CALGARY – The Calgary Real Estate Board says home sales slowed from the record pace seen earlier this year, but increased year over year in August.

The Alberta Board of Directors says 2,151 homes were sold in Calgary last month, up almost 37% from 1,574 in August 2020, but down from 2,319 in July.

The market recorded 19,516 sales this year, compared to 10,044 in the same period last year.

New registrations for the month were 2,822, up about 9% from 2,578 last August and down from 3,296 in July.

The average price of a home also climbed to $ 488,043 in August, from $ 470,271 in the same month last year.

The council’s chief economist, Ann-Marie Lurie, says the numbers show sales have exceeded expectations, but supply has failed to keep pace.

“The terms have changed in favor of the seller, which has not happened for over six years,” she said in a press release.

“With more buyers than sellers, prices have increased, providing opportunities for many high profile buyers in the market. Over the past few months, we’ve seen some adjustments in supply versus sales, helping us move towards more balanced conditions. “

This report by The Canadian Press was first published on September 1, 2021.

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The Osun State Muslim Community (OSMC) began its activities marking the new celebration of Hegira 1443 in the state.

OSMC President Alhaji Mustapha Olawuyi at a press conference in Osogbo on Sunday highlighted the events planned for the Hegira New Year celebration.

Olawuyi, who spoke through OSMC First Vice President Alhaji Sodiq Bola Bello, said the celebration was very important and worth it, but noted that the New Year would not be not celebrated with the usual amusements due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

He said: “This year’s schedule like the Christmas of the past would not be celebrated with fun due to the COVID’19 pandemic.”

He said that a Quran contest will be held on Monday August 2 at OSMC Hall, followed by a conference on Wednesday on the theme: “Tackling insecurity in Nigeria: the roles of religious organizations”.

He said that a Jumu’at service at the central mosque, Oja-Oba, Osogbo will be held on Friday while a youth forum will be held on Saturday where young Muslims will learn various professional skills, including how to produce liquid soap and body cream.

He added that a stakeholder meeting will be held on Monday August 9, 2021 which is Muharam 1, 1443AH and this Hijrah conference with the theme: “Level of insecurity in Nigeria; Tilting Towards Anarchy: Islamic Solutions ”will be delivered by Professor Hamid Sanni, Vice-Chancellor of Fountain University, Osogbo.

Oba Abdul-Rasheed Ayotunde Olabomi, the Aragbiji of Iragbiji will be the royal father of the day while the grand imam of Osun, Shaykh Musa Animasahun will be the spiritual father of the day, he said.

Speaking on the state of the nation, Olawuyi said “we would like to reiterate that the federal government should not relax its efforts in the fight against terrorism, kidnappings and the fight against bandits”.

“The community salutes the effort of the federal government’s commitment with the purchase of advanced military equipment to continue the insurgencies, it is our prayer that Allah grants success to our soldiers.”

“Security is everyone’s business, Nigerians must be security minded and help the government expose disbelievers and malicious elements in society.”

“The agitation to break up Nigeria is unwarranted. The unifying units of the Federal Republic of Nigeria should see strength in the unity and consolidation of the achievements of the ancestors of Nigeria.

“All segments of our government are called to have a round table with all aggrieved units and a way forward to a great and united Nigeria.”

Olawuyi expressed his gratitude to the government of Osun State for supporting the partnership with OSMC on the celebration of Hijrah and for maintaining the Hijrah holiday in the state.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the hatred towards the Muslim community at Thursday’s National Islamophobia Summit, but community leaders say they must see the government follow through with concrete actions after the talks if the event is to be bring real change.

Thursday’s virtual summit brought together government ministers and members of the Muslim community to discuss how to tackle the recent rise in Islamophobia in Canada. It comes weeks after a man allegedly deliberately entered a Muslim family in London, Ontario, killing four people and injuring a child, and further recent attacks on Muslims in Hamilton and near Edmonton.

The event took place a day after a summit on anti-Semitism, both of which are part of the government’s anti-racist strategy.

Muslim council issues recommendations ahead of national summit on Islamophobia this week

Although the summit was applauded as a step towards tackling Islamophobia, leaders of the Muslim community say conversations are not enough and the government should define clear actions to tackle hate-motivated attacks in the country. Canada.

Ahead of Thursday’s summit, the advocacy organization of the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) released 61 recommendations which it said came out of consultations with the community. The recommendations target all levels of government and include a call to create a federal anti-Islamophobia strategy by the end of the year.

“We are cautiously optimistic that more changes will follow – and as we engage with various levels of government across Canada, we will not stop until the change takes place,” Mustafa said. Farooq, CEO of NCCM, in an emailed statement. .

