (in Heaven). And such a person exerts himself to learn the Quran by heart, and recites it with great diffi culty, will have a double reward, (Muslim). 3. Start Correctly andUse Technology Find a Teacher or Quran Buddy, Learn tajweed and Work Consistently When I fi rst decided I would commit to memorizing, I found a teacher and told her I was ready. But I had never studied tajweed and my recitation was completely incorrect! She asked me, Do you want to memorize, or do you want to memorize correctly? There is no point in memorizing it wrong and then having to go back and do it all over again. The most diffi cult test I came across with

memorizing the Quran was not being able to fi nd a consistent teacher. This sometimes led to many months of not memorizing anything and only working on review. When I didnt fi nd a teacher, I turned to friends who could help me with my tajweed and we became Quran buddies. On campus, over the phone, in cars in random parking lots, in-between running from one meeting to another, we would recite to one another and we would keep each other in check until we were able to fi nd teachers. A teacher (or if you cant fi nd one, a Quran buddy) is CRITICAL to progress with the Quran.Use technology to assist you; to help practice your tajweed and help you memorize, there are a number of resources dedicated to those who want to memorize the Quran. If you have ever used one, please feel free to share what has worked for you! 4. Make time for the Quran Just as we make time for people, work and classes, we need to schedule in time to meet up with the Quran and strive to show it that were sincere and serious about a long-term relationship. 5. The Quran is Where the Partys At Sometimes, memorizing the Quran means denying invitations to social gatherings. Dont get me wrong; it is ESSENTIAL for ones spiritual and emotional well-being to be balanced and have social connections and relationships regularly. However, there will be times when the portion that must be memorized is going to take more time and that means leaving early from or not being able to make it to the party. These are sacri-fi ces we make for Allah and the Quran and He replaces them with better if we pay attention. 6. Make Du`a Constantly oIn every prayer, in every moment of prostration, between every athan (call to prayer) and iqama (call to begin prayer), ask God to make us of the Ahlul Quran (the people of the Quran), those whom the Prophet taught, The people of the Quran are the people of Allah and His special servants, (An-Nisai). Realize you are not alone. There are some du`a I began mak-ing seven years ago and they only have started to manifest six or seven years after I started making them rigorously. There will be times one might want to give up, one might feel like theres no progress, one might feel like eve-ryone else is fi nishing so quickly, so easily, and that nothing is clicking. Wait. Be patient. Keep working and keep making dua. Soon, everything will open because of your sincerity , work and du`a and when it does, every second of the struggle is so much sweeter and so much more worth it. 7. Trade a Mushaf (Quran) with Some-one and Understand What Youre Memorizing When starting, fi nd some-

one else who wants to begin and give them a mushaf (written Quran) and ask them to give you one as well. This way, every time they or you work on memorizing, youre both receiving incredible rewards from each others memorization. It can be more dif-fi cult to memorize if one has no clue what the meaning of the verses are. If one does not understand the language of the Quran, make sure to also keep a translation close by to read from it to contextualize the verses and pick up on the meaning. 8. Do Good Deeds For the Sake of the Quran When one experiences extra diffi culty in memorizing or has just fi nished a great por-tion, give some small fi nancial or action-based charity and ask Allah to accept it for the Quran; ask Allah fervently for tawfi q (success), for sincerity, and for a love life with His Words. The Quran is special and it does not need us. We need the Quran to guide us and to enrich our lives. The Quran isnt going to just come to anyone who at-tempts to memorize it, then leaves it, then attempts it, then leaves it. It also doesnt just easily lend itself to individuals who knowingly commit sins and persist in those sins without regret and without seeking to change. As one Sheikh taught, The Quran is Aziz (dear, noble, venerated). If you dont want to be with it or memorize it, then its not going to wait around for you. You want to be special to the Quran? Work for it through your righteous actions when youre not working with it directly. 9. Honor Ones Parents As I learned from an anecdote shared by Imam Suhaib Webb, the pleasure of ones

parents incredibly aids in easing the memorization of the Quran. The more one wants to memorize, the more one should in-crease in treating their parents with dignity, respect and appreciation through words, through actions and through merciful com-panionship. (Thank you Mom and Dad!!) 10. The Quran Should Spark an Internal Revolution Even more important than memorizing the Quran is allowing it catalyze ones transfor-mation. If ones character is not reforming and improving, theres a serious problem. Check your heart from the start and keep checking it; ones actions should become more balanced and stronger in quality when interacting with the Quran. And We have certainly made the Quran easy for remembrance,so is there any who will remember? Quran, 54:17 Source: SuhaibWeb.com

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Narrated Abu Musa: I went to the Prophet along with a group of Al-Ashariyin in order to request

him to provide us with mounts. He said, By Allah, I will not provide you with mounts and I

havent got anything to mount you on. Then we stayed there as long as Allah wished us to stay,

and then three very nice looking she-camels were brought to him and he made us ride them.

