tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65030055261034830252024-03-13T08:35:16.751-07:00whispersofkaieteurBlogging about Muslims in Canada and Canadian things. Writing poetry and things Guyanese.whispersofkaeiteurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483439917757905346noreply@blogger.comBlogger299125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503005526103483025.post-59752294919163805132023-06-11T12:32:00.002-07:002023-06-11T12:32:54.353-07:00 Aunty Sha- poem in her memory<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsu7BQT7KivPr5eP_cJ38wwYH-1zqoIpO-R2x4JLEqeEsS3qufDTrVqafpQX2J8cYfLJjwfJqcHh3_idiAS0O7lV9nMh4orh-HlGi6Hc2c0-SjaA6RsqdLZ9mGGfGeUHUweUFmxfEj2NCx3Yq4JV3n1axEDt3gDfqz5iKrhdcm2F36GNARWtsJpXReAA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="525" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsu7BQT7KivPr5eP_cJ38wwYH-1zqoIpO-R2x4JLEqeEsS3qufDTrVqafpQX2J8cYfLJjwfJqcHh3_idiAS0O7lV9nMh4orh-HlGi6Hc2c0-SjaA6RsqdLZ9mGGfGeUHUweUFmxfEj2NCx3Yq4JV3n1axEDt3gDfqz5iKrhdcm2F36GNARWtsJpXReAA" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Aunty Sha- poem in her memory<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Habeeb Alli<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">June 09 2023<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>A vestige of Alli pride<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We’re told a time for everything<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For love and mourning<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For family and harvesting<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Such is the Biblical and Quranic saying<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A life full of life<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">That’s Ayesha Baksh at the doorstep of Heaven<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From childhood memories<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Every message bears testimony to her kindness<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Not to miss a birthday or Eid greeting<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A family of two beautiful children and lots more<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">She built a life in Canada even when widowed, single handily<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Uncle B left no stone unturned to love her and her family<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Every single call or card was filled with lovely memories<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now her journey unto Maa, and all begins<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Our hearts will go on<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No more shared sugar cake, and white roses<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But when you think of it<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">She saw her Suzy got married, methinks, finally a tear fell
for that memory<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Blossomed by the presence of her son Rory and the Alli
village<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Her lasting words would be alrite, take care, until we meet
again!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Godspeed to the Queen of hearts, and gratitude to our
traveling guests from afar!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>whispersofkaeiteurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483439917757905346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503005526103483025.post-24466010649083543772023-05-10T13:13:00.004-07:002023-05-10T13:13:50.340-07:00Love you mama- Mother's Day poem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__Atz6gNHhBvZ62hITAmdBHaYLfsQecFIT7a5D5a92GvFeQ19e24oP5V7a8PdvkxZUg0DUqPzPrwFEooUjXlVuE5EstzqJcljHD8LcqGAdUv4haSY3D7CFVeNdVRr3KwkwwmSAUGOTUjDPuN4r2dcUaNsEHlzkXCJo6I3vRTkvt2zBhPoczy66Iy2fQ/s3080/celebrate%20love%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3080" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__Atz6gNHhBvZ62hITAmdBHaYLfsQecFIT7a5D5a92GvFeQ19e24oP5V7a8PdvkxZUg0DUqPzPrwFEooUjXlVuE5EstzqJcljHD8LcqGAdUv4haSY3D7CFVeNdVRr3KwkwwmSAUGOTUjDPuN4r2dcUaNsEHlzkXCJo6I3vRTkvt2zBhPoczy66Iy2fQ/s320/celebrate%20love%201.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Mother's Day - how to include her on this special day?</p><p><br /></p><p>Don't forget me</p><p>She maybe gone and just been seen</p><p>But remember her</p><p>For she doesn't stop thinking about you</p><p><br /></p><p>For those months of great pain</p><p>For those nights wondering what and why</p><p>For those years her prayers your gain</p><p>For all the things she taught you</p><p><br /></p><p>Never forget her wherever you are</p><p>that Paradise lies under her feet</p><p>This is no small feat</p><p>For she is always in prayer and so should you too!</p><p><br /></p><p>Roes and kisses</p><p>Dinners and wells</p><p>Memories flood<br /></p><p>Oh beautiful Mama our heart beats!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>whispersofkaeiteurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483439917757905346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503005526103483025.post-53275157194639745022023-05-10T13:01:00.002-07:002023-05-10T13:01:25.804-07:00Diverse Communities commemorate Queen Elizabeth passing in Canada. <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFGCi27oafCiVqPDGRSo0xV6Xa6dpIb25E8nZqTkzoi2ueoGZhW1ZEKn4geTXob39TkzRwRpstijwtUQfW7eQwqlt7-DSbpagX047Px2Qd8HusdSRr6kCH00PWAEPu5t3Q8i_oCJ2T2OtVpZpxd2Ll8T4_o5jIwpFHkzAnBcZs51wg19qUKYvLREY9oQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFGCi27oafCiVqPDGRSo0xV6Xa6dpIb25E8nZqTkzoi2ueoGZhW1ZEKn4geTXob39TkzRwRpstijwtUQfW7eQwqlt7-DSbpagX047Px2Qd8HusdSRr6kCH00PWAEPu5t3Q8i_oCJ2T2OtVpZpxd2Ll8T4_o5jIwpFHkzAnBcZs51wg19qUKYvLREY9oQ" width="180" /></a></div>Upon the passing of Queen Elizabeth a Multifaith ceremony including Faith leaders who are Buddhist, Jewish, Christian and Muslim participated outside the Cummers Lodge Long Term home in Toronto.<p></p><p><br /></p>whispersofkaeiteurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483439917757905346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503005526103483025.post-36557873050431412232022-07-24T09:17:00.002-07:002022-07-24T09:17:16.344-07:00Muhammad AlShareef: The Visionary<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Muhammad AlShareef:
