Introducing Ourselves

BOARD MEMBERS

President  – Raheel Raza
Vice President  – Salim Mansur
General Secretary – Hasan Mahmud
Treasurer – Sohail Raza
Board Member – Malaika Shah (Youth coordinator)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Board Member – Maryum Samad (Youth coordinator)

 

Raheel Raza is author of “Their Jihad – Not My Jihad”, a public speaker, activist for human rights and diversity consultant. Being  a strong advocate of gender equality, she is the first Muslim woman to lead ‘mixed gender’ prayers in Canada.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salim Mansur is a professor of political science in the University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario), author, and national syndicated columnist for QMI with his weekly columns published by Toronto Sun and Sun papers across Canada.”

 

 

 

 

Hasan Mahmud is author of the book “What Sharia Says and What We Do”, author and producer of 3 Docu-Movies on Sharia Law (romantic feature film fused with documentary). He is Member of the Advisory Board for World Muslim Congress and Research Associate for Deen Research Center Holland.

 

 

 

 

Sohail Raza is an airline veteran of 30 years, a keen observer of politics in the Muslim world in general, and Pakistan in particular. He has appeared in media to comment on these topics and how they relate to the Canadian diaspora. He is recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jublilee Medal for service to Canada (2012).

 

 

 

 

Sanam Malik has been serving in the Town of Oakville for the past 5 years as a community activist. She participates in a variety of Town initiatives, Councils and Committees that deal directly with immigration, integration and multiculturalism.

 

 

Maryum Samad is an undergraduate student studying Accounting and Finance through University of Guelph. She is involved in various student associations at U of G, including AIESEC Canada, Spanish and Latino student association and Rock climbing.

 

 

 

 

 

ADVISORS TO THE EXECUTIVE

Dr. David Galston – Co-Founder and Past President of The Snowstar Institute of Religion
Mr. John Por – Marketing Consultant                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Ahmed Mohammed, Immigration Specialist and Community Organizer