When we left, we, or some of us, said, By Allah, we will not be blessed, as we came to the Prophet asking him for mounts, and he swore

that he would not give us any mounts but then he did give us. So let us go back to the Prophet and

remind him (of his oath). When we returned to him (and reminded him of the fact), he said, I did not give you mounts, but it is Allah Who gave you. By Allah, Allah willing, if I ever take an oath to do something and then I fi nd some-

thing else than the fi rst, I will make expiation for my oath and do the thing which is better (or do

something which is better and give the expiation for my oath). Bukhari 78:620

10 Tips for Serious Seekers of the Quran Realize the Reason, Know Allah is Your Guide

Islamic Supreme Council of Canada (ISCC)During the month of Ramadan, we need HUFFAZ (memorizers of the holy Quran) for Taraweeh prayers. Please contact me immediately, if you are a Hafi z and interested in leading the Taraweeh prayers. You must be a Canadian resident and follow the AQEEDAH of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamat, Hanafi Fiqh. 1. Calgary: Five Huffaz needed 2. Montreal: One Hafi z needed3. Toronto: Two Huffaz needed 4. Vancouver: One Hafi z needed5. Edmonton: One Hafi z neededThanks, Syed Soharwardy Phone: 403-831-6330

Volume 12 Issue 310 Jumada-al-Akhar 26, 1433 AH / May 18 20128 l o c a lThe Finality of Prophethood (Khatam-e-Nabuwat)

Im Too Busy

British Columbia Muslim Association(BCMA) started a series of lectures on the Finality of Prophethood (Khatam-e-Nabuwat) in the Lower Mainland.The fi rst lecture was held on May 5 in Surrey Jamea Masjid. Many scholars participated included, Maulana Tayyab Qasimi, Maulana A.Lateef Naumani, Maulna Mazher Ahmed along with community members. The keynote speaker was Mufti Aasim Rashid. In his presentation and lectures he focused in details on: What the Quran and Hadith Say? What are the consensus of the Ummah? History of those who claimed the Prophethood Modern times claimed (Mirza Ghulam Ahmed of Qadian) Qadiani Belief System The Status of Qadianis from an Islamic perspective Dealing with QadianisAt the end Maulana Tayab Qasimi delivered a brief note about Qadianis and made Duaa for Muslim Ummah.A second lecture on the same theme was held in Richmond Jameh Masjid on May 11, and third and last lecture of this The Finality of Prophethood (Khatam e Nabuwat) series is being organised in Masjid As-Salaam Burnaby on May 18 after Maghrib Prayer.The coordinators of this series of lectures with their BCMA chapters were Br. Mohammad Adam Buksh, Br. Basharat Ali Sidhu, Br. Shahzad Mansoori and Br. Daud Ismail.

By Khalid MahmoodEveryday as I wake up at dawn

My mind start working the moment I yawnThere were many things to do, o dear!

Thats why I hastily did my Subuh prayer I didnt have the time to sit longer to praise the Lord To me rushing out after prayer is nothing odd...

Since school, I had been busy every minute Completing my tutorials and handing it in My ECAs took up most of my time always No time did I have to Allah to pray Too many things

to do and zikir is rare For Allah, I really had no time to spare..

When I grew up and started my careerWorking all day to secure my future

When I reached home, I preferred to have fun I chatted on the phone but I didnt read the Quran I spent too much time surfi ng the Internet Sad to say, my faith was falling fl at...

The only time I have left is weekendsDuring which I prefer window shopping with friends I couldnt spare time to go to the

mosque Im too busy, thats the BIG EXCUSE...

I did my fi ve prayers but did so quickly After prayer, I didnt sit longer to refl ect quietly I didnt have time to help the needy ones I was loaded with work as my precious time runs

No time at all to visit a sick Muslim friend To orphans and elderly, I hardly lent a hand Im too busy to do community service When there were gatherings, I helped the least

My life was already full of stressSo I didnt counsel a Muslim in distress I didnt spend much time with my family Bcoz I

thought, doing so is a waste of time...