The Visionary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We are shocked
by your sudden demise<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But why be
shocked when you always reminded us<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">That Life
is to be discovered<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Before
our time for dua ends<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You stood
tall among martyrs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You
lighted the way when teaching Islam online was a dream<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Living
through hard times<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You stood
the tide<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The power
of Dua <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Is what
one inmate remembered<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Your CDs
on Seerah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Stayed on
loop inside his prison cell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Now that
the star has dimmed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
galaxy will be filled with many more stars until<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">From the
legacy you left<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">With DiscoverULife
and AlMaghrib!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When you memorised
Al Quran<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You did
it in flash in Cornwall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You
studied in Madina and made Hajj every year<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So you
could make Dawa in the West the beauty it is so far!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In our
hearts forever!<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>whispersofkaeiteurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483439917757905346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503005526103483025.post-90811582912806527382022-06-07T07:29:00.002-07:002022-06-07T07:31:21.490-07:00Multi faith Quotes During the Pandemic on different topics<h1 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a name='more'></a></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">Daily Multi Faith Motivations- Hope<br /></span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">Christian<br /> </span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">"Be faithful in
small things because it is in them that your strength lies." <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mother Teresa<br /></i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">Islam<br /></span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">“Do not lose
hope, nor be sad.” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Quran 3:139<br /></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">Jewish<br /> </span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">“Jews have six senses. Touch,
taste, sight, smell, hearing, and memory…For Jews, memory is no less primary
than the prick of a pin, or its silver glimmer, or the taste of the blood it
pulls from the finger. The Jew is pricked by a pin and remembers other pins. It
is only by tracing the pinprick back to other pinpricks—when his mother tried
to fix his sleeve while his arm was still in it, when his grandfather’s fingers
fell asleep from stroking his great-grandfather’s damp forehead, when Abraham
tested the knife point to be sure Isaac would feel no pain—that the Jew is able
to know why it hurts. When a Jew encounters a pin, he asks: What does it
remember like?” —<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jonathan Safran Foer<br /></i></b></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">Hindu<br /></span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Set thy heart upon thy work, but never on its reward.” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bhagwat
Gita<br /></i></b></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">It may seem
contradictory, but we never engage in action for the sake of reward. This is
because seeking a reward binds us to the world and creates karma. Instead, do
your work with love. Expect nothing. You are rewarded in the present.<br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">Buddhism<br /> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">“Give, even if
you only have a little.” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Buddha<br /> </i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">Zoroastrianism<br /></span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">Taking the first footstep with a
good thought, the second with a good word, and the third with a good deed, I
entered paradise. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Zoroaster<br /></i></b></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">Chinese<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">A journey of a thousand miles
