Farhad Khadim
Farhad Khadim is a Director of the Islamic Institute of Toronto.
Bio last updated April 30th, 2019.
Articles by Farhad Khadim
Fellowship of the Rings
By Farhad Khadim
December 12, 2018
After last month’s mass murder of Jews at worship in the U.S., Toronto Muslims formed Rings of Peace around local synagogues to manifest compassion and solidarity. Today, Farhad Khadim reflects on the power of the gentle gesture as way to stand against bigotry, and touch hearts afflicted by hatred's pain.
As Imam of the Syed’s Khadija Mosque, he leads the Canadian Council of Imams and is active in promoting harmony and interfaith relations amongst the various faith congregations in the Greater Toronto Area Their families too, and the entire Jewish community would have painful memories of a day when lives were shattered in their place of worship
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Friday Prayer at Dundas and Chestnut
Farhad Khadim
November 16, 2016
This is a story of how people of faith refused to be victimized by terror. It resulted in the establishment of Toronto’s downtown Masjid Mosque which turned the corner of the corner of Dundas and Chestnut into a place of prayer and spirituality for thousands of Canadians each week.
I soon became aware that Muslim congregants in downtown Toronto struggled to find a permanent community-based place to offer prayers; Friday prayers proved to be especially difficult as it is incumbent on Muslim men to perform the prayers in congregation Today, Masjid Toronto is a place of prayer an...