No time to share with non-Muslim about Islam Even though I know, inviting causes no harm No time to do Sunnah prayers at all All these contribute to my imaans fall..

Im busy here and busy thereIve no time at all, thats all I care

I went for religious lessons, just once in awhile Coz Im too busy making a pile...

I worked all day and I slept all nightToo tired for Tahajjud and it seemed not right To me, earning a living was already tough so i

only did basic deeds but thats not enough..

No time at all, to admire Gods creation No time to praise Allah and seek His Compassion Although I know how short is my life For Islam, I really didnt strive..

Finally the day comes, when the Lord calls for me And I stood before Him with my Lifes History

I feel so guilty bcoz i should have prayed more Isnt that what a Muslim lives for?To thank Allah and do more good deeds

And the Quran is for us all to read..Now at Judgment Day, Im starting to fret Ive wasted my life but its too late to regret My

entry to Paradise depend on my good behavior But Ive not done enough nor did proper prayer

My good deed book is given from my right An angel opened my book and read out my plight. Then the angel chided me....

O You Muslim servant, you are the one,Who is given enough time, yet not much is done Do you know that your faith is loose?

saying no time is only an excuse.Your good deed book should be fi lled up more with all the good work you stood up for..

Hence, I only recorded those little good deeds As I say this, I know your eyes will mist..I was about to write some more, you see

But I did not have, THE TIME to list......

Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but (he is) the Messenger of Allah, and the Seal of the Prophets and Allah has full knowledge of all things.(Al-Ahzab 33:40)

The BC Muslim School is now accepting teaching applica-tions for full-time positions in Arabic, Islamic Studies and Quran subjects beginning the academic year 2012-13.

Skills and Qualifi cations Requirement: - Possess or is eligible for BC Teacher Certifi cation. - Degree or Post-Secondary Certifi cate from a recognized Islamic Institution for the subjects to be taught. - Proven experience teaching Arabic, Islamic knowledge and Quran to children ages 512. - Excellent oral and written communication skills. - Possess excellent planning and organization skills. - Computer competence in English and Arabic. - Ability to work within a team, with integrity, enthusiasm, initiative and confi dence. - Capable of serving in a multi-ethnic environment.

Experience with children in an education setting is an asset.

Please send your resume and cover letter to the attention of The Principal at the following email addressadmin@bcmuslimschool.ca

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Volume 12 Issue 310 Jumada-al-Akhar 26, 1433 AH / May 18 201210 l o c a lQuran Memorization Competition Winners Honoured

And recite the Quran in slow, measured rhythmic tones Al-Muzzammil (73:3)

With a record of 135 participants, the 11th BC Annual Quran Memorization Competition winners were awarded prizes and trophies at the closing ceremony

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEVancouver, BC, CANADA - 20 Jumada II, 1433 May 13, 2012. The winners of the 11th BC Annual Quran Memo-rization Competition were announced and presented with trophies and prizes during the closing ceremony and recep-tion at the MAC Youth & Community Centre (Burnaby, BC) on Saturday 19 Jumada II, 1433 May 12, 2012. The BC Quran Memorization Competition is an annual event organized by the Muslim Association of Canada and the Islamic Information Center to recognize the efforts of BC Muslims, especially the youth, in memorizing the Quran and encouraging them to upgrade their level of competence in reading the Quran.This year, a record of 135 contestants actually participated in the competition. As of April 20th, 2012, 184 persons registered for the Competition including 77 females and 107 males. The Competition was held in two phases: the preliminaries on April 28; then the fi nals on May 12. The Competition included 7 categories. The contestants were evaluated both on Hifz (memorization) and Tajweed (ap-plication of Quran reading rules).Next year competition -the 12th BC Annual Quran Memori-zation Competition - will be held inshaAllah during April-May 2012. The exact dates and details will be announced in future communications. The judging panel that oversaw the competition was comprised of qualifi ed hafi zs and scholars, and headed by sheikh Ahmed Zaki al-Qaysi who holds four International Licenses in Quran Readings (Qiraat), among which a License in the ten ways of recitation via Shatibiyah and another License via Dourah. In addition, the judging panel included the following sheikhs: Salhuddin Zubair, Abdul-halim Abdurazak, Mohaned Shibani, and brothers: Abder-razak Boujenane, Kamal Othmane, Bilal Hamed. During the preliminaries sisters Halima, Ruqia Alnueimi and Asma Khatab were also part of the judging panel.Hafi zs Acknowledgment During the award ceremony two youths were presented with congratulatory plaques and gifts for fi nishing recently memorizing the whole Quran (Hifth) under the supervision of sheikh Salhuddin Zubair from the Islamic Academy of Canada: Ahmad Guura Hamza IbrahimIjaza Certifi cates in the QiraatSheikh Ahmed Zaki al-Qaysi presented four individu-als with Ijaza certifi cates in the Qiraat. Sheikh al-Qaysi stressed out the importance of maintaining, preserving and protecting the unique knowledge of Quran qiraats. Since the Quran and qiraat have come from Allah taala, He has promised to protect the Quran along with meaning, style scripts and qiraat. The recipients of Ijaza in the Qiraat according to the recita-tion of Asim Al-Kufi and his two narrators Shubah and Hafs: Muayad Abdulrazzaq Fahd Abdulrazzaq Shahin Ahmed AliThe recipients of Ijaza in the Qiraat according to the reci-