begins with a single step. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chinese Proverb</i></b></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <br /></span><strong><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Daily Motivations from Multi faith Spirituality<br /></span></strong><strong><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></strong><strong><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Christian<br /> </span></strong><strong><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“I have found the paradox, that if you love
until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”—Mother Teresa</span></b><strong><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <br /><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span><strong><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></strong><strong><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jewish<br /></span></strong><strong><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></strong><b><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="color: #212529; font-size: x-small; letter-spacing: 0.25pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">"A
righteous man falls down seven times and gets up." – King Solomon,
Proverbs, 24:16.<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="color: #212529; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Life is all about the ability to get
up from challenge. Greatness is defined as getting up one more time than what
you've fallen down. The Torah defines someone who's righteous not as someone
who had succeeded, but someone who has persevered. It creates a paradigm of
what righteousness is – trying to do what's right, getting up from failure, and
keep moving forward. Charlie Harary<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Islam<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Oh Allah, I
seek refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow, weakness and laziness, miserliness
and cowardice, the burden of debts and being overpowered by men.” <br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Buddhism<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Radiate boundless
love towards the entire world.” Buddha<br /></span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Hinduism<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: x-small; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Set
thy heart upon thy work, but never on its reward.” – Quote from Bhagwat Gita<br /></span></b><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Zoroastrianism<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">'Doing good to
others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and
happiness'- Zoroaster<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Chinese<br /> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“When the winds of
change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.” Chinese
Proverb</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Daily Motivation
from Multi Faith Quotes-#3<br /> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Hinduism<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">One who performs
his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is
unaffected by sinful action, as the lotus is untouched by water. <i><a href="https://inspiration.rightattitudes.com/authors/the-bhagavad-gita/" title="Inspirational Quotes from the Bhagavad Gita (Hindu Scripture)"><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Bhagavad
Gita<br /></span></a></i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Buddhism<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Conquer
anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness. Conquer meanness with
generosity. Conquer dishonesty with truth.” <i>Buddha<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Zoroastrianism<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Turn yourself
not away from three best things: Good Thought, Good Word, and Good Deed.” <i>Zoroaster<br /></i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Jewish<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“This is the
story of a people which was scattered over all the world and yet remained a
single family, a nation which time and again was doomed to destruction and yet,
out of the ruins, rose to new life.” <i>Abba
Kovner<br /></i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Islamic<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“When you forget
that you need Allah (God), He puts you in a situation that causes you to call
upon Him. And that’s for your own <a href="https://www.awakenthegreatnesswithin.com/30-inspirational-quotes-goodness/" target="_blank"><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration-line: none;">good</span></a>.” <i>Omar Suleiman<br /></i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Christianity<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“God has a purpose
behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact,
he depends more on circumstances to make us like Jesus than he depends on our
reading the Bible.” <i>Rick W</i></span></b></h1><blockquote style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p>
<p></p></blockquote>
whispersofkaeiteurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483439917757905346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503005526103483025.post-88422008629406364862021-09-07T08:58:00.000-07:002021-09-07T08:58:16.088-07:00 Why Giving To The One Love Table Is A Unique Choice?<p> Why Giving To The One Love Table Is A Unique Choice?</p><p>Written by Habeeb Alli and Edited by Juliane Martin</p><p><br /></p><p>Because feeding people is always rewarding in all religious denominations.</p><p>Well that was the easy one liner.</p><p>But there are so many causes and people operating food banks are numerous especially during Covid.</p><p>Well to think of it being part of a family of people of all backgrounds that are informed by faith and love</p><p>and dignity is itself very ambitious given the times we live in.</p><p>Whenever we find such a community based upon these eternal values of the Golden Rule we must be</p><p>able to jump at it with our hearts, dollars and time!</p><p>When we started out One Love Gala it was because the then government of the day did not want the</p><p>continuation of Chaplaincy services for inmates locked up in federal prisons across Canada. They were</p><p>about to sever the important work diversity chaplains perform inside and outside prisons.</p><p>I was inspired by Bob Marley’s’ song One Love, One Heart to start advocating for this service by</p><p>highlighting the work Chaplains do to reintegrate inmates successfully into society..</p><p>Food insecurity is a rising concern in Canada during the Pandemic and around the world. No one is safe.</p><p>There is only One God and His Religion Is to take care of humanity.</p><p>I have been working with many Muslim organisations and participating in many Interfaith initiatives and</p><p>saw during my time at providing food hampers in Toronto to families affected during the Pandemic that</p><p>all walks of life were involved. The Hindu Pundit giving donations, the Rabbi picking up food at the drive</p><p>by, the Pastor delivering food hampers to the elderly and the Imam opening the mosque doors for</p><p>persons of all backgrounds to receive the Mercy of God through human servants.</p><p>Now that I have had the opportunity to do the food hampers differently, again the One Love song has</p><p>inspired me to have the fabric of Interfaith and Multiculturalism sew itself into this beautiful dress with</p><p>our amazing Christian Chaplain Julianne Martin as Director and the humanitarian Muslim leader Sadro</p><p>Usman leading the operations whilst the Hindu community activist Rajmini Ram renders her continued</p><p>support and the Jewish voice for the voiceless Orev Katz prods us on- the family of One Love is woven</p><p>from the threads of far and wide of volunteers, clients and donors of varied ethnicity, race, religion,</p><p>sexual orientation, nationality and languages because the human dignity of one is the dignity of all. We</p><p>are all the Children of Adam!</p><p>As in the case of Father Abraham he was the patriarch to all, he loved all and opened his dinner table for</p><p>all and as such when you give to the One Love Table you give to all- without judgment or need to prove</p><p>you are worthy- you are doing the work of the Prophets when you let people enter your space freely as</p><p>Rumi said: Come As You Are!</p><p>Thank you!</p><p>Megwich!</p><p>Merci</p>whispersofkaeiteurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483439917757905346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503005526103483025.post-37206670281795354792021-05-06T09:00:00.001-07:002021-05-06T09:00:41.035-07:00Lailatul Qadr and Mothers’ Day - Twin Sisters of Mercy<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bg93UOy4pQA/YJQSnBVDPUI/AAAAAAAAQTw/vrCdFOgE6bwIWcJLb2f1fjXhxe9yentxACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bg93UOy4pQA/YJQSnBVDPUI/AAAAAAAAQTw/vrCdFOgE6bwIWcJLb2f1fjXhxe9yentxACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lailatul Qadr and Mothers’ Day - Twin Sisters
of Mercy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">May 4<sup>th</sup>
2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">by: Habeeb
Alli<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It's been
a whirlwind of events during this Pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It's
Ramadan and Muslims are going crazy about the search for the Night that equals
a thousand months of worship. And rightly so, it's also that time of the year
when we buy flowers and send gifts to our mothers. Mother's Day – both days
falling on May 8<sup>th</sup> and 9th, respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I wonder
if there is a connection between the Night of Power and Mothers' Day?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For this,
I thought there is a silver lining like the vaccine during the Pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For the
reader of this, the Night of Power in the Surah "Qadr" Quran Chapter
97 Verses 1-5 is the moment that God decrees one's life for the rest of the
year and it is believed to be on the 27<sup>th</sup> night of Ramadan. However,
it can be any time in the year or any one of the 10 last nights of Ramadan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
people, who were eager to get rich in the game of spirituality, complained to
the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, (On Whom Be Peace) that their years are
shortened compared to those who lived for centuries before, in response, the
Chapter Qadr was revealed. It is an auspicious night of prayers called the
Night of Determination, or the Night of Power which is equivalent to one
thousand months (which is equivalent to 80 years) of blessings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It seems
to me that the Mother of the Believers, Aisha, may (God be pleased with her), actually
questioned her husband, the Holy Prophet Muhammad, on whom be peace, what
should be her prayers if she finds out it is indeed the Night! Our Prophet, opined
that appealing for God's kindness and forgiveness was most crucial. "Oh
God, You Are Forgiving and Kind, You Love to Forgive, so kindly forgive me!"
