Session reviewing Khutbah talk on:
- Standing up for our faith & community
- Community outreach
- Finding correct sources of Islamic knowledge
Some of the points discussed:
- Concerns regarding negative stereotypes and their effects
- The media’s role and our role
- Importance of offering constructive feedback to the media (write letters to editor, etc.)
- Reach out to elected leaders
- Get engaged politically with all parties and candidates
- Forming committees to monitor/respond to media publications/discussions locally
- Forming local political action committee
- Engagement with the broader community (esp neighbours)
- How to approach loaded topics
- The importance of using the right terminology
- Integration vs Assimilation
- Canadian Muslim identity
- Importance of having correct Islamic knowledge
- Who to seek knowledge from
- Caution about seeking Islamic knowledge and answers online
- Types of ways correct Islamic knowledge can be disseminated
