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List of Canadian Muslims

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List of Canadian Muslims

This is a list of notable people who are Muslims and reside in, or are citizens of, Canada.

Contents

Federal

  • Omar Alghabra - Liberal MP for Mississauga—Erindale (2006–2008) and Mississauga Centre (2015-present).
  • Salma Ataullahjan - Conservative Senator for Ontario (2010-present).
  • Sadia Groguhé - NDP MP for Saint-Lambert (2011-2015).
  • Sana Hassainia - NDP MP for Verchères—Les Patriotes (2011-2015).
  • Mobina Jaffer - Liberal Senator for British Columbia (2001-present).
  • Rahim Jaffer - Conservative MP for Edmonton–Strathcona (1997–2008); first Muslim MP elected in Canada.
  • Wajid Khan - Conservative MP for Mississauga—Streetsville (2004–2008).
  • Maryam Monsef - Liberal MP for Peterborough—Kawartha (2015-present); first Muslim Cabinet Minister.
  • Yasmin Ratansi - Liberal MP for Don Valley East (2004–2011, 2015-present).
  • Djaouida Sellah - NDP MP for Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert (2011-2015).

    • Provincial

  • Moe Amery - Alberta Conservative MLA for Calgary-East (1993-2015).
  • Peter Baker - Northwest Territories Independent MLA for Mackenzie North (1964-1967).
  • Muhammad Fiaz - Saskatchewan SP MLA for Regina Pasqua (2015-present).
  • Fatima Houda-Pepin - Quebec Liberal MNA for La Pinière (1994-2014).
  • Amir Khadir - Quebec QS MLA for Mercier (2008-present).
  • Stephen Khan - Alberta Conservative MLA for St. Albert (2008-2015).
  • Yasir Naqvi - Ontario Liberal MPP for Ottawa Centre (2007-present).
  • Shafiq Qaadri - Ontario Liberal MPP for Etobicoke North (2003-present).
  • Sohail Quadri - Alberta Conservative MLA for Edmonton-Mill Woods (2012-2015).
  • Khalil Ramal - Ontario Liberal MPP for London-Fanashawe (2003-2011).
  • Irfan Sabir - Alberta NDP MLA for Calgary-McCall (2015-present).
  • Larry Shaben - Alberta Conservative MLA for Lesser Slave Lake (1975–1989).
  • Shiraz Shariff - Alberta Conservative MLA for Calgary McCall (1995-2008).

    • Municipal

  • Naheed Nenshi - Mayor of Calgary (2010-present)

    • Journalism

  • Mohamed Fahmy - journalist, arrested in Egypt
  • Tarek Fatah - Canadian Muslim "reformer," writer, broadcaster
  • Faisal Kutty - Columnist
  • Irshad Manji - feminist, author, journalist, activist
  • Omar Sachedina - Shia Ismaili Muslim, anchorman and journalist, CTV
  • Haroon Siddiqui - newspaper journalist, columnist, and a former editor of the Toronto Star

    • Religious leaders

  • Shaikh Yunus Ashrafi - religious scholar
  • Jamal Badawi
  • Zijad Delic - imam and community leader
  • Amir Hussain - editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion
  • Ahmad Kutty - religious scholar
  • Faisal Kutty -- professor, lawyer and scholar
  • Ingrid Mattson
  • Reza Hosseini Nassab
  • Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri - professor of international constitutional law at the University of the Punjab and the founding chairman of Minhaj-ul-Quran International

    • Leaders

  • Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin - imam, pioneered North America's first de-radicalization program
  • Ahmed Hussen - lawyer and National President of the Canadian Somali Congress
  • Faisal Kutty - community leader, activist and law professor
  • Hamid Slimi - imam and community leader
  • Wahida C. Valiante - social worker and activist

    • Entertainment

  • Sulekha Ali - singer-songwriter
  • K'naan - singer-songwriter
  • Ron Mustafaa - actor known for playing Abbud Siddiqui in Skins (US)
  • Zarqa Nawaz - created Little Mosque on the Prairie
  • Dawud Wharnsby - singer-songwriter, poet

    • Sports

  • Nazem Kadri - ice hockey player, 2009 draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs

    • References

    List of Canadian Muslims Wikipedia
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