is the refrain that is uttered all around the globe on this special night.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Now if
that wasn't an appeal to the motherly instincts of compassion, forgiveness and love,
then what is? God chose the Mother of the Believers, the young and passionate
Lady Aisha, may God be pleased with her, to reveal this priceless gem of worship,
embraced by billions throughout the centuries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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celebrate and honor our mothers every day and with a grand remembrance on Mothers'
Day, we are instinctively responding to their kindness, generosity and
unconditional love for their children. This is their right upon us, so
beautifully articulated by the Holy Prophet, on whom be peace, that Paradise
lies "at the feet of Thy mother!" <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So, this
weekend, when you are praying for forgiveness on Lailatul Qadr and buying flowers
for your beautiful Mom, or saying a prayer for her, alive or deceased, remember
that mercy is the common denominator here. God's mercy demonstrated in a mother's
love - something further demonstrated by your continued support of the <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext;"><a href="https://muslimfoodbank.com/table-of-mercy-toronto/#:~:text=Muslim%20Food%20Bank%20and%20Community,Dr%2C%20North%20York%20in%20Toronto."><span style="color: windowtext;">Table of Mercy</span></a></span></span> Foodbank this
Ramadan which has served hundreds of mothers and families and prayed with them during
this Pandemic. The Twin Sisters of Mercy seems to descend on us this weekend. Let's
take the opportunity to be part of the mercy this year!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rHju2zYvCOs/YJQSWuhKpJI/AAAAAAAAQTo/LAD1ybR0exs_DjgalMc8FW6vBjXR5Ky3gCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="293" height="197" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rHju2zYvCOs/YJQSWuhKpJI/AAAAAAAAQTo/LAD1ybR0exs_DjgalMc8FW6vBjXR5Ky3gCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>whispersofkaeiteurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483439917757905346noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503005526103483025.post-84027556720002329172020-03-19T16:33:00.001-07:002020-03-19T16:33:09.172-07:00Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah (Live In London)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://music.youtube.com/embed/YrLk4vdY28Q?clip=&clipt=EAAYAA%3D%3D" width="459"></iframe>whispersofkaeiteurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483439917757905346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503005526103483025.post-75947939932363507652019-08-04T08:17:00.001-07:002019-08-04T08:17:40.297-07:00Arif and Samantha: Love in the Six<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The unspoken love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That be-squeak the passion of a
Rapturous fan!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That union of two hearts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That joined West Coast Demerara
with Skeldon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is the quietness of Arif<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The energy of Sam<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When placed on the altar of God's
blessings<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Make the love story of Ali and
Fatima alive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So many want to renew their vows<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So many in the house that I joined
their hands<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They look so beautiful today<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wishing to renew their vows<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Inspired by Arif and Sam<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So let this love be eternal love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For we will not hear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With death do you part<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">However, we will hear the angels
sing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In heaven will see you dance!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Khan and Dookhoo families<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At the hallmark of cultures<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Are bonded by our ancestral roots<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And from today onward<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We know this will be quite a party<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For, by God, love knows no barriers
nor timings<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Love is love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
Khan!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />whispersofkaeiteurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483439917757905346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503005526103483025.post-8332555466639408732019-07-28T08:59:00.002-07:002019-07-31T09:14:37.398-07:00Eid by the Lake media release 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Media Release<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dated: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2019-07/27</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">One Love Media and Friends Indeed Canada present the 4<sup>TH</sup>
Eid-by-the- Lake Festival in the Durham Region.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Eid by the Lake: The Sacrifice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The One Love media group and Friends Indeed Canada continue
to promote positive and inclusive events in the Muslim community, collaborating
with interfaith leaders and community organizations to provide inspirational
messaging in the Greater Toronto area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It is the fourth Annual Eid-by-the-Lake celebration for Eid
ul Adha. Muslims around the world celebrate this festival during the pilgrimage
to Mecca.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Eid-by-the-Lake festival will be commemorated</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> at the Abilities Centre, 56 Gordon
Street, Whitby, Ontario, on </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sunday Aug 11<sup>th</sup> from 11.00
a.m. to 4.00 p.m.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
with the Honorable MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes, once again and the executive
member of the interfaith body, the Abraham Festival, Helen </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Thibert from
Peterborough, Ontario.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Founded by the Patriarch of three Abrahamic Faiths, Judaism,
Christianity and Islam, the Hajj brings Muslims from all backgrounds
internationally together. The Eid-by-the-Lake festival includes speeches,
prayers, food, fun, musical performances, Interfaith messages and lots of time
to socialise with family, neighbours and friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A number of Interfaith leaders as well as entertainers are in
