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Read More13th Annual Peace Iftar: The Ramadan Community Dinner & Celebration
Join in the celebration of the 123h Annual Peace Iftar: The Ramadan Community Dinner & Celebration. (All are welcome – whether or not you are Muslim; whether or not you are fasting.) RSVP by June 13, to elfin925@rogers.com OR via FB event page. The Salaam/Peace Iftar has been an annual event on the Toronto cultural map since 2003. It is a community and bridge building event that brings...
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Read MoreMessage From Our Founders
When we came together in April 2009… to start the el-Tawhid Juma Circle as manifested in the Toronto Unity Mosque it was with the intention of creating an inclusive tawhidic Muslim identified prayer space where diversity and inclusivity are celebrated and not just given lip service: where the inherent dignity of every human being regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race,...
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Read MoreWho We Are
El-Tawhid Juma Circle Mosques are Human Positive. ETJC begins with the understanding that women and men are equal agents of Allah in all aspects of ritual practice, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, race, class, dis/ability, HIV status, language, or any other grounds. There is a growing movement of Muslims who are eager to find a place to pray in which all human...
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Read MoreRemembering the Qur’an
Learn to recite Learn to recite the Fatiha, the opening chapter of the Qur’an, and the short chapters al-`Asr and al-Ikhlas. If you want to explore the meanings of these chapters, please click on the chapter name below. It will take you to the amazing website The Qur’an Arabic Corpus where you can explore the language of the Qur’an. al-Fatiha: Aw-`oo-dhoo bil-laa-hi...
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Read MoreRemembering our Beloved Prophet
Nur al-Huda, our Prophet, the Light of Guidance The Light of guidance has come!/His splendor, it revives us/His meeting, it honors us/Lord lavish blessings on him/Welcome and great ease to him!/Through him great bounties reached us/With his presence comes our care/Lord, lavish blessings on him/His was a momentous birth/This is the kind and the caring/He came with a wholesome heart/Lord lavish blessings...
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Read MoreRemembering the Ahl al-Bayt
Man Kunto Mawla – Whomever I am Master to Because of the nature of the art of Qawwali, Abida Parveen’s rendition of Man Kunto Mawla does not exactly follow the poem by Amir Khusrow below. Find a line and explore its sound and meaning through Parveen’s extraordinary voice. Read an interview with Parveen, “The ‘I’ Doesn’t Matter.” Shah-E-Mardaan,...
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Just me and Allah: Photographs of Queer Muslims
The idea of doing a photography exhibition featuring queer Muslims came to me a couple of years ago. I wanted to show everyone the creative and brilliant LGBTQ Muslims I identified with the most and would hang...
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By: Hana Shafi In a small boardroom with fluorescent lighting, tables have been pushed up against the wall and blue mats have been laid out and covered with blankets for Friday Jummah prayers. It’s a small prayer...
Read MoreA statement in solidarity with those harmed by Abu Eesa Niamatullah’s misogynistic language
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (PLEASE SHARE): El-Tawhid Juma Circle Mosques (Toronto,...
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In the Toronto Star By Wendy Gillis Three dozen men and women sit barefoot...
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See her first blog post: Muslim Ritual Prayer, Social Submission, and Embodied...
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Shaykh Ali Gomaa took this position when he first heard that Amina Wadud was...
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In his recent piece for the Huffington post, “Why All [sic] Muslims are...
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