Farooq added that the organization will publish a document within two months outlining the actions to which different levels of government have committed. He said the NCCM needs to see these next steps before they can say whether the summit was a success or not, but he said there were positive signs, such as pledges to provide resources to combat the Islamophobia.

Senator Salma Ataullahjan, who sits in the Conservative Party of Canada, also said she will monitor what the federal government does after the summit. She said it is common for Muslims in Canada to hear hate speech and that women wearing the hijab can be particularly targeted.

Concerns grow over rising incidents of anti-Muslim hate as Edmonton mosque is vandalized

As the summit began Thursday afternoon, Ms Ataullahjan said she observed how the comments section of the Facebook livestream began to fill with all-too-familiar hatred. She took screenshots of some of the remarks to share on Twitter, writing that she was “horrified – but not surprised” by the comments.

“This is the rhetoric we’ve been hearing for some time,” she said in an interview with The Globe and Mail. She said the government must take action to help Muslim Canadians feel more secure and that she wants a national anti-Islamophobia strategy to emerge from the summit.

“We as political leaders stand up and condemn ourselves, and we forget,” she said. “The words are no longer relevant. Do something.”

Mr. Trudeau was accompanied during the event by two ministers: Bardish Chagger, Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Youth, as well as Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport.

Speaking at the summit, Trudeau said his government will continue to support Muslim Canadians and has already taken steps to “eradicate hatred wherever it rears its ugly head.”

He said this included tackling disinformation through education, investing to help protect mosques and community centers, and cracking down on online extremism and far-right hate groups.

“Right now we have to fight for the kind of Canada we all want to see… where we take care of each other,” he said. “It is the promise that our country must work hard to be up to the task. Because too many times and for too many people this promise has been broken.

He added that he wanted to listen to those who have had to deal with Islamophobia and that their experiences should be central to how the government approaches its work.

“It’s not your burden to carry alone,” he said. “As a society, it is everyone’s responsibility to assume. “

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned hatred towards Muslims at Thursday’s national summit on Islamophobia and pledged that his government would continue to take action to “eradicate hatred.”

Thursday’s virtual event brought together government ministers and leaders from the Muslim community to discuss how to tackle the recent rise in Islamophobia in Canada. It comes weeks after a man deliberately drove into a Muslim family in London, Ont, killing four people and injuring a child, as well as further attacks on Muslims in Hamilton, Ont., And near ‘Edmonton.

The summit comes a day after another event focused on anti-Semitism. Both events are part of the government’s anti-racist strategy.

“Right now we have to fight for the kind of Canada we all want to see. A place where we celebrate diversity, where we stand together, where we take care of each other, ”Trudeau said at the summit. “It is the promise that our country must work hard to be up to the task. Because too many times and for too many people this promise has been broken.

Mr. Trudeau was joined by Bardish Chagger, Minister of Diversity and Inclusion, and Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport, both of whom spoke at the opening session.

Even as the event began, the comments section of the Facebook livestream saw hateful and discriminatory remarks against the Muslim community. These messages prompted Ontario Senator Salma Ataullahjan to respond on Twitter.

“The #Islamophobiasummit has barely started and the comments are already filled with hate,” she tweeted above screenshots of some of the responses. “I am horrified – but not surprised – by the ongoing #hate speech being spewed against Muslim Canadians. “

THE TITLES OF THE DAY

OPPOSITION LEADERS WANT TO SPEAK AT SUMMIT ON ANTISEMITISM – Prime Minister Justin trudeau pledged support for the Jewish community in the face of rising hate crimes at his government’s National Anti-Semitism Summit, but other federal party leaders have expressed frustration that they were not invited to speak at the event.

HALIFAX SECURITY FORUM TO BE HELD IN TAIWAN – The annual Halifax Defense and Security Forum is scheduled for Taipei in January next year. The conference had previously drawn Beijing’s ire for congratulating the Taiwanese president, and the event in Taipei will take place a few weeks before the 2022 Winter Olympics in China.

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS ON THE PORN CONTROLLER WILL TAKE YEARS TO ACCESS Department of Justice.

PAUL SAYS ‘A SMALL GROUP’ BEHIND THE GREEN PARTY’S LEGAL CASE AGAINST HER – Green Party leader Annamie Paul has said her own party’s legal challenge is the work of a “small group” of outgoing cadres. Ms Paul dodged further questions about court proceedings when her campaign office opened in Toronto Center on Thursday morning.

PRIME MINISTER’S DAY

The Prime Minister spoke at the National Summit on Islamophobia in early Thursday afternoon.

LEADERS

Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet visited small businesses in western Quebec this morning. He then had lunch with the mayors of the Témiscamingue region of the province.

Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole is in Ottawa this week.

