
NewsJan 27, 2020
Lighting the Path to Clarity: Learn More about This Year's I.LEAD Conference
The I.LEAD Conference, Ottawa's Annual Muslim Family Conference, is returning for another year running on March 21, 2020 .

NewsJan 27, 2020
The I.LEAD Conference, Ottawa's Annual Muslim Family Conference, is returning for another year running on March 21, 2020 .

StoriesMar 13, 2019
Ilyas Mao is a Somali-born Canadian nasheed artist, composer, songwriter, and producer.

StoriesMar 13, 2019
When one thinks about the stand-up comic scene, it tends to come across as a male dominated field and not exactly easy to break into as a Muslim woman of colour.

NewsFeb 4, 2019
Join us at the Capital Region’s largest Muslim community conference, I.LEAD 2019 will take place on Saturday, March 16 at the EY Centre .

StoriesMar 15, 2018
Mahdi Tirkawi is the imam at Mosquée Al Rawdah in Montreal. Muslim Link interviewed him about being a young imam in Montreal, Quebec.

StoriesMar 15, 2018
Muslim Link interviewed him about the theme of this year’s conference and the lessons he has learned from working closely with the Muslim community of Quebec City after the tragic mosque shooting that left six men dead, and several injured.

StoriesMar 15, 2018
Razia Sultan Hamidi is a Muslim community organizer in Montreal. She has focused on creating spiritual programming that is welcoming and relevant to women and youth. Muslim Link interviewed Razia about her work in Montreal and what civic engagement means to her.

NewsJul 12, 2017
The I.LEAD conference is back for a fifth year and will take place on Saturday, July 15th. Tickets can be purchased online here . Muslim Link interviewed the I.LEAD organizers about what people could look forward to at this year's conference.

NewsApr 13, 2016
The I.LEAD Conference returns to Ottawa this Saturday, April 16th. This year’s theme is Living the Legacy: Those Who Believe and Do Righteous Deeds.

StoriesApr 10, 2016
Sheikh Daood Butt will be speaking at the I.LEAD Conference on April 16 th . Sheikh Butt received his B.A. in Da'wah and Usool ad-Deen from the Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia. In 2015, he received the Imam of the Year Award at MuslimFest from DawaNet . Born and raised in Montreal to…

NewsMar 21, 2016
Muslim Link is proud to be a Silver Sponsor of this year's I.LEAD Conference which is taking place Saturday, April 16 at the EY Centre in Ottawa.

StoriesMar 19, 2015
Born and raised in Montreal, Indo-Pakistani Canadian Navaid Aziz, 33, stumbled upon a vocation as an Islamic scholar when he was accepted to the Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia at 17. Now an imam in Calgary, Aziz will be coming to Ottawa’s I.LEAD Conference to discuss youth…

StoriesMar 14, 2015
Born and raised in British Columbia, Islamic Studies teacher Hafsa Dean Thompson will be participating in this year’s I.LEAD Conference . She will be leading a women’s only session addressing the challenges Muslim women face in finding balance in their daily lives. Muslim Link had the chance to…

NewsJun 20, 2014
On May 17th, thousands of Muslims attended the second annual I.LEAD Conference. Muslim Link chose to interview a father and daughter to get an intergenerational perspective on the conference whose theme this year was “Muslim Youth Identity”.

NewsMay 24, 2014
“Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. The All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful…You alone do we worship, and from You alone do we seek help...” (Holy Qur’an, 1, 1:6) A rainy day in May – it’s cold and grey, the perfect day to stay in with a good book and a cup of coffee. Not so for the…
NewsApr 12, 2013
The recent I.LEAD Conference held on March 16 was a great success! It was a very social way to end the March Break with youth from all over the Ottawa-Gatineau region coming together to make a difference. For a first-time event, I think everyone was amazed by the turnout, with more than 2,500…

NewsFeb 18, 2013
Like most great ideas, this one started modestly enough.A few eager Ottawa residents thought it would be neat to invite a popular Canadian Muslim scholar to launch a new book on Islam in the nation's capital. So they got together with a formal group of Muslim organizations to plan a conference…
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