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Awards Presentations include: the Hodan Nalayeh award for
empowering girls in Africa and the nominee this year is Sauliha Alli for
volunteering in Ghana.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The bazaar will include food vendors and other services in the
Durham Region.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The charity of choice this year is "Service to Humanity"
for their back to school program for the children in Guyana, South America.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Our main sponsor is the oldest Muslim charity in Canada Human
Concern International serving Qurbani in thirty countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Co-Chairs are Vaqar Raees and Anela Jadunandan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Contact Habeeb at 416 823 1738 or bookhabeeb@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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whispersofkaeiteurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483439917757905346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503005526103483025.post-50240434813278534852019-07-26T10:49:00.002-07:002019-07-26T10:49:51.252-07:00Tribute to Hodan Nalayeh<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">#BeAWoman (was her
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Too soon oh peace warrior!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Too early oh Oprah of Africa!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Oh Princess of Black Panther<o:p></o:p></div>
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Your beauty exudes musk of Arabia!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Shot whilst shooting stories of their mothers<o:p></o:p></div>
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They thought they could out your light with their barrels of
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They even ask one sister to go home back<o:p></o:p></div>
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But the world celebrates your hijabiness, femaleness,
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We have worked together on the free Black Panther show<o:p></o:p></div>
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Children needed to see a black actress on the screen too<o:p></o:p></div>
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We have worked together on the youths in prison<o:p></o:p></div>
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We awarded you at the One Love Gala our mother’s Lyla Ali
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Because that is what we should do for our daughters of this
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They deserve more for their humanitarian work without
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Burnt in the harsh sun of Africa<o:p></o:p></div>
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We will share your legacy to empower girls across the globe<o:p></o:p></div>
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One #NaagIskoDhig at a time!<o:p></o:p></div>
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God rest your beautiful soul and that of your loved ones!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Gone with the winds<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />whispersofkaeiteurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483439917757905346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503005526103483025.post-70991540344014283302019-07-26T09:17:00.002-07:002019-08-16T08:32:23.924-07:00Aleesha and Kesevan: A Love story of two cultures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Inset from right Chaplain Andrea Saul, Kesevan Paramanathan, Aleesha Paramanathan (formerly known as Aleesha Ally), Habeeb Alli.<br />
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He would not give up<br />A boy from a single mom<br />A man inspired by the beautiful girl<br />A graduate who paid off his loan</h3>
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The winds have passed under their wings<o:p></o:p></div>
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Into Heaven, together with our mother Leila!<o:p></o:p></div>
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This a burden too shall pass<o:p></o:p></div>
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Such memories you have made<o:p></o:p></div>
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Such love you have given<o:p></o:p></div>
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God be with you, for in Him we trust, And those who love you!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://newsroom.gy/2019/07/09/4-arrested-in-connection-with-robbery-murder-of-money-changer-and-daughter/" target="_blank">https://newsroom.gy/2019/07/09/4-arrested-in-connection-with-robbery-murder-of-money-changer-and-daughter/</a></div>
<br />whispersofkaeiteurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483439917757905346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503005526103483025.post-23721378598179048842019-06-19T09:45:00.002-07:002019-06-19T12:55:27.570-07:00Farah and Chris: Cherish This Night<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<br />whispersofkaeiteurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483439917757905346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503005526103483025.post-38948381012247018842019-06-16T08:26:00.001-07:002019-06-16T08:26:08.302-07:00Wudu Unit for Ablution installed in Canadian Prison for the first time!<br />
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both the Day of Juma and the day the Muslim inmates were celebrating Eid at
Warkworth Institution, will be marked in Canadian prison history as the first
time a wudu unit has been made operational. This is for ablution before
prayers.<br /> </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Muslims wash five times a day, called ablution, before
prayers. This washing of the hands, face, and feet; and wiping the head necessitates
dignity and grace- something all faiths warrant. However, having to make wudu
inside one’s cell, where the toilet sits as well, and lifting one’s feet inside
the sink to wash them in the presence of other cellmates, do not augur well for
inmates relations nor dignity of religion to say the least.</span></span></h3>
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successful reintegration of inmates, proceeds of the gala were earmarked for
the purchase of the wudu units and its installation within the Chapel of this particular
Institution.</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Thanks to the donors and well wishers as well as Correction
Services Canada, their capable staff was able to see to the plumbing and
building a base to mount the two units within the required standards.</span></span></h3>
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spearheading of the project by Site Base Chaplain Dr. Desmond Khanoo. He worked
on this diligently for the past two years and was present at the opening on Friday.</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Present at the official launch was Regional Chaplain Imam
AbdurRasheed Michael Taylor, who shared his own experienced as the former
Muslim Chaplain and the how far the journey has been that today such an accomplishment
could be achieved. He emphasised Corrections’ commitment towards diversity.</span></span></h3>