tation of Nafi and his two narrators Qalun and Warsh Osman Haj MohamedThe 11th BC Annual Quran Memorization Competition Award WinnersThe Competition fi rst three winners from each category were presented with aware certifi cates trophies and cash prizes. Additionally, all the fi nalists received recognition certifi cates and cash prizes. Yet, the reward from Allah for those who memorize and recite the Quran is unparalleled and unmatched. 10 juz Category (all ages)1st Award Daud Nooh2nd Award Mohammad Raja3rd Award Yahya MohammedHonourable Mention: Ibrahima Cisse5 juz Category (all ages)1st Award Muayad Abdulrazzaq2nd Award Ahmed Guura3rd Award Umar Yousuf AhmadHonourable Mention: Souad Abdelhadi, Farhiya Moham-medTilawa Category (all ages)1st Award Abeer Aljaadi2nd Award Muayad Abdulrazzaq3rd Award Abdul Basit SiddiquiHonourable Mention: Mahmood UrRehman Minhas, No-reen Shalabi3 juz Category (up to 17 years old)1st Award Abdurrahman Khalif2nd Award Naila Farah3rd Award Hashim Al-AbedHonourable Mention: Halima Haroun, Fatima Karroum2 juz Category (up to 13 years old)1st Award Doua Ismail2nd Award Ayaan Heban3rd Award Nawaal NurHonourable Mention: Zeynab Hussein, Nawal Omar, Su-maya Abdi Hadi1 juz Category (up to 10 years old)1st Award Waleed Zubair 2nd Award Aakif Syed Saman3rd Award Yoosuf BachaHonourable Mention: Abdullah Naeem, Qasim Ahmed, Raghad Alabdalla, Rahma Khan juz Category (up to 8 years old)1st Award Nawal Elmi2nd Award Talha Khan3rd Award Omar IsmailHonourable Mention: Monir Fathalla, Imad BakhtaniContact:Mourad CherguiQuran Memorization Competition, Organizing CommitteeMuslim Association of Canada Vancouver Chapter604-434-7526Iic.mac.vancouver@gmail.com

Volume 12 Issue 310 Jumada-al-Akhar 26, 1433 AH / May 18 201211 l o c a lFundraising dinner at IQRA Islamic School Surrey

On May 5, Iqra Islamic School presented a plan to the community members for further expansion, building of a full-scale gymnasium to address and accommodate its rapidly growing needs. In a quiet dramatic and creative way, the school administration held the fundraising dinner event at the very site where they intend to build the facility, bringing the reality closer to home and giving better under-standing of the needs. It worked! The target was to raise $75K, an amount required to complete the project, and they were able to raise $45K, which would allow them to kick-start the project. However, the need is much greater and in order to see it to completion in time for the coming school year the remaining amount would have to be raised and raised sooner. If you are interested in assisting the school, we encourage you to contact the school directly. We wish all the best to the Iqra School Administration and Board of Education in their quest to assist the community. Courtesy by: ALAMEEN POST

