In effort to combat these issues, MAC will use the grant to create digital resources that will educate students and parents about prejudice towards Muslims in Canada. Meanwhile, NCCM will focus on serving Muslim newcomers and new students attending schools in Ontario.

Reaching over 150,000 Canadians across the country, MAC places an emphasis on education and community mobilization as a primary method to help Muslims thrive as members of the general public. Through engaging in dialogue with interfaith communities and various groups, MAC has been preparing the implementation of digital tools for months ahead. These tools will be made available to not just students, but to any member of the general public as well.

The project will consist of massive open online courses, also known as MOOCs, that will be accessible to the public. So far, MAC has developed workshops, videos, and infographics to equip educators with engaging content for students and the community.  Expected to launch in the coming months, the courses will be geared towards dismantling Islamophobia within educational institutions. MAC plans to offer these instruments through an easily-accessible platform for individuals, not limited to students, to readily download and watch.

A primary goal of the organization is to equip any individual with the knowledge and awareness on how to support Muslims within their sphere—whether within a classroom or any school community. Additionally, registration will be made easy for those struggling with technology. Through an “anti-racism and diversity lens,” the organization will use these resources to raise awareness about Islamophobia and discrimination. Hossain states that these tools will incorporate “objectives that are tied to learning outcomes as per the Ontario curriculum guidelines.”

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His previous positions include the following: Director of Al-Falah Islamic School in Oakville, Ontario from 2004 to 2011, Imam of Muslim Association of Calgary Islamic Center from 1998-2004 and as a member of the University of Calgary chaplaincy team.

Iqbal al-Nadvi was the keynote speaker at ICNA Canada annual convention “Carry the Light: Canadian Muslim – Opportunities and Challenges” which took place on August 23-24, 2014.

In his speech “Making Islam a Choice: How Canadian Muslims Can Contribute?”, Iqbal al-Nadvi emphasized the important mission upon Canadian Muslims to carry out the Dawah, meaning reaching out to the disbelievers to make them accept Islam or become friends of Muslims. He added that Islam has become the solution for Canada and humanity.

On October 23, 2015, a few days after the landslide victory of the Liberal Party in the federal elections, Imam Iqbal Nadvi delivered the Friday sermon at Masjid Toronto Mosque (168 Dundas St. West, Toronto), which is affiliated with the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC).

Nadvi hailed the Muslim youths for mobilizing the Muslim community to vote in the elections and to help Muslim candidates to win their seats in Parliament.

He called on Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau to help the Muslim community realize its main objective of making the Islamic values “the best of human values” by promoting within the Canadian society the idea that Islam is not a threat but an ally, and by accommodating Islamic values.

Thus, he added, Trudeau, like his father, will leave after him a legacy, and “Allah will really use us [Canadian Muslims] here [is Canada] as a carrier of Islam, as a messenger of Islam.”

In an interview to the online show “The Muslim View” (the video was published on YouTube on November 16, 2015), Iqbal Nadvi revealed how the Canadian Council of Imams succeeded in having a meaningful impact in the last federal elections and helped Justin Trudeau to become the Prime Minister.

Source: CIJ News