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and the fact that this can happen at one institution it can happen anywhere
else.</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">This mobile type wudu units are common in the prisons and
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prayer, wash you faces, and your hands up to the elbows, and wipe your heads
and wash your feet up to the ankles.”<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Imam Habeeb Alli is thankful to being part of this history,
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!</span></b>whispersofkaeiteurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483439917757905346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503005526103483025.post-40902517031367548492019-06-09T08:35:00.001-07:002019-06-09T08:35:06.297-07:00whispersofkaieteur: Bibi Sanderson: a legacy of love and generosity<a href="https://whispersofkaieteur.blogspot.com/2019/06/bibi-sanderson-legacy-of-love-and.html?spref=bl">whispersofkaieteur: Bibi Sanderson: a legacy of love and generosity</a>: This we know of mothers That Paradise is laid in gold beneath their tired feet A lifetime of life and laughter has been her lega...whispersofkaeiteurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483439917757905346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503005526103483025.post-23324354995791854922019-06-02T12:53:00.000-07:002019-06-02T12:53:01.414-07:00Bibi Sanderson: a legacy of love and generosity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">A lifetime of life and laughter
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">That Aunty Zee touched the
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Her children are all love and
beauty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">This single mother reminded me
of Khadija<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Living for her children while
she prayed in silence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">This teacher whose students are
worldwide scholars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Reminds us that we too had a
Mother Theresa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Once she sponsored the children
of Skeldon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Once she would be there for
those in Yemen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Yet another time it’s the
masjid or iftar, the society, the humanity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Her generosity knew no bounds
like her smiles<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Let this not be the end of
family and friends<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Let not the party at Eid or
Sundays or Holidays end<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">The glue to the life of the
party has been the envy of many<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Life itself envies death when
death's desire is for God only.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Good bye Bibi Sanderson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Good bye our hero<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Allah be with you always<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">And leave some breeze behind
for your three angels!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="padding-top: 0px;">Ramadan Mubarak!</span></h2>
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<span style="padding-top: 0px;">Greetings!</span></h2>
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<span style="padding-top: 0px;">I would like to profusely thank you for your continuous contributions and generous support towards our programs in the past year. We sincerely hope your Ramadan would be joyous and blessed!</span></h2>
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<span style="padding-top: 0px;">As an extention of the annual One Love Gala we are continuing our mission in Ramadan by hosting our fourth Interfaith Iftar dinner. This is a continuation of the Canada Day Iftar that we started a few years ago!</span></h2>
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See last year's event in the media here. <a href="https://torontocaribbean.com/ramadan-interfaith-gala-raising-funds-for-guyana-youth/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://torontocaribbean.com/ramadan-interfaith-gala-raising-funds-for-guyana-youth/</a></h2>
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Sponsor Skeldon feeding of 250 children per day for $220.00 through Service to Humanity feeding the children program.</h2>
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Sponsor the eye surgery for one man in Guyana- 2000.00</h2>
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Sponsor a child school books scholarship in Jamaica for one year for 300.00 through Albaster Gate Children Charity-<a href="http://alabastergatechildrenscharity.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://alabastergatechildrenscharity.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://alabastergatechildrenscharity.com/</a></h2>
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<i style="padding-top: 0px;">Support the prison program to help youths at risk -Think Twice founded by Ziya Brown- <a href="http://think2.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://think2.org/</a></i></h2>
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<span style="padding-top: 0px;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">PROGRAM: 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm</em></span></h2>
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<span style="padding-top: 0px;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">Welcome by Co-Chairs- Habeeb Alli</em></span></h2>
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<span style="padding-top: 0px;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">Quran Recital and Recitation Qari Sameer</em></span></h2>
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<em style="padding-top: 0px;">Interfaith service- Rev Earl Smith and Rabbi Yossi Sapirman</em></h2>
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<em style="padding-top: 0px;"></em><i>Think Twice- Ziya Brown- Award and Check http://think2.org/</i></h2>
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<i style="padding-top: 0px;">Dr Nadine Wong - Alabaster Children Charity in Jamaica</i></h2>
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<i style="padding-top: 0px;"></i><i>Videos Presentation- Habeeb Alli- Service to Humanity in Skeldon and Shamal Islamic Brochures in Georgetown</i></h2>
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<em style="padding-top: 0px;">Fundraising- Dr Munir Elkassem</em></h2>
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<em style="padding-top: 0px;">Magrib Salat- 8:45 pm</em></h2>
