Youth Event: Amazing Acrylics
Join us for this FREE ONLINE Painting Event! This one-day online class led by SUKAINA WALJI KARIM will be held on April 30th. There will be two (2) sessions, click one below to register: Ages 5–8 @ 1–2:30pm Ages 9+ @ 3–4:30pm Please note: For this event, you will need a canvas (8″x10″), a […]
Eid Gift Drive Organized by Youth Group
The OIL Youth Committee is supporting Sakeenah Homes this Ramadan to help others in need. We will be running an Eid Gift Drive during Ramadan where people can sign up to give a gift to a child or mother. Sakeenah homes is a charitable organization founded in 2018. They provide a home to children and women […]
Tax Receipts Issued: Thank You for Your Support
As-salaam walaikum. Thank you for your support over the past year. We managed to get through the second year of the pandemic with your help and faith in what we do, Al’hamdu’lillah. In fact, everything we do is a collective effort. For all those members and supporters who funded our causes and programming via donations, please know […]
Ramadan Event: The Abraham Path as a Spiritual Journey with Anisa Mehdi
OIL is proud to present our Ramadan lecture series for April 2022. Entitled, “Trekking for Unity,” the three-night talk and discussion by award-winning journalist Anisa Mehdi will explore the Abraham Path: what it is, and how walking it is a journey akin to the other spiritual journeys we undertake as Muslims and humans. The talks […]
Youth Committee Presents Human Rights Panel
Join us for a discussion on the current state of human rights in Canada and how young people can (and are) getting involved in positively changing their communities. This is a virtual, live event. At the event time, click the link to join the discussion on Zoom: bit.ly/oilyouthhumanrights
After London: Will We Ask Why and Respond as One Humanity?
On June 6, a 20-year-old man deliberately drove his truck into a family of five. Witnesses say the driver flew past cars stopped at red lights, steered his vehicle up onto the sidewalk and ran over the Muslim family that was out on a Sunday evening stroll. Three generations were killed: grandmother Talat, parents Madiha […]
Marhum Awnali Hassanali Juma Ebrahim Mamdani
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un We surely belong to Allah and to Him we shall return (2:156) Awni was brother to the late Ebrahim Mamdani, Ghulam Haider Mamdani, late Bashir Mamdani, and Raihana Bhimani; husband of Jenny (Zainab) Mamdani; father of Riffaat Mamdani (Omar El-Ziftawi) and Jaheed Mohammed Mamdani (Zainab Abdullah Lalji Mamdani); […]
Humanity for All
“We are reminded once again that beauty can never be served by ugliness, that peace can never be served by militarism and violence, that Truth can never be defended or supported by perversion and falsehood.” This quote is Dr. Timothy Gianotti’s response to the Orlando shootings on June 12, 2016. As a Muslim community, let’s […]