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Stories about the Toronto Catholic school board:
Trustee accused of conflict in suit
Catholic school board member Oliver Carroll claims ratepayer's allegations 'absolutely untrue'
Toronto Star, July 8
School trustee denies conflict in layoff vote
A Toronto Catholic District School Board critic has filed court documents alleging one trustee violated the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act by taking part in a debate about teacher layoffs that could have affected his daughter, who is a new teacher.
National Post, July 8
Earlier: Stories about Catholic school boards
Stories about Islam and the West:
Star witness doubts youth's guilt
The outspoken civilian police agent and key prosecution witness who infiltrated an alleged Toronto-area terror cell stated yesterday that he does not believe the Crown has proven its case against the youth on trial.
National Post, July 4
Terror ringleader overheard talking about bombings
A British terrorism ringleader was overheard brainstorming about terrorist attacks just after dropping off his houseguest, Canadian terrorism suspect Mohammad Momin Khawaja, at Heathrow Airport, an Ontario Superior Court heard Friday. Omar Khyam dropped Mr. Khawaja off at the airport on Feb. 22, 2004, and proceeded to meet a friend whose house had been put under surveillance. The conversations turned to talk of Westerners, and how to "put terror in their hearts," as well as citations of scripture that reads "kill them where you find them."
Globe and Mail, July 4
Canadian refused to surrender
A former Toronto man who had joined Somalia's fundamentalist insurgents was shot dead by Ethiopian troops after he was surrounded and refused to surrender, rebel sources said yesterday. The sources, who did not want to be identified because they did not have permission to speak, confirmed that Canadian Abdullahi Ali Afrah was killed on Tuesday during an attack on Ethiopian troops.
National Post, July 4
Islam's original feminist
A century after his death, Qasim Amin remains a man ahead of his time
Robert Fulford, National Post, July 5
Red Mosque anniversary marked by deadly suicide attack
A suicide bomber marked the first anniversary of the military operation against Islamabad's radical Red Mosque by targeting police guarding the site. The attack raised fresh concerns about the stability of nuclear-armed Pakistan and whether it can cope with the challenge from extremists.
Globe and Mail, July 6
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RBC plans to enter Islamic finance market
A new generation of Islamic banks, which adhere to the sharia prohibition on interest, is setting its sights on the West. As the wealth of Gulf countries swells, Western financial players, -- including some Canadian banks -- are looking to tap these pools of capital
Globe and Mail, July 7
Radical web of Islam's Terror
A new generation of Islamist terrorists is connecting through the Internet, not al-Qaeda. Their lack of central organization makes them even more terrifying than their forebears
Marc Sageman, National Post, July 8
Young accused must have known group bent on terrorism, Crown argues
The group's leaders were "indiscriminate" in talking about their aims, about fighting Americans "wherever you find them," or in showing videos containing extremist Islamic imagery and praise for al Qaida, court heard.
Canadian Press, July 10
Earlier: Stories about Islam and the West
Other stories from the past week:
Stoic in adversity
Sam Sullivan draws on his strong Christian beliefs and Greek philosophy to deal with losing the opportunity to run for mayor again
Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun, July 5
Earlier: Vancouver's new mayor looking 'beyond disability'
Launching a spiritual war on global warming
An approach that provides the inner strength to tackle the worst effects of the changing climate patterns
Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun, July 5
Church granted a parking 'miracle'
A pastor credits divine intervention for Etobicoke-York community council's decision to allow her Weston Rd. church to remain open. Locked in a seven-year battle with city hall over a shortage of parking, the church received permission yesterday to operate for the next three years in its current spot in an old banquet hall.
Toronto Star, July 8
B.C.-based missionaries attacked in Kenya described as 'sweetest couple'
A Vernon, B.C., man and his wife who were attacked with clubs and machetes while on a missionary trip in Kenya were really looking forward to their trip, an official with their missionary group said Thursday. "They're just the sweetest, sweetest couple," said Natalie Barkman, a child sponsorship co-ordinator for Hope for the Nations, based in Kelowna, B.C. . . . John Bergen, a 70-year-old Canadian, and his 65-year-old American wife, Eloise, a native of Georgia, are reported in critical condition after being attacked with clubs and machetes, in the restive Mount Elgon region of western Kenya.
Canadian Press, July 10
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