Shams Alibhai, Executive Director, BC Council for International Cooperation ModeratorShuja Alam, Consul General of Pakistan Leveraging Diasporas Knowledge, Skills, and WealthAamir Baig, Entrepreneur Information Technology TransferHafsa Ishtiaq, Volunteer, CARE Foundation Pakistan Shipping Used Books Ashfaq Khan, Donor/Volunteer, International Development & Relief Foundation Installing Water Filtration PlantsFurquan Gehlen, Board Member, Human Concern International Disaster Relief & Sustainable DevelopmentMohammad Rafi q, Urdu Editor, The Miracle Promoting Urdu as Soft PowerDr. Muhammad Iqbal, Founder and President The Maria-Helena Foundation Social Development

Nearly 5 million Pakistani emigrants make up the worlds 7th largest diaspora. Among permanent emigrants there are 1.2 m in the UK alone. In North America we are about 1 m strong with a total net-worth running into several hundred million dollars. And, our current level of remittances has climbed to almost 12 billion dollars. While we contribute signifi cantly toward disaster relief, we are lacking in our roles as investors, customers, ambassadors, technology transferors, and social development workers for our homeland.

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Upcoming Schedule of Muslim Food Bank(MFB)

By: Hassan Mallam Br. Adam Buksh, President of the Hu-man Care BC Society and his wife Amina Buksh left for Fiji Islands a month ago to observe the aid be towered by the Society through shipment of a container full of es-sential items like food and clothing beside multiplicity of useful items for the fl ood victims is now back home looking gleeful as the Societys mercy mission has been triumphant. He said it was a monumental task which required a lot of time and effort and I take this opportunity to acknowledge with many thanks, appreciation and grati-tude for the generous support we received from the diverse members of the commu-nity in Vancouver as well as in Fiji to help the victims of the devastating fl ood. Your help in any form was very warmly ap-plauded by the recipients and by the people of Fiji. He said our relief items were deliv-ered to the remote mountain villages hard

reach areas by trucks and 4x4 vehicles. Food items and clothing were of higher quality and were received with lot of bless-ings to the donors of British Columbia. Br Adam Buksh said in my observation, we have to do more than sending food and clothes. There is a high demand to send hu-man resources who could impart technical skills. We should ponder upon supplying tools and equipments to enable people to become self suffi cient. Some Schools have outdated computers and upgrading and maintenance of these devices calls for peo-ple with skills. We should venture into fi nd sponsors to donate contemporary comput-ers and software. I also like to inform that HCBC Society is now a registered organization and the aims and objectives of the Society is to help the needy all year around, therefore do not put an end to your moral, fi nancial and physical support..

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held at Burnaby Islamic CentreBy: Imaad AliThe Burnaby RCMP continued its positive working relationship with the citys faith groups on Tuesday, May 1st when it hosted one of its many community forums at the Al-Salaam Mosque & Education Centre on Canada Way. Chief Superintendent Dave Critchley was joined by a team of his fellow offi cers, as well as City Councillor Paul McDonell, MLA Raj Chouhan and representatives of the Burnaby Task Force on Homelessness and Ant-Graffi ti organization at the session which was catered by the Mosques Ladies Branch. A large crowd attended the event and saw an informative visual presentation by the Chief Superintendent, and later asked ques-tions on crime for almost an hour. Feroz Dean, Chairman of the Muslim Busi-ness Council asked about the root cause of crime. Critch-ley stated that this issue has been looked at by police and academics for years, but on the strategic side, police address crime with a three pronged approach: 1) Enforcement 2) Education and 3) Intelligence which is being proactive to catch crime before it occurs.Another issue which was discussed was new crimes which have emerged with new products. Police now often

deal with what they have termed iTheft which is the theft of ipods, ipads and simi-lar devices, especially on public transit. Other questions were about drugs, such as meth labs and grow-ops being set up in residential areas, and marijuana use by neighbours. The crowd also enquired about workplace and school bullying, gang war-fare, euthanasia, and fi rearms laws.On the positive side, the police informed the crowd that the neighbourhood in which the Mosque is situated is a relatively low crime area. As well, programs that the po-lice have put in place to fi ght crime which have been successful were highlighted, such as Bar Watch, crime analysis and statistics, Strike Force and surveillance on suspects.The evenining ended with a question by Musa Ismail, the President of the BC Mus-

lim Association, one of the largest Muslim organizations in the Western World. His question was on what the Muslim com-munity could do to help the police. Chief Superintedent Critchley replied that he looked forward to seeing various com-munites coming together to engage in the local Com-munity Police Advisory Com-mittees in each district. He also invited commu-nity members to take part in the various volunteer programs that the RCMP offers, such as Block

Watch, Speed Watch and Auxiliary polic-ing. The evening ended with socializing and networking among the diverse group of attendees and police.