Green Party leader Annamie Paul hosted an event to officially open its campaign office in Toronto Center on Thursday morning.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh will be in Montreal tonight to participate in the federal nomination assembly of the Outremont NDP for Ève Péclet.

OPINION

John Ibbitson (The Globe and Mail) on how the Canada-U.S. border may be reopening, but relations between the countries are far from normal: “During the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans once again showed ingenuity in developing vaccines that now protect millions of people around the world, including millions of Canadians. But around this time, we also saw the collapse of America. “

Konrad Yakabuski (The Globe and Mail) on how Mark Carney said ‘no’ to the Rubber Group Tour, once again: “The next federal campaign, with the Liberals leading in the polls but not assured of a majority, could be Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s last as Liberal leader. But to succeed him would require a full commitment to working in the political trenches that Mr Carney always seems reluctant or unable to do. “

The Globe and Mail Editorial Board on why Toronto’s parks are not a place to house the homeless: “The legitimate concerns of homeless people about COVID-19 can be resolved, and much of it has been. Last October, there was no longer any reason to allow many of central Toronto’s rare green spaces to become camps, and today that is more true than ever.

Chris Selley (Citizen of Ottawa) on why bilingualism is the enemy of Ottawa’s inclusion program: “If Justin Trudeau had been able to find a suitable candidate for Rideau Hall, fully qualified, Indigenous and fluent in both English and French, he would have jumped at the chance. He could have simultaneously reinforced his reconciliation and his bilingualism in good faith and saved himself a fairly significant headache in the francophone media.

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The allegations that the mayor of Dorval, a city in Quebec, Canada, insulted Muslims over a demand to remove all pork products from school canteens are false. The eight-year hoax has been debunked in the past and featured different cities as well.

Examples of misleading content are visible here and here .

The text says, in part, “Muslims must be aware that they must adapt their customs, traditions and way of life to Canada and Quebec. The long “conference” is presented as a supposed response issued by the mayor in response to Muslim parents who have asked for “the withdrawal of pork in all school canteens in Montreal and its suburbs”. It ends with an ultimatum that reads: “If you came to Canada with the idea that you would move us with your prolific spread and end up taking over the country, you will have to pack your bags and go back to where you are.” come. We have no room for you and your ideology. If you accept the situation, stay. Otherwise, get ready to go.

The image used in these messages is not that of the mayor of Dorval, Quebec, Edgar Rouleau, which can be seen here: here . The man represented is a Belgian far-right politician, Tanguy Veys, visible here in the French publication Le Monde.

The exact photo used in statements taken by AFP photographer Dominique Faget can be seen here .

Previous iterations of the same claim but defined in Belgium and not Canada, can be seen in this September 2014 article here and were debunked by Snopes.com in 2014 here .

When presented to him the story, the communications officer for the city of Dorval Sébastien Gauthier confirmed: “the information is false. He added that the Dorval story has been circulating for over six years, “It’s cold, but it always reappears for several weeks and goes out again, only to come back later. “

The official underlined a statement (here) the city published in 2015 debunking the hoax. Buzzfeed also debunked the allegation in 2014, here .

VERDICT

False. The mayor of Dorval Quebec did not write a statement insulting the Muslim community. The false allegations about the mayor and the Muslim community are a resurgent hoax.

This article was produced by the Reuters fact-checking team. Learn more about our fact-checking work here.

In early February 2021, France adopted an “anti-separatism” bill that sparked controversy and protests. According to Al Jazeera, this bill seeks to limit websites and social media that promote hate speech, put in place financial restrictions on foreign donors regarding religious organizations and ban the use of religious symbols in certain situations, such as the controversial ban on public use of the hijab for girls under the age of 18. This bill was passed to fight against Islamist separatism and ideology. However, the bill encourages racism, polarization and a restriction on freedom of expression. Amnesty International condemns the bill because researcher Marco Perolini reports that it is “a serious violation of rights and freedoms in France”.

However, it is not surprising that the country is proposing such laws, as France has a controversial history of discriminatory views against Islam. According to the Guardian, in 2004 France debated passing a bill banning religious symbols in schools, and in 2011 they banned women from wearing the niqab (a face veil) in places. public. These laws aim to promote secularism and the fight against Islamic terrorist ideologies.

These controversies have been the subject of various responses from the international community. According to the Guardian, the European Court of Human Rights supported the bans in 2014, saying they were a “legitimate aim” of the French government. French President Emmanuel Macron openly declared in his speech that they “must tackle” Islamist separatism and promote neutral, secular and republican values. He also said the bans did not target the general Muslim population. However, many disagree with these claims. Protests were reported by several news sites, such as Reuters. Additionally, online protests such as the #HandsOffMyHijab movement have gained traction, where young women are protesting against the ban on public use of the hijab for those under the age of 18. The differences between these institutional and societal responses are significant. There is clear discontent among the public as feelings of discrimination and racism spread, while the French government remains deaf to the cries of the people.

