Ramadan 1446/2025 Message to Canadian Muslims
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله وحده، والصلاة والسلام على من لا نبي بعده، سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah alone. Peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and companions. We begin by thanking Allah […]
Canadian Imams Launch #FastFeed Ramadan Food Bank Campaign to Combat Hunger
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA – February 26, 2025 – Canadian Imams, in collaboration with over 50 Muslim organizations from coast to coast, are calling on Muslims and all fellow Canadians to support local food banks this March through a new nationwide Ramadan campaign called #FastFeed. With food insecurity at record levels, #FastFeed encourages Canadian Muslims […]
Imam Sikander Hashmi Appointed as First Executive Director of the Canadian Council of Imams
(December 10, 2024) The Canadian Council of Imams (CCI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Imam Sikander Hashmi as its first-ever Executive Director. Imam Sikander will officially assume his role on January 1, 2025, in shaa Allah, marking a historic milestone for CCI. Over the past several months, a dedicated hiring committee, composed of […]
Condemnation of TARIC Islamic Centre Vandalism
The Canadian Council of Imams (CCI) strongly condemns the two deliberate criminal acts of vandalism that occurred at the TARIC Islamic Centre on August 17, 2021, and November 9, 2021. While no one was physically hurt in these two incidents, however, the emotional and psychological harm will linger in the minds of many Muslims who […]
Statement on Vaccination Rules & Issues
To download the statement in PDF format, click here: Vaccination Rulings and issues.
CCI Statement of Support for the Uyghur People
We the Imams and Scholars of Canada stand in solidarity with the Uyghur people. We ask the People’s Republic of China to free the Uyghur people from its concentration camps, return the children to their families and restore their freedom of religion. We call upon the Government of Canada to prohibit trade in products produced […]
The Canadian Council of Imams Welcomes The ICLMG Report on CRA Prejudiced Audits
The Canadian Council of Imams (CCI) welcomes the far overdue report published by the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG) titled The CRA’s Prejudiced Audits: Counter-Terrorism and the Targeting of Muslim Charities in Canada. The CCI has been raising concerns about the CRA’s actions to target and undermine the integrity and reputation of respected leaders […]
CCI Statement Regarding #OurLondonFamily
The Canadian Council of Imams is devastated after hearing the news about the ruthless killing of a Muslim family in London, Ontario on Sunday evening, driven by hate and Islamophobia. The Canadian Muslim community is still healing from the horrific killing in the IMO Mosque in September 2020, and the vicious attack on Muslim women […]
CCI Statement Regarding the Al-Aqsa Raid
The Canadian Council of Imams condemns the repeated attacks by Israeli forces on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem which has resulted in the injury of hundreds of worshippers. The Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in the Islamic faith and dear to the heart of every Muslim. The egregious attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque […]
CCI Statement Regarding George Floyd’s Death and Racism
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate O humankind! Truly We created you from a male and a female, and We made you peoples and tribes that you may come to know one another. Surely the most noble of you before God are the most reverent of you. (49:13). This verse of the […]
CCI Statement of Cremation of Covid-19 Muslim Victims in Sri Lanka
May 28th, 2020 The Canadian Council of Imams (CCI) is appalled to hear the forcible cremation of Muslims and other minorities who died of Covid-19 in Sri Lanka against their religious and cultural norms. In its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, the Sri Lankan government have decided to cremate everyone who dies of […]
Canadian Council of Imams Calls on The Federal Government to Investigate Islamophobic Audit Practices in the CRA’s Charities Directorate
May 28, 2020 Mississauga, Ontario: The Canadian Council of Imams (CCI) has called upon the Federal Minister of National Revenue Diane Lebouthillier to initiate an investigation into the existence of Islamophobic practices in the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) Charities Directorate and the CRA’s use of its privileges as a regulatory agency to deliberately discredit respected […]
CCI Announcements Regarding Ramadan 2020
Ramadan 2020 Announcement Summary Ramadan Guide Statement Full Ramadan Guide Statement
CCI Announcements Regarding COVID-19
April 7th, 2020 March 22nd, 2020 CCI_MMAC_Ghusl and Burial Guidance March 16th, 2020 March 12th, 2020 March 12, 2020 CCI Annual Dinner Committee – Statement of postponement for CCI Annual Dinner on April 4, 2020 Based on the current circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 virus, the CCI Annual Dinner Committee has decided to indefinitely […]