An Education Generation event held at Masjid Al-Salaam Centre

By: Imaad AliDespite graduating from University in less than a month, and getting said to start the MBA program at Queens Univer-sity next fall, Fahad Yasin of New Westminster isnt purely focused on his own education right now.Instead, hes looking to help youth in the war-torn nation of Sri Lanka attain the skills, knowledge, choices and opportuni-ties gained from education as he heads oveseas to the South Asian island as a Fellow of Education Generation. The BC based organization sends Canadian students andyoung professionals to countries such as Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Ecuador, andPeru to conduct research, participate in community work, and to use theirskills to improve the situation of youth in their destination country.On Sunday, May 6th, Fahad spearheaded a fundraising pro-gram at Masjid Al-Salaam and Education centre in Burnaby, in which $5,000 was raised for this worthy cause. Guest

speakers at the event included Imam Mohamad Rachid, as well as UBC astrophysicist Dr. Redouane Al Fakir, the founder of Space Launch Canada and the Canadian Institute for World Peace, who spoke about the higher meaning of education. Quyen Vu, a student who has beenabroad working with the organization spoke about his experi-ence. Manystudents from local Universities were also in attendance.For Fahad, his interest in Sri Lanka was spurned by an intern-ship he completed in the nighbouring nation of India under the Canada-India Business Council in business development, as well as his experiencestudying at the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark.The funds raised will be used to benefi t overseas youth who are supported by Education Generation through scholarships. Anyone looking to support the cause, or for more information about the organization should visit http://educationgeneration.org.

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Conference on Domestic Violence and Child AbuseThe BC Muslim Association Board of Womens Council organized a Conference on Domestic Violence and Child Abuse on May 5th 2012 at the Diamond Banquet Hall in Burnaby. The purpose of this conference was to create awareness that the Muslim community faces social issues just like any other community and that we are ready to work on strategies for prevention, education and resolu-tion of these issues. Violence against women and chil-dren should never be tolerated or ignored. The event was attended by close to 150 women from various communi-ties as well as representatives from the RCMP, Options, Victims Services, Diversity, Mosaic, the African Muslim Organization and MCFD (Ministry of Children and Family Development) social workers. The special guests in attend-ance included: Senator Mobina Jaffer (keynote speaker), Pamela Martin representing Premier Christy Clark, the Hon. Mary McNeil (Minister of Children and Family De-velopment), Ginny Simms (MP), Kathy Corrigan (MLA) and Sue Hamill (MLA). After a short breakfast meet and greet, the conference commenced with a prayer by Naj-mah Mohammed (Communications Director). Ayesha Ali (Secretary, Board of Womens Council), then introduced the emcee, Shabana Rehman, the principal of the Surrey Muslim School. The Chairperson of the Womens Council, Tazul Ali, welcomed everyone to the event and gave a brief history of BCMA and the role of women in the organiza-tion. Pamela Martin read a message from Premier Christy Clark. Mary McNeil was delighted to be part of the event and expressed her appreciation that the Muslim com-munity has taken the initiative of dealing with this very important issue. She stated that the workshops presented by the Muslim Advisory Committee to MCFD social workers and frontline staff are benefi cial to the Ministry. In her keynote speech, Senator Mobina Jaffer brought at-tention to domestic violence and human rights issues and discussed certain cultural practices relating to young girls. She was very committed, passionate and supportive of the conference organized by the Muslim community.Shahnaz Rahman, the Manager of Family Law Project at West Coast Legal Education Action Fund (LEAF), delivered an informative presentation on violence against women and