Under the guise of “republican values” and the promotion of “secularism”, government institutions allow the adoption of such bills and tolerate discriminatory practices. Passive responses like those from the European Court of Human Rights give the French government an excuse to justify its misguided intentions. The repercussions of such responses extend to the public. These bills encourage discriminatory behavior towards Muslim women who view the hijab as an important part of their identity. Therefore, it is not only the ban on an object, as some may think, it is a symbolic part of an individual’s identity and membership in a community that is denied.

On the other hand, the public response continues to be overlooked as an “emotional” response to an otherwise “legitimate” bill. This shows an obvious imbalance between higher institutions and public society, as institutions operate mainly on a top-down order. Time Magazine interviewed McGill University Associate Professor of Philosophy Alia Al-Saji, who said that these bans are influenced by a colonial mindset where France aims to impose secular control and beliefs on the settlements of ‘North Africa and the Middle East, mainly Muslim countries.

There are several solutions to this problem of discrimination through the law. To begin with, government institutions should stop viewing other cultures, especially migrant cultures, and their lifestyles as inferior or a threat to their national identity. Everyone should have the freedom to express their own identity in a way that matches their beliefs and it is a restriction on an individual’s rights to deny it. Trying to put a limit on these expressions creates a culture of discrimination against these cultures and not only that, but it also creates a culture of fear for the rest of the population. With prohibitions such as the ban on the hijab, the implication may be that the rest of the French population is made to believe that such an imposition is acceptable and fear those who choose to wear the headscarf due to the stigma of be associated with Islamic extremism. Discrimination and fear would create an unstable society and could lead to alienation.

Second, with decisions about personal or cultural matters, governments should do their best to avoid a top-down decision-making process where higher institutions impose rules and laws without the affirmation or inclusion of those directly concerned. These ideas require the participation of those affected by the implications of such laws, so bottom-up decision making or public consensus should be considered. This ensures that those concerned, in this case Muslim women living in France, feel that their voice is heard. It ensures that they are not alienated from society. It also decreases the risk of discrimination when people are listened to, and they can convey the importance of these cultural elements to their identity.

The French government has a long way to go in convincing members of the government to stop discriminatory acts. However, the reconsideration of bills such as the hijab ban is one more step towards a free and non-discriminatory society.

A group of young volunteers take turns guarding the grounds of an Edmonton mosque that has been vandalized with a swastika symbol.

“There are some things on every Muslim’s mind right now, especially following the attack that took place in London, Ontario on an innocent family,” said Safwan Choudhry, spokesperson. of the Baitul Hadi Mosque.

“This particular symbol has become a symbol of hatred, has become a symbol of division, and it has become a means of creating fear in people.”

He said in an interview on Wednesday that young members of the community took turns patrolling the mosque 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Edmonton Police said they were investigating the vandalism with their hate crimes unit.

A community member reported on Tuesday morning that someone had spray painted the large red symbol on the roof of the Baitul Hadi Mosque near the minaret, police said in a statement.

They said investigators believed the vandalism may have occurred in April – at the same time, a vehicle and fence were vandalized in an area near the city’s downtown area.

The same person may be behind all of the vandalism, police said.

But Choudhry said a member of the community only discovered the vandalism on Tuesday.

“And also, as you can imagine, it’s been almost 24 hours and we’re evaluating all (other) security options.”

He adds that there was no security camera pointing towards this area of ​​the mosque, so someone had to climb the building with a ladder or with the support of another person to get to the roof of the mosque. building.

Imam Nasir Butt of the Baitul Hadi Mosque said the community is still in mourning after a Muslim family in London, Ont., Was hit by a vehicle earlier this month. Four family members have died, but a nine-year-old boy was recently released from the hospital.

“We are deeply disturbed by the rise in acts of violence against the Muslim community,” Butt said.

“This is not the path of Canadians, and we must work together to combat anti-Muslim sentiment.”

The mosque also said in a statement that the vandalism followed a report of threats made against an Ontario mosque on the same day the swastika was called out.

The National Council of Canadian Muslims said Tuesday that two individuals attempted to enter the Islamic Institute in Toronto illegally and made several violent threats.

The threats included bomb threats against the Toronto institution, the council said.

“We are extremely concerned and saddened that this incident has taken place in our beautiful place of worship,” said Fareed Amin, chairman of the institute’s board of directors.

“No community or place of worship should be subjected to such threats and heightened anxiety. “

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