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The beauty of charity in Islam: 5 Ways Islam promotes charity for all!

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Zakat, Sadaqa and Khums are all forms of charity in Islam. Giving for charitable purposes is a key pillar of our religion, and while some forms of charity (such as Sadaqa) are recommended, others are obligatory (such as Khums). Charity exists as an obligatory practice with very good reason. The organization of societies in historical and modern times have…
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1 Unique and difficult year with Coronavirus: How has it changed the world?

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On January 27th 2020, Canada confirmed its first case of Coronavirus. At the time, the risk of the spread of the novel Coronavirus, Covid-19, was not fully understood and some predicted that it would be rare to see the spread of the virus. Almost two months later, on March 11th, the World Health Organization officially declared the outbreak of Covid-19 as a pandemic.   Since then, a lot…
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Why and how The Zahra(s) Trust Canada works to safeguard vulnerable women and stop violence against women

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Violence against women is a phenomenon that is on the rise around the globe. The United Nations (1993) defines violence against women as, “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation…
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What happened in Quetta and why it matters

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Recently you may have heard of the tragic attack which took place in Quetta, Balochistan and might be wondering exactly what happened. On Sunday January 3rd,  eleven hardworking family men from the Hazara community were kidnapped on their way to work. These eleven were coal miners and after being kidnapped were all brutally killed. This attack comes after a suicide bombing last April which killed…
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Why do we want the return of Imam Mahdi (AJFS)?

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The current world population consists of 7.8 billion people.  Out of those people, 9.2% of the world, or 689 million people persons live in extreme poverty living on under $1.90 a day and without basic necessities in life – food, water, shelter, education, or healthcare. With millions living in dire need and facing injustices, we yearn for the return of Imam Mahdi…
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4 Reasons why winter can be so distressing for those in poverty

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We Canadians we are quite familiar with a cold winter. However, despite the cold, winter for many of us is a season filled with joy because of warm evenings at home, hot chocolate and lattes, holiday breaks from school and work so plenty of time with family and loved ones and, of course, snowmen! While we are very fortunate and blessed to enjoy the winter…
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