Arif and Samantha: Love in the Six

Arif and Samatha

The unspoken love

Between Arif and Sam

That be-squeak the passion of a Rapturous fan!

That union of two hearts

That joined West Coast Demerara with Skeldon

It is the quietness of Arif

The energy of Sam

When placed on the altar of God's blessings

Make the love story of Ali and Fatima alive

So many want to renew their vows

So many in the house that I joined their hands

They look so beautiful today

Wishing to renew their vows

Inspired by Arif and Sam

So let this love be eternal love

For we will not hear

With death do you part

However, we will hear the angels sing

In heaven will see you dance!

Khan and Dookhoo families

At the hallmark of cultures

Are bonded by our ancestral roots

And from today onward

We know this will be quite a party

For, by God, love knows no barriers nor timings

Love is love

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Khan!

Eid by the Lake media release 2019

Media Release                                                          Dated: 2019-07/27

One Love Media and Friends Indeed Canada present the 4^TH Eid-by-the- Lake Festival in the Durham Region.

Eid by the Lake: The Sacrifice

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.

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.

The Eid-by-the-Lake festival will be commemorated at the Abilities Centre, 56 Gordon Street, Whitby, Ontario, on Sunday Aug 11^th from 11.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. with the Honorable MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes, once again and the executive member of the interfaith body, the Abraham Festival, Helen Thibert from Peterborough, Ontario.

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.

A number of Interfaith leaders as well as entertainers are in the line-up.

Awards Presentations include: the Hodan Nalayeh award for empowering girls in Africa and the nominee this year is Sauliha Alli for volunteering in Ghana.

The bazaar will include food vendors and other services in the Durham Region.

The charity of choice this year is "Service to Humanity" for their back to school program for the children in Guyana, South America.

Our main sponsor is the oldest Muslim charity in Canada Human Concern International serving Qurbani in thirty countries.

The Co-Chairs are Vaqar Raees and Anela Jadunandan.

This event is free and open to all.

Contact Habeeb at 416 823 1738 or bookhabeeb@gmail.com

Tribute to Hodan Nalayeh

Tribute to Hodan Nalayeh

#BeAWoman (was her buzzword)

Too soon oh peace warrior!

Too early oh Oprah of Africa!

Oh Princess of Black Panther

Your beauty exudes musk of Arabia!

Shot whilst shooting stories of their mothers

They thought they could out your light with their barrels of extremism

They even ask one sister to go home back

But the world celebrates your hijabiness, femaleness, Somaliness, Muslimness

We have worked together on the free Black Panther show

Children needed to see a black actress on the screen too

We have worked together on the youths in prison

We awarded you at the One Love Gala our mother’s Lyla Ali award

Because that is what we should do for our daughters of this Ummah

They deserve more for their humanitarian work without rewards

Burnt in the harsh sun of Africa

We will share your legacy to empower girls across the globe

One #NaagIskoDhig at a time!

God rest your beautiful soul and that of your loved ones!

Gone with the winds

But not forgotten!

Aleesha and Kesevan: A Love story of two cultures

Inset from right Chaplain Andrea Saul, Kesevan Paramanathan, Aleesha Paramanathan (formerly known as Aleesha Ally), Habeeb Alli.

July 26th 2019

Aleesha and Kesevan: A Love story of two cultures 

He would not give up
A boy from a single mom
A man inspired by the beautiful girl
A graduate who paid off his loan

Kesevan inspires youths out of the Six
He managed to up himself
With a condo, a passion and the love of his life
Never mind the Tamil curry burns your lips purple

The girl sitting by his side has burnt his heart red
The Princess from Oakville
Knows what she wants
Never traded her roots, traditions and aching heart

This union is blessed
Because one family lifted their hands
And held Kesevan and Aleesha
And tied the knot of cultures and faiths in one

Aisha was in love with the Prophet
Like when the snowstorm comes, you need your jacket
One cannot dismiss love
Because of the man-made barriers of the world

And so the determined, beautiful, educated daughter of Ally
Will sing to her children in Arabic and Tamil
The sweetness of her two mother’s love- Farina and Chandra
And by God will they taste some kothi roti, dhalpuri and mutton curry poutine in that

And so forever One Love!

#TheKesevans

Tribute to Aaron and Arianna: Father and Daughter slain

I pay special tribute to Tracey Waheeda’s husband Aaron and princess Arianna as they are laid to rest today.

The winds have passed under their wings

The beauty of their deeds

Have lifted their souls

Into Heaven, together with our mother Leila!

This a burden too shall pass

Like Jesus on the Cross

Such memories you have made

Such love you have given

A man whose heart was worn on his sleeve

Taken away by the greed of this world

A daughter yet to love

Snuffed away from the arms of her mother

God be with you, for in Him we trust, And those who love you!

https://newsroom.gy/2019/07/09/4-arrested-in-connection-with-robbery-murder-of-money-changer-and-daughter/

Farah and Chris: Cherish This Night

The love birds on God’s plan

Yes it’s Raptorsland

And we are celebrating the soulmates of Toronto

What better way than at the artistic Guild Inn

Farah a vegetarian and voracious humanitarian

She knows how to design the heart

With love and faith twisted in green and white

I don’t mean any heart- just Chris’s

And Chris the unbendable social justice warrior

He will give his shirt for you

And that’s why he fell in love with Farah’s faith

And the butter chicken too!

If this love story should be written on the walls of the Kaba

It would be Laila and Majnoo all over

Like the nightingale kisses the morning dew with couplets

Farah and Chris will be remembered for their divine union like every angel’s envy!

So while we enjoy the sunset

On the tapestry of nature’s birth

The twinning of two families, two faiths, two soulmates

We will dance away on the altar of our One God’s love!

Wudu Unit for Ablution installed in Canadian Prison for the first time!

Wudu Unit for Ablution installed in Canadian Prison for the first time!

Habeeb Alli

June 09 2019 Last Friday, June 7^th 2019, which happens to be 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.

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.

At the One Love Gala 2017, an event aimed at celebrating the 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.
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.

The unit was purchased in the UK, thanks to the capable 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.
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.

Special gratitude is extended by the inmates for this facility and the fact that this can happen at one institution it can happen anywhere else.
This mobile type wudu units are common in the prisons and hospitals in the UK.

Like Jesus and Moses, Muhammad was ordered to wash up before prayer- Quran 5:6 “O you who believe! When you rise up for prayer, wash you faces, and your hands up to the elbows, and wipe your heads and wash your feet up to the ankles.”

Imam Habeeb Alli is thankful to being part of this history, from the beginning, as the Muslim Chaplain.