the law. Prior to working with West Coast LEAF, Shahnaz worked for a provincial organization where she coordi-nated programs for children who have witnessed abuse. MP Ginny Simms stressed the importance of awareness, raising children with the same values and providing equal opportunity to both genders. Itrath Syed further spoke on the topic of family violence. She quoted several verses of the Quran to emphasize that violence of any kind towards women is not acceptable. Farida Bano Ali spoke about her experiences dealing with local domestic violence and child abuse cases from her work with Muslim foster children and families. Presently, there are approximately 180 children in the custody of the MCFD Fraser Region and Vancouver Coastal Region. Farida also proposed a prevention strategy which included the following: Public education and awareness of issues through community and religious leaders, public forums, counsellors, ethnic media and BCMA Womens rep-resentatives. Implement programs that empower women and encourage positive parent-ing. Services that provide family counsel-ling, pre-marital counselling for couples, and workshops that focus on spirituality and healthy relationships. Cultural awareness, building bridges and communicating with different cultures to encourage unbiased and non-judgmental perspectives that are vital to resolving social issues. Awareness and educational pamphlets on domestic violence and child abuse as well as contact information for vic-tims services to be readily available in mosques. Men and women of the community need to work together to be more in-volved in addressing social issues and form a dialogue creating awareness of

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Changes announced to Saskatchewan immigration changes, newcomers upset

New Canada Temporary Foreign Workerrules will drive down wages

16th May: Canadian province Saskatchewan has an-nounced some major changes to its immigration program earlier this month. The changes were announced by Sas-katchewan immigration minister Rob Norris on 1st May, 2012 at the Regina Newcomer Welcome Center. Changes to Saskatchewan immigration nominee pro-gramGiving details about the new rules for Saskatch-ewan immigration program, Norris said the aim is to make the application process more open and fair. Sponsorship limited to one family member --As per the changes, immigrants will be permitted to sponsor only one family member provided that family member has a permanent offer of skilled job position. So, Saskatchewan immigrant nominee program will accept one application from each household until the main applicant along with his family has settled down in the province. For better integration of newcomers in Saskatchewan--The good thing is that such changes will help in im-migration of immediate families together. The additional

requirement of job offer will make sure to establish a better connection between high-skilled jobs and high-skilled immigrants. Speaking about the new requirements, Nor-ris said Saskatchewan has seen families making multiple applications. And this is ruining chances of Saskatchewan immigration for other families, informed Norris. So, the changes will help to avoid such a happening under Sas-katchewan immigration nominee program, he clarifi ed. Newcomers upset by changed Saskatchewan immigra-tion program--Prior to the new Saskatchewan immigration rules, immigrants enjoyed the ability to offer sponsorship to an unlimited number of family members for joining them in Saskatchewan subject to fulfi llment of various eligibility conditions of SINP (Saskatchewan Immigration Nominee Program). And to make things worse for new-comers in Saskatchewan, these changes were announced before any prior hint or a timeframe. According to PCCA (Pakistan Canada Cultural Associa-tion), changes introduced to Saskatchewan immigration

program are hurting new-comers. Syed Mozzam, gen-eral secretary of PCCA, says the move to cap the total number of family nomi-nations to be made at one time is not welcoming. Many newcomers have moved from Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary to Saskatch-ewan and set up businesses and purchased big houses here to prepare for the arrival of their family members, Mozzam states. But, with changed Saskatchewan immigration rules, families will be compelled to choose whom they want to bring to Canada, he maintained. Newcomers in Saskatch-ewan have called upon the urgency to address the new changes at the earliest.

16th May: Its offi cial! Foreigners coming to Canada under Canadas Tem-porary Foreign Worker Program will now be paid lesser wages than their Canadian counterparts. Low wages for foreign workers discriminatoryRecent ruling is nothing but a discrimination to be meted out to immigrant workers wanting to work in Canada. Canada government decided to bring down wages by nearly 15 percent for foreigners coming under Canada TFW (Temporary Foreign Worker) Program recently. However, this ruling is being cited as wholly misguided and alarming. Immigrants rights advocates as well as several economists are coming out against the new regime by Canada government. Employers will get the authority to fast track immigration of potential TFWs (Temporary Foreign Workers) and pay lesser wages than their Cana-dian counterparts.This ruling will prove worse for foreign workers because they will be get-ting lower wages than they were getting before the announcement of new Canada TFW rules, maintains Gil McGowan, Alberta union organizations (Alberta Federation of Labor) president.This is going to have a negative ef-fect on the labor market of Canada, adds McGowan. He was supported by several immigrant settlement and religious organizations. Changed TFW rules will lower wages for CanadiansSo, the effect of new rules for temporary foreign workers is not just limited to their wages. In fact, such Canada immigration changes will have far reaching impact on the prevailing wage rates in Canada. It is being feared that recent changes introduced to Canada Temporary Foreign Wor