Salaam Alaykum

The words “salaam” and “Islam” are deeply connected as they are both derived from a word in Arabic that means “peace.” In the case of Islam, peace is promised to those who fully submit to God. It is personal peace via surrender to divine instruction.

As such, the objective of OIL is to help our communities better understand and appreciate the value system laid out by the Creator as a path to heightened spirituality, contentment and unity. We humbly offer this website and our programs as resources to all people to discover (or rediscover) the essence of Islam, and we endeavour to do this by practicing some of the divine standards at our religion’s core: dialogue, inclusivity and the pursuit of knowledge.