All posts by Mansoor Ladha
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Female premiers role models for women
Ontario premier-designate Kathleen Wynne’s recent victory has been described as historic in may circles. Wynne is not only the first female premier of Ontario but...
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Can Obama’s gun control plan reduce violence in U.S.?
Politics makes strange bedfellows, as they say. A classical example of this is the U.S. where the nation is divided in coming up with gun...
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Now that hockey is back…
You don’t miss it until it’s no longer available and that was the story of NHL hockey lockout, which wiped out the first four months...
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Myths about Muslims proved wrong
“The Muslims are coming! The Muslims are coming!” This used to be the battle cry and anti-Muslim euphoria gripping Europe and the U.S. as aftermath...
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Indian Spring that was long overdue
The 23-year-old Indian rape victim, whose name has not been released by police, has been compared to Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian street vendor who set...
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Gun control my top New Year’s resolution
Now that everyone has had a good festive season and enjoyed the festival treats, it’s time to take stock. Most of us would be a...
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Time to cure the U.S. gun sickness
Christmas is a happy time to get together with family and friends, but the recent massacre of 20 innocent children and six adults in Newtown,...
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Aren’t you glad you haven’t won a million?
Two resident of the U.S. were fortunate to win the top prize in the Power ball jackpot recently. The winners – one in Arizona and...
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World leaders highlight chronic sanitation issue
The World Toilet Summit 2012, the first for Africa, was held December 3-6 in Durban, South Africa, to muster the individual and collective minds of...
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President here to woo Tanzania diaspora
Idi Amin of Uganda gave all Asians in East Africa a wake-up call in 1972; if you live in Uganda, we don’t want you because...
Mansoor Ladha - My Views
Mansoor Ladha is a Calgary-based journalist and author of A Portrait in Pluralism: Aga Khan’s Shia Ismaili Muslims.
