During the 2007 provincial election campaign, Conservative party candidateJohn Tory proposed extending government funding to all faith-based schoolsin Ontario. This was met with strong public and media opposition due to fearsof radicalization and indoctrinating students in religious beliefs considered outdatedand a threat to Canadian norms (particularly with Islamic schools). It iswith this anecdote that editors...Read More

There have been few studies on Islam in Canada. Hence this publication is awelcome addition to the list. Its ten chapters, divided into four sections, examinediverse issues regarding Muslim cultural politics in the Canadian hinterlands.More specifically, it seeks to understand how they have been affectedby the post-9/11 era of wars, domestic security policies, calls for...Read More