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whispersofkaeiteurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483439917757905346noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503005526103483025.post-76050761928077885102019-03-19T09:33:00.002-07:002019-03-20T12:57:54.511-07:00One Love: An answer to New Zealand's terrorist attack. <div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One Love: An answer to New Zealand's terrorist attack. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know this is hard</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To see the beautiful land called New Zealand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now to see slaughtered instead</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Women, children, disabled men, whilst praying</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Juma was a shock; insane calculated Islamophobia it seem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But to see how humanity came forward against evil</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ready to ban guns and get rid of bigotry</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the type of leaders we want, not flattery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's easy to pray and easier to tweet messages of condolences</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But to talk, to meet, to cry, to invite, to do something like save a life </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That takes courage which we lack</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Didn't we learn from Taif? Or from the wife of the wheelchair husband?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can hardly imagine what tears the mothers carry</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't make us feel like victims every time hate spills</span></div>
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at Queen's College, Guyana, before he graduated with a Masters in Islamic
Theology and Arabic Language from Deoband Islamic University in India. He also
holds a Diploma in Journalism from Delhi.<br />
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Habeeb is the author of twenty-six publications on Canadian Muslims, Interfaith
and Poetry including the recent Scaling Heights.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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He is a member of the Canadian Council of Imams and served as Secretary for six
years. Mr. Alli serves on Interfaith organisations like Abraham Festival in
Peterborough Ontario and honorary director of Moeen Centre for persons with
disabilities in Toronto.<br />
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Imam Alli has presented on Islam in many conferences over the past twenty-five
years globally and is active on social media. The Junctian Network for
Community Service recognized him in April 2017 and Vigor Humanitarian Award in
2020 and the Queen Jubilee Award and Humanitarian Award by MP Chaun Chen in
2022.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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He presently serves as Executive Director of the One Love Family Services in
Toronto- dedicated towards humanitarian efforts in Canada and as a
Federal Chaplain in Ontario with Correctional Services Canada and Spiritual Care
Coordinator at Cummers Lodge, Toronto.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br />
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Habeeb had cofounded One Love Table food hampers program during Covid and the One
Love podcast.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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He has helped the charity called Service to Humanity in Skeldon – which was
established to keep educated the laid off sugar workers children in Guyana </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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founder of the annual One Love Gala- in recognition of successful reintegration
of multi faith inmates- onelovegala.org <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The Poet and Author is the current President of the Pakaraima Writers
Association.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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helped start the Darul Uloom in Berbice and Diamond and the reestablishment of
the Mosque in Golden Grove ECD.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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at </span><a href="https://whispersofkaieteur.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc0033; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">https://whispersofkaieteur.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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It is not often you hear of someone whose life turned upside
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injustice he walked away free as well as a profile of tutoring maths and science
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That was the resounding story, among many others, on Saturday
night at the beautiful Elite Banquet Hall where Warren Abbey was awarded the
Malcolm X award for Black History month. Malcolm X fought against anti Black
racism in America in the 6o’s and this injustice against Blacks continues even
after decades, like todays’ racial profiling. Warren Abbey, among others, received
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The diverse social started some seven years ago by Chaplain
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Re: Apex Consulting presents the 7th One Love Gala <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">One Love Gala 2019:
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The One Love gala was inspired by Bob Marley’s song one
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Some seven years ago, when diversity chaplaincy was under
threat, thanks to a Minister who thought otherwise, I was sitting distraught
and this song was playing. I thought to myself that we must have an event that
both celebrates our work with those incarcerated and advocates for the continuation
of this crucial service. The name suited it so much as interfaith leaders and
people from all walks of life joined us for an evening of much love! This
year’s 7<sup>th</sup> anniversary will be held on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sat Feb. 2nd at Elite Banquet</b> Hall 1850 Albion Rd Toronto with Keynote
by the American University female Chaplain Tahera Ahmed discussing the
indispensable nature of diversity chaplains prisons!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Malcolm X- the late-for fighting for freedom- Warren
Gambino- freed after 11 years on wrongful expert witness<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tayyibah Taylor, the late, Chaplain’s award for Social
Justice- Chaplain Orev Katz- Jewish Chaplain and inclusion and diversity
advocate<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ghulam Sajan-the late, humanitarian award- successful inmate
reintegration- Joseph Grmovsek-after charged for financial crime<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lyla Ali – the late, single mother award - Joey Twins-
innocent Cree woman freed after 27 years<o:p></o:p></div>
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Carl Jadunandan- the late, baseball youth who inspires- for
successful reintegration- Motiar Mohamed- charged whilst young<o:p></o:p></div>
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Charity of choice this year is Looking at the Stars
foundation that take classical music into prisons for free.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Co Chairs- <o:p></o:p></div>
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Chaplains Habeeb Alli and Julianne Martin<o:p></o:p></div>
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