Partners

During the Spring of 2012, the Organization for Islamic Learning embarked on a unique project that was both humanitarian and an inter-faith collaboration. OIL was one of 11 organizations that participated as a group (representing 10 Muslim organizations and one corporation) with a pledge of raising $250,000 over five years for North America’s first fully digital hospital, the new Humber River Regional Hospital.

The group came together for the first time as Muslim Friends of Humber. Through regular meetings and fundraising efforts within the respective community memberships, the group managed to raise the pledged amount within four years. With this generous gift, the Muslim Friends of Humber were accorded the Family Resource Area in the Cancer Portal of the new hospital.

God-willing, Muslim Friends of Humber will continue to serve as a catalyst for collaborations, demonstrating the vital opportunities towards civic engagements within Canada.

Over the last 6 years the Organization for Islamic Learning has been working on a unique event with MOSAIC Interfaith, an organization established in 1980 to foster interfaith dialogue among faith congregations.

What started off as a one-off event entitled “From Abraham: Three Faiths” exploring commonalities and differences among the Abrahamic Faiths, with Reverend Canon John Hill, Rabbi Michael Stroh and Dr. Liyakatali Takim, has led to a demand for an annual session with the three panelists, exploring different themes. These have included:

• Exploring Spirituality Through Different Pathways
• Everybody wants to go to Heaven, Nobody wants to Die
• Can you be a Secular Jew/Christian/Muslim: The Impact of the Secular on our Religious Traditions
• Will our Children Live in a Polarized World of Religious and Secular Extremists or Know Peace in their Time?”
• Religion and Politics: Let’s Talk

MuslimMoms.ca is an online platform for mothers where they can share their experiences in raising Muslim children in the West. The Project Manager, Erum Zehra, spoke at one of OIL’s events.

Watch the video here.

You can check out the Muslim Moms platform online at the link below.

Sakeenah Homes changed the shelter system from what it has always been to what they saw clients and residents needed it to be. They have helped thousands of women and children across Canada with shelter, housing, legal advice, mental health counselling, reconciliation and anything else they may require. They provide safe homes for Muslim women and children to reside in while caseworkers help them with their cases. Additionally, they provide remote casework for women and children who have family or friends to live with after leaving an abusive situation. Remote casework is where clients do not have to live in the shelter setting but can still work with caseworkers for referrals, getting secure housing and receive counselling services.

Their CEO, Zena Chaudhry, gave a talk about their work at our event on inspirational women. You can check it out here.

You can read more about them on